Bill Text: IL SR0095 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bettye Alice Williams of St. Louis, Missouri.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0095 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0095-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 Bettye Alice Williams of St. Louis, | ||||||
| 4 | Missouri, who passed away on January 12, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bettye Williams was born in Lexington, | ||||||
| 6 | Mississippi on December 28, 1919 to Nathan Tate and Serena | ||||||
| 7 | Rice-Tate; she graduated from Saints Industrial and Literary | ||||||
| 8 | School; she married Joseph Levy Williams on May 6, 1939; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Following graduation, Bettye Williams began | ||||||
| 10 | working as a hairstylist; she held a customer service position | ||||||
| 11 | at Montgomery Ward for several years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Bettye Williams was an avid St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| 13 | fan and enjoyed watching them play in the World Series; she | ||||||
| 14 | also enjoyed tending to her flower and vegetable gardens; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Bettye Williams was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 16 | husband, Joseph, and her children, Lorraine, Johnathon, Carl, | ||||||
| 17 | and two children who did not make it to term; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Bettye Williams is survived by her sisters, | ||||||
| 19 | Cornelia Suggs (William "Bill" Suggs) and Chleo Anderson; her | ||||||
| 20 | children, JoEvelyn Williams, Karen Horton, Tyrone Williams, | ||||||
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| 1 | and Pamela Jacobs; her grandchildren, Rochelle Bays, Jerome | ||||||
| 2 | Giddens, Elise Cox, Christopher Battle, Jr. (Kwalnzia "Luci" | ||||||
| 3 | Battle), Crystal Battle, Michelle Battle, Sydney Battle, | ||||||
| 4 | Michael Battle, Destiny Pitt, Samantha Williams, Devin Reed, | ||||||
| 5 | Angelique Jacobs, and Brandon Gilliam; her nieces and nephews, | ||||||
| 6 | Denise Rixter, Junior Anderson, and Glenda Anderson; her | ||||||
| 7 | great-grandchildren, Damien, Ariana, Cordelia, Monte, Deonte, | ||||||
| 8 | Jermel, Victor, Kyla, S'rena, Christopher III, Christon, | ||||||
| 9 | Elizabeth, Precious, and Neil; and a host of | ||||||
| 10 | great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family, and | ||||||
| 11 | friends; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Bettye Alice Williams, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 15 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Bettye Williams as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our deepest sympathy.
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