Full Text of SR0051 094th General Assembly
SR0051 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Minnette Haywood-Lloyd on | 4 |
| Monday, December 13, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 22, 1930, in Chicago to | 6 |
| Edward and Osie Ola Haywood; she attended Wendell Phillips High | 7 |
| School and graduated with honors; during her high school years, | 8 |
| she helped support her younger siblings by working as a candy | 9 |
| striper at the old Mercy Hospital and Shoots and Burkes Cookie | 10 |
| Factory; as a result of working at the hospital, she was | 11 |
| inspired to study nursing at Wright Junior College; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Haywood-Lloyd's faith was very important to | 13 |
| her; she was baptized at Progressive Baptist Church and later | 14 |
| joined Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a | 15 |
| member of the Nurses Board; she also attended True Rock | 16 |
| Ministries; and
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| WHEREAS, Minnette met Charles Lloyd on July 4, 1950, at a | 18 |
| 4th of July picnic celebration in Lincoln Park; they courted | 19 |
| and were married; he preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, When her children were older, Mrs. Haywood-Lloyd | 21 |
| returned to the workforce and was employed at Service Products | 22 |
| as a supervisor and was the head union steward until she | 23 |
| retired; although she never obtained her nursing license, she | 24 |
| was the nurse and care taker of all in need; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of the Elks Organization and | 26 |
| Eastern Star; she was an avid supporter of the United Negro | 27 |
| College Fund and believed that every child should have an | 28 |
| opportunity to pursue a better life and education; she believed | 29 |
| that children were the future and without prepared children | 30 |
| there is no tomorrow; she had a lust for life, personified |
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| beauty, elegance, grace, and sophistication and exemplified | 2 |
| the true meaning of "motherhood"; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Minnette Haywood-Lloyd has been | 4 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her daughters, Elaine Lloyd | 5 |
| Sutton, Rose Anthony, and JoAnn Lee; her grandsons, Kwame | 6 |
| Anthony, Christopher Sutton, Charles Lloyd Sutton, Jason Brady | 7 |
| Anthony, and Jeremy Brady Anthony; her great-grandsons, Justin | 8 |
| Sutton and Kwame Anthony, Jr.; her granddaughters, Martiniques | 9 |
| Sutton and Jude Ashley Sutton; her great-granddaughters, | 10 |
| Christi Parnell Anthony, Jasmine Sutton Russell, Joel Sutton | 11 |
| Russell, Cassidy Sutton, and Cameron Sutton; her sisters, | 12 |
| Verneda Haywood Chapton, Betty (Willie Williams), and Joann | 13 |
| (Kenneth Lee); her brothers, Earl Haywood and Herman Haywood; | 14 |
| her nieces, nephews, and cousins; her extended family; and her | 15 |
| many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 |
| Minnette Haywood-Lloyd, and we extend our deepest sympathy to | 19 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented her family as an expression of our sincere | 23 |
| condolences.
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