Full Text of SR0813 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 Annie Jean Cobbins of Madison, formerly | 4 | | of Chicago, who passed away on May 22, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born on December 30, 1956, in Isola, | 6 | | Mississippi, the daughter of Ella B. and Annie B. (Wilson) | 7 | | Cobbins; she attended Beethoven Elementary School and | 8 | | graduated from Jean Baptiste DuSable High School in Chicago; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Old | 11 | | Ship of Zion Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend | 12 | | Otis L. Anderson Jr.; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, She worked for the City of Chicago Park District | 14 | | and Housing Authority for many years; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She was very outspoken; she was an avid sports fan | 16 | | and enjoyed music, concerts, festivals, reading, and spending | 17 | | time with her grandchildren and friends; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her grandmother, | 19 | | Annie Spann; and her brother, Robert Earl Wilson; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Annie Jean Cobbins is survived by her sons, | 2 | | Taurice (Lyn-Nell) Cobbins and Keyawn (Jeanetta) | 3 | | Davis-Cobbins; her stepchildren, Shojonae (Sean) and Deshawn; | 4 | | her grandchildren, Octavia Phillips Burton, Keanna Burton, | 5 | | Keyawn Burton, Drekwon Smith, Keyavian Walker-Cobbins, and | 6 | | Keymarion Cobbins; her parents; her siblings, Sammie Spann, | 7 | | Roger (Cherry) Spann, Georgia Pope, Brenda (Lane) Miller, and | 8 | | Arrie Wilson; her great aunt, Willie Bell; her aunts, Emma, | 9 | | Bernice (Bryant), Elder Lenora, and Evangelist Simmons | 10 | | (Lenard); her uncle, Matthew (Ida); her nieces and nephews, | 11 | | Justin Pope, Julian Pope, Dyvonna Miller, Nathaniel Miller, and | 12 | | Ginger Jones; and numerous other relatives and friends; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 | | her family and friends, the passing of Annie Jean Cobbins; and | 17 | | be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Annie Jean Cobbins as a symbol of | 20 | | our sincere sympathy.
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