Full Text of SR0978 100th 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 Delores "Lois" B. Graham, who passed away | 4 | | on September 9, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham was born on September 19, 1947 to | 6 | | James Beadin and Dovie Leon Conway, who later married Albert | 7 | | Cheeks; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham married Columbus Graham in 1965; to | 9 | | this union, five children were born; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham loved spending time with her children, | 11 | | passing on her gifts and talents to them, including playing the | 12 | | piano, cooking, and most especially, singing; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham worked for the United States Post | 14 | | Office, and later for Lord and Taylor on Michigan Avenue in | 15 | | Chicago; it was there that she acquired her taste for "the nice | 16 | | things" in life; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, When Lois Graham was younger, she worshiped at the | 18 | | Bethlehem Healing Temple; she later joined Grace Deliverance | 19 | | Tabernacle and then the Apostolic Church of God; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham and her family extended deep roots | 2 | | into their community, giving of their time and talents; her | 3 | | daughter, Deborah L. Graham, served as 78th District | 4 | | Representative in the Illinois House of Representatives from | 5 | | 1995 to 2010, and in the Chicago City Council as Alderman of | 6 | | the 29th Ward from 2010 to 2015; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ten days after Lois Graham's passing, her friends | 8 | | and family gathered on her 70th birthday to celebrate her life | 9 | | with a balloon release in her honor; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham was preceded in death by her father, | 11 | | Albert Cheeks, and her biological father, James Beadin; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lois Graham is survived by her mother, Dovie Leon | 13 | | Cheeks; her husband, Columbus; her children, Eddie, Roger, | 14 | | Deborah, Wayne, and Columbus; her brothers, Albert, Ronald, and | 15 | | Donnell; her sister, Alice (Joe); 14 grandchildren; four | 16 | | great-grandchildren; one niece; and numerous relatives and | 17 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Delores "Lois" B. Graham, and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Delores "Lois" B. Graham as an | 3 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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