Full Text of SR0559 100th 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 Roger Bernard Hilton Sr., who passed away | 4 | | on April 30, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Roger Hilton was born to Burnis Hylton and Millie | 6 | | Belle Driscoll on December 22, 1934 and married Shirley Ann | 7 | | Holton on September 26, 1953; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Roger Hilton was active in numerous Masonic houses | 9 | | within Lake County; he joined Rufus Mitchell Lodge #107 PHA in | 10 | | 1976, in which he held several positions enroute to become the | 11 | | Worshipful Master and later a Past Master of the lodge; he | 12 | | joined Shawall Temple #165 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles | 13 | | of the Mystic Shrine (A.A.O.N.M.S.) in 1976 and was an Honorary | 14 | | Past Potentate and a Honorary Past Imperial Potentate; he was a | 15 | | member of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry | 16 | | PHA, North Shore Consistory #91 where he received the 33rd | 17 | | Grand Inspector General degree (the highest degree that one can | 18 | | attain as a Prince Hall Mason); he was also a Past Worthy | 19 | | Patron of Emblem Chapter 140 Order of Eastern Stars PHA, and | 20 | | Past Master Hilton; he was known throughout the various houses | 21 | | and held many different positions which exemplified his | 22 | | character as mason; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roger Hilton was preceded in death by loving wife, | 2 | | Shirley; his parents; his daughter, Bernadine Hilton; his | 3 | | grandson, William Usher; his brother, Warren Hylton; his | 4 | | sister, Beverly Smith; and his devoted friend, Betty Carol | 5 | | Foxie-McKenzie; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Roger Hilton is survived by his children, Deborah | 7 | | (Willie) Hilton-Davis, Gail Hilton, and Roger Bernard | 8 | | (Reneaka) Hilton Jr.; seven grandchildren; eight | 9 | | great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; his | 10 | | sisters, Viola Reese-Johnson, Barbara Dickens, and Gayle | 11 | | Hunter; and his devoted friends, Sherman McKenzie, Mary James, | 12 | | Curtis Morris Sr., and Junior and Faye White; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Roger Bernard Hilton Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Roger Hilton as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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