Bill Text: IL SR1063 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Wyllene Francis Abram.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1063-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 Wyllene Francis Abram, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | February 17, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram was born in Goss, Mississippi to | ||||||
| 6 | Nardwell and Flora Toney on February 16, 1931, the second of | ||||||
| 7 | nine siblings; at an early age, she gained a special father in | ||||||
| 8 | Bishop Louis J. Francis; she graduated from Gulfport High | ||||||
| 9 | School in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1949; she later received her | ||||||
| 10 | cosmetology license; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram began working as a mail handler at | ||||||
| 12 | the U.S. Postal Service in the early 1960s; she later retired | ||||||
| 13 | in 1986; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram committed to her faith at an early | ||||||
| 15 | age and nurtured that commitment in her children; her favorite | ||||||
| 16 | book in the Bible was Proverbs; she was known as an exceptional | ||||||
| 17 | cook who would freely feed anyone who came into her home; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 19 | parents, Nardwell Toney, Bishop Louis J. Francis, and Flora | ||||||
| 20 | Francis; her sons, Mayfield Abram Jr. and Ralph Lockett; her | ||||||
| 21 | daughters, Annette King and Melva Wiley; her brothers, Henry | ||||||
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| 1 | Toney, Louis Francis, and Emmit Francis; and her sisters, Doris | ||||||
| 2 | Fuller and Ruth Ann; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram is survived by her sons, Leavelle | ||||||
| 4 | (Vernita) and Gregory Abram; her daughters, Wanda Goodwin, June | ||||||
| 5 | (Sam) Harris, and Darlene Abram; her 25 grandchildren, her 48 | ||||||
| 6 | great-grandchildren; her five great-great-grandchildren; her | ||||||
| 7 | brother, Paul (Shelia) Francis; her sisters, Ruby Francis Terry | ||||||
| 8 | and Connie (Billy) Hicks; and a host of nephews, nieces, other | ||||||
| 9 | relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Wyllene Francis Abram and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Wyllene Abram as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our deepest sympathy.
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