Bill Text: IL HR0612 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bettye Jeanette Hathaway Rivers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0612 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0612-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bettye | ||||||
| 4 | Jeanette Hathaway Rivers; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bettye Rivers was born on May 29, 1933 in Chicago; | ||||||
| 6 | her parents were Quinella and Walter Hathaway; she married | ||||||
| 7 | Grady Alexander Rivers, Sr. on December 18, 1956; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Bettye Rivers attended and graduated from | ||||||
| 9 | Washington Elementary and Proviso East High School in Maywood; | ||||||
| 10 | while in school, she was a participant in many cross country | ||||||
| 11 | races and other sports; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, After graduation, Bettye Rivers was employed at | ||||||
| 13 | Chulock's Drug Store and the GTE Automatic Electric Company, | ||||||
| 14 | where she worked until her retirement; she also sponsored the | ||||||
| 15 | young people's choir at Second Baptist Church and was noted for | ||||||
| 16 | her attendance at all Proviso East High School Sports events, | ||||||
| 17 | especially basketball; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Bettye Rivers faithfully attended the Second | ||||||
| 19 | Baptist Church and served as a Junior Choir member, a Gospel | ||||||
| 20 | Choir member, BYPU, Kitchen Committee member, and Choir | ||||||
| 21 | Sponsor; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Bettye Rivers was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 2 | parents; 4 sisters, Mabel, Lucille, Colleen, and Bernice; and a | ||||||
| 3 | brother, Walter (Watson) Hathaway; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Bettye Rivers is survived by 2 sons, Grady | ||||||
| 5 | (Glenda) Alexander and Glenn (Kris) Anton; 8 grandchildren, | ||||||
| 6 | Jeremiah, Callie, Glynis, Austin, Spencer, Gaylen, Adam, and | ||||||
| 7 | Patrick; a sister, Gwen Franklin; 3 sisters-in-law, Marcia, | ||||||
| 8 | Alice, and Ouida; a brother-in-law, James (Patsy) Brewer; her | ||||||
| 9 | many nieces, nephews, and cousins; her special friends, | ||||||
| 10 | Jeanette Rembert, the Burton sisters, Mildred Sykes, and many | ||||||
| 11 | more; and her beloved Second Baptist Church family; therefore, | ||||||
| 12 | be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Bettye Jeanette Hathaway Rivers; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Bettye Rivers as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our sympathy.
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