Bill Text: IL SR0017 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Charles Alton Cook of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0017 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0017-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Charles Alton Cook of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on January 7, 2011; and
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5 | WHEREAS, He was born on August 10, 1932 to Jesse and | ||||||
6 | Rebecca Cook in Magnolia, Mississippi; he received his | ||||||
7 | education in the Pike County School System in Magnolia; and
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8 | WHEREAS, He confessed his love for Christ at an early age | ||||||
9 | and was baptized at Rose Hill Baptist Church; he met and | ||||||
10 | married Ruth Omega Hurst in 1952; and
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11 | WHEREAS, He moved to Chicago in 1952 and joined the Great | ||||||
12 | Hope Baptist Church; he worked for The Pyle National Company, | ||||||
13 | retiring in 1994; and
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14 | WHEREAS, He later united with the New Philadelphia Baptist | ||||||
15 | Church, where he met and married Sara Howard in 1989; he | ||||||
16 | confessed his calling to the gospel in 1990 and united with | ||||||
17 | Christ First Church; and
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18 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth | ||||||
19 | and his son, Marc; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Charles Alton Cook is survived by his wife, Sara; | ||||||
2 | his sisters, Jaunita Tucker and Christine Allen; his brothers, | ||||||
3 | Reverend Walter L. Cook and Albert Cook; his children, Alton | ||||||
4 | (Veronica), Linda, Lorraine, Barbara, Theartis, Jenell | ||||||
5 | (Ronald), Juan, Samuel (Dorothy), James (Heike), and Rita; his | ||||||
6 | 10 grandchildren; his 23 great-grandchildren; and a host of | ||||||
7 | nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends; therefore, | ||||||
8 | be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
11 | his family and friends, the passing of Charles Alton Cook; and | ||||||
12 | be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Charles Alton Cook as a symbol of | ||||||
15 | our sincere sympathy.
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