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90_HR0676
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Harrison Banks, Jr. of Chicago on September
4 5, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, He was born on December 15, 1917, the son of
6 Harrison Banks, Sr. and Susan Trice-Banks; he graduated from
7 DuSable High School in 1937; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Banks began working for the Nugent
9 Corporation in 1942 and retired in 1982; and
10 WHEREAS, On January 21, 1944, Harrison Banks, Jr. married
11 Mae Frances Larkin; they were married for fifty-four and one
12 half years; and
13 WHEREAS, He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and a
14 member of the Wide-Awake Club; and
15 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his family
16 and friends, especially his wife, Mae Frances Larkin-Banks;
17 his children, Eliese Camille Carson, Elayne Virline Ballard,
18 Lucille Frances Jefferson, Susan Denise Holtzclaw, Harrison
19 Banks III, Charles Edward Banks, and Mary Lue Lanier; his
20 adopted daughter, Phyllis Brown-Johns; his grandchildren,
21 Anthony James Ballard, Stephan Carson, Elayne Camille Banks,
22 Suzon Michele Holtzclaw, Merridan Antron Banks, Calvin
23 Christopher Walls, and Maraliese DeSheara Lanier; therefore,
24 be it
25 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
27 note with sorrow and regret the death of Harrison Banks, Jr.
28 and extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends;
29 and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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1 presented to his widow, Mae Frances Larkin-Banks.