Full Text of HR0956 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mark | 4 | | Kevin Tolbert, who passed away on November 16, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mark Tolbert was born in Memphis, Tennessee to | 6 | | Eddie Lee and Hannah Ruth Tolbert on March 14, 1971; at the age | 7 | | of five, he relocated to Chicago to reside with and be raised | 8 | | by his Aunt Everlina and Uncle Charles Cowan; he attended | 9 | | Gallistel Elementary School and Washington High School; he | 10 | | married Rhonda Powell on February 3, 2009; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mark Tolbert held several jobs, working for Waste | 12 | | Management, Burger King, and the Blood Center of Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mark Tolbert committed to his faith at an early | 14 | | age and was baptized at Triedstone Baptist Church in Chicago; | 15 | | he loved basketball, and his favorite basketball player was | 16 | | Michael Jordan; he enjoyed watching movies and playing with his | 17 | | granddaughters; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mark Tolbert was preceded in death by his mother, | 19 | | Hannah Ruth Tolbert; his grandmother, Sade Ingram; his sister, | 20 | | Lillian Hill; and his mother-in-law, Barbara Powell; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mark Tolbert is survived by his wife, Rhonda | 2 | | Powell-Tolbert; his sons, Mitchell King, MarShun Kevin | 3 | | Tolbert, and Marsalis Lyn Tolbert; his daughter, Michelle Ruth | 4 | | Anne Tolbert; his granddaughters, Armani Nevaeh Tolbert and | 5 | | Kennedy Lynette McCall; his sisters, Emma Ingram, Monica | 6 | | Ingram, and Yessen Hill; his brothers, Shun Tolbert and Desmond | 7 | | West; his aunts, Everlina (Charles) Cowan and Josephine | 8 | | (Arthur) Drain; his uncles, John (Cynthia) and Joseph Ingram; | 9 | | his brothers-in-law, John (Bridgette) and Rev. Stevie | 10 | | (Claudia); his sister-in-law, Cecilia Duncan; and a host of | 11 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Mark Kevin Tolbert and extend our | 15 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 16 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Mark Tolbert as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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