Full Text of HR0998 97th 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
Katie | 4 | | Singletary, who passed away on April 22, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary was born on April 17, 1929, in | 6 | | Roundpond, Arkansas; her parents were Earnest and Louise | 7 | | Burton; she married Harrison Singletary in 1952; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary attended Woodbine School in | 9 | | Shelby, Mississippi where she played her favorite sport, | 10 | | baseball, where she was known as the "home run queen"; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While living in Mississippi, Katie Singletary | 12 | | attended Hopewell Church; after relocating to Chicago, she | 13 | | joined the Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church; she also | 14 | | enjoyed attending the Greater Rock Church and the Hope | 15 | | Community Church; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary enjoyed bowling with her | 17 | | Saturday Night Good Times Bowling League team, "The Peaceful | 18 | | Ones"; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, She loved poetry and was a long time member of the | 20 | | Beautifying Club; she loved studying and hearing the word of |
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| 1 | | God; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her | 3 | | siblings, Robert, Tommy, Earnest, Jr., and Rosetta; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary is survived by her sons, James | 5 | | (Faye), Earnest (Karen), and Otto (Camille); her | 6 | | grandchildren, Latonia Brown (Denoris), Anthony, Denise | 7 | | Foster, DeVontae Blanks, James Jr., Candace, Christopher, and | 8 | | Savannah; her 10 great-grandchildren; her siblings, James | 9 | | Wright (Elizabeth), Mary Carr (James), and Martha Smiley | 10 | | (Eddie); her uncle, AC Childress (Tammy); her many loving | 11 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; her spiritual mother, | 12 | | Ms. Bessie McCloud; and the extended family that she cared for | 13 | | after her retirement, Robin, Nina, Sullivan, Bailey, Emily, | 14 | | Jack, Isabella, and Cecilia; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 18 | | Katie Singletary; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Katie Singletary as a symbol of our | 21 | | sincere sympathy.
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