Full Text of SR0475 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Bertha Lee Burns, who passed away on July | 4 | | 14, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bertha Burns was born on July 18, 1937 in Hughes, | 6 | | Arkansas; her parents were the Rev. Tony and Lucy Burnett; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bertha Burns accepted Christ at an early age under | 8 | | the leadership of Pastor W.E. McKinney at Mount Pisbe | 9 | | Missionary Baptist Church in Croverville, Arkansas; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1960s, Bertha Burns relocated from | 11 | | Arkansas to Chicago, where she became a certified nurse at St. | 12 | | Elizabeth's Hospital; she served faithfully as a nurse for many | 13 | | years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bertha Burns enjoyed fishing, gardening, and | 15 | | cooking for everyone; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Bertha Burns was preceded in death by her parents; | 17 | | her son, Wilson "Cadillac Bill" Rodgers; her extended child, | 18 | | Fred "Mane Mane", Jr.; and her siblings, Nurse Watkins, Hiltha | 19 | | Miller, and James Burnett; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bertha Burns is survived by her children, Amos, | 2 | | Dudley, Helen (John) Franklin, Dean, Feltain "Tina" (Yosef) | 3 | | Beard, Pamela (Paul) Huff, Monica (Michael) Heagle, Shanice, | 4 | | and Dyreck; her extended children, Pat Towns and Debra Ann | 5 | | (Floyd) Tucker; her siblings, Mattie Burnett, Ruth Brown, Ora | 6 | | Brown, Delores Burnett, Olivia Burnett, Lincoln Burnett, and | 7 | | Louvenia (Pastor Robin Hood) Dexter Burnett; and her nieces, | 8 | | nephews, grandchildren, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bertha Lee Burns; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Bertha Burns as an expression of our | 15 | | sympathy.
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