Full Text of SR0093 095th General Assembly
SR0093 95TH 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 Bruce Anthony Swopes of Rockford | 4 |
| (formerly of North Chicago), who passed away on February 11, | 5 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Anthony Swopes was born in Waukegan on June | 7 |
| 10, 1956 to Chester A. and Chessie B. (Cole) Swopes; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined Christian Valley Missionary Baptist | 9 |
| Church in 1973; he also attended North Chicago High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Chester A. | 11 |
| Swopes; his mother, Chessie B. Cole-Swopes; his eldest brother, | 12 |
| Chester A. Swopes Jr.; his maternal grandmother, Willie B. | 13 |
| Hayes; his paternal grandmother, Annie B. Fisher; and his | 14 |
| paternal grandfather, Ernest Swopes; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Swopes is survived by his Ma Mary | 16 |
| (stepmother), Mary Swopes; his siblings, Leotis "Joe" (Polly) | 17 |
| Swopes, Alice Sherrod, Ernest J. Swopes, Carl E. Swopes, Aaron | 18 |
| W. Swopes, Louise (Willie) Harris, and Diane (Mark) Washington; | 19 |
| his several nieces and nephews and many other great nieces and | 20 |
| nephews, uncles, aunties, and extended family members; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Bruce Swopes; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Bruce Swopes as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sympathy.
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