Bill Text: IL SR0551 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Hattie Pearl Bradford.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-22 - Resolution Adopted [SR0551 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0551-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 Hattie Pearl Bradford, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | May 6, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford was born on April 1, 1937 in | ||||||
6 | Ullin; her parents were Antonio Meals and Bessie Meals Thorpe; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford received her education at West | ||||||
9 | Side Elementary School in Ullin and Walls Night School in | ||||||
10 | Chicago; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford was a natural homemaker who | ||||||
12 | enjoyed cooking, spending time with her family and friends, and | ||||||
13 | politics; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford received Christ at a young age; | ||||||
15 | she was baptized at Bell Chapel Church in Ullin; after moving | ||||||
16 | to Chicago, she joined First Grace Missionary Baptist Church in | ||||||
17 | Chicago; she later joined Proviso Baptist Church in Maywood, | ||||||
18 | where she served faithfully for over 30 years until her | ||||||
19 | illness; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford was preceded in death by her |
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1 | parents; her siblings, Harry, Josephine, Wayne, Pauline, | ||||||
2 | Justine, Cleora, Ida, Robert and Mary; her first husband, | ||||||
3 | Alonzo Travis; and her second husband, Volney Bradford; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Hattie Bradford is survived by 5 children, | ||||||
5 | Jacqueline, Alonzo, Jr. (Jackie), Anthony, Victoria, and | ||||||
6 | Ernie; 10 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 6 | ||||||
7 | great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles A. Rodger | ||||||
8 | (Pricilla); 2 sisters, Glodean E. Jackson and Mildred L. | ||||||
9 | Skinner (Charlie); a brother-in-law, Leandrew Bradford; 3 | ||||||
10 | sister-in-laws, Viola Clark, Irean Bradford, and Varlean | ||||||
11 | Bradford; a special niece, Toniette L. Rogers; and many nieces, | ||||||
12 | nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
15 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Hattie Pearl Bradford; | ||||||
16 | and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Hattie Bradford as an expression of | ||||||
19 | our sympathy.
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