Full Text of SR0596 96th General Assembly
SR0596 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Mercerline Dye of East St. Louis, who | 4 |
| passed away on January 12, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on September 12, 1952 in Saint Louis, | 6 |
| Missouri, to Charles and Betty Pettus and was lovingly called | 7 |
| "Sugar Puddin"; she graduated from East St. Louis Lincoln | 8 |
| Senior High School in the top 5% of the Class of 1970; she was | 9 |
| one of the first students enrolled in the Demonstration Class | 10 |
| in English for the State of Illinois, a member of the National | 11 |
| Honor Society, and a charter member of the AKA Pearls; and
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| WHEREAS, She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human | 13 |
| Services from Southern Illinois University; she entered State | 14 |
| Community College and attended an accelerated nursing program; | 15 |
| she became an R.N. and worked at Home Health Care, CMC, Barnes | 16 |
| Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital | 17 |
| before retiring in 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Calvin Mercerline in 1973; she enjoyed | 19 |
| dancing, shopping, and "cooking at midnight"; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of Pilgrim Baptist Church and was | 21 |
| baptized on October 15, 1967 under the pastorate of Reverend |
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| M.R. Lemons and served on the Health Unit Board; she became an | 2 |
| active member of Love Alive Petra Ministries in St. Louis in | 3 |
| 2005 under the pastorate of Reverend Lillie Marable and | 4 |
| Reverend Earl Anthony; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her brother, Carlos | 6 |
| Pettus; and
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| WHEREAS, She is survived by her children, Rayonda Dye and | 8 |
| Calvin Dye, Jr.; her parents; her brothers, Ramon Pettus and | 9 |
| Andre (Carolyn) Brown; her life long friends, Alma Green and | 10 |
| Roxanne Carroway; and her many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, | 11 |
| and nieces; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mercerline Dye; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Mercerline Dye as a symbol of our | 18 |
| sincere sympathy.
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