Full Text of SR0677 97th 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 Sue Ellen (Manis) Cox of Benton, who | 4 | | passed away on March 8, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born the fifth child of Archie and Corda | 6 | | (Tweety) Manis on October 23, 1935; upon her mother's passing, | 7 | | she lived with her Uncle James "Smokey" and Aunt Ethel Hill of | 8 | | West Frankfort; she attended school at Edwards Grade School and | 9 | | graduated from FCHS in 1953; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, After graduation, she went to live with her sister | 11 | | in Anderson, Indiana; she met and married George Hoffman, and | 12 | | together they had 3 children; she later moved home to West | 13 | | Frankfort and, in 1965, married attorney Lloyd Donald Cox in | 14 | | Benton; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She was as a receptionist for Dr. Richard Simpson; | 16 | | she later left to begin a job at The Daily American Newspaper | 17 | | in West Frankfort, where she was the Lifestyle Editor; she | 18 | | began a popular weekly column, "Week in Week Out" that depicted | 19 | | her humorous and insightful look into the life of a "real" | 20 | | single mother; she retired in the late 1990s from the newspaper | 21 | | and began working part-time as a secretary at Westminister | 22 | | Presbyterian Church in Benton, where she was also the organist |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, She enjoyed golf, reading (which was her passion), | 3 | | working with her sorority, Beta Sigma Phi, and playing the | 4 | | piano and organ; she adored being outside, working in her | 5 | | flowers and playing with her grandchildren; she also loved all | 6 | | St. Louis sports, high school and college basketball; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 8 | | sister, Arletta Sullivan; her brothers, Jack and George Manis; | 9 | | and her husband, Lloyd D. Cox; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sue Ellen Cox is survived by her children, | 11 | | Jennifer Peebles and husband, Keil, Michael Hoffman and wife, | 12 | | Anita, Beth Ann Hoffman, and Justus Cox; her special friend, | 13 | | Judy; her stepsons, Courtney Cox and wife, Leslie and Kevin Cox | 14 | | and the late Caryl Cox; her grandchildren, Chesney Baltrusis | 15 | | and husband, Bart, Tyler Peebles and wife, Rachel, Grayson | 16 | | Peebles, Maria, Christian, and Nicholas Hoffman, Ben Cox and | 17 | | wife, Carrie, Nathaniel Cox, Eli Cox and wife, Lindsay, and Tim | 18 | | Cox; her great-grandchildren, Kiley, Korinn, and Korben Cox, | 19 | | and Jilianne and Crosby Cox; her sister and best friend, | 20 | | Shirley White; her brother, Charles Manis and wife, Mary; her | 21 | | sisters-in-law, Marilyn Glenn and Donna Manis; and several | 22 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 | | her family and friends, the passing of Sue Ellen Cox; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Sue Ellen Cox as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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