Bill Text: IL SR0031 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lillian Murrell Sharp Reed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0031 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0031-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
Lillian Murrell Sharp Reed; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Lillian Reed was was born on September 4, 1923 in | ||||||
5 | Chicago; her parents were Earle Sue (Trotter) and Leon Sharp; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Lillian Reed received her formal education in the | ||||||
8 | Chicago Public Schools, attending Betsy Ross Elementary and | ||||||
9 | Englewood High School; along with her deep love of music and | ||||||
10 | dance, she developed an abiding thirst for knowledge and zest | ||||||
11 | for traveling and seeing as much of America as the 20th century | ||||||
12 | would allow, attending the Chicago World's Fair in 1934 and the | ||||||
13 | New York World's Fairs in 1939 and 1964, as well as driving | ||||||
14 | cross-country to Los Angeles before the advent of interstate | ||||||
15 | highways; she was also a voracious reader with a life-long | ||||||
16 | passion to see the worlds that she read about; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Lillian Reed was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
18 | her sisters, Doris Leona (Sharp) Carter and Ruth Marion Sharp; | ||||||
19 | and her dedicated companion, Alexander Coles; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Lillian Reed is survived by her son, Thomas | ||||||
21 | Spencer Gary; her daughter-in-law, Evette F. Little; her |
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1 | grandson, Alexander Thomas Gary; her granddaughter, | ||||||
2 | Maya-Gabrielle Francesca Gary; and her many adoring nieces, | ||||||
3 | nephews, cousins, and friends; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Lillian Reed will be remembered by all who knew | ||||||
5 | and loved her as a woman who was devoted to her family and | ||||||
6 | friends; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
9 | her family and friends, the passing of Lillian Murrell Sharp | ||||||
10 | Reed; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the family of Lillian Murrell Sharp Reed as an | ||||||
13 | expression of our sympathy.
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