Bill Text: IL SR1915 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Minevar Ramsey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1915 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1915-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 Minevar Ramsey, who passed away on May | ||||||
4 | 16, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey was born in DeKalb, Mississippi to | ||||||
6 | Estella Stennis
and Henry Ramsey on July 27, 1933; she joined | ||||||
7 | Mount Zion
Missionary Baptist Church in 1944, where she worked | ||||||
8 | with the Usher Board and the Young Adult Choir; she attended | ||||||
9 | John Robinson and Washington Elementary
Schools, Hughes Quinn | ||||||
10 | Junior High, and graduated from Lincoln
Senior High School on | ||||||
11 | January 24, 1952; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey pursued a career
as a clerk for | ||||||
13 | School District 189 until she retired in 1981; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey loved working in her garden and | ||||||
15 | backyard; she
was an elegant woman of style who loved fashion | ||||||
16 | and decorating; she had a passion for cooking and spent | ||||||
17 | numerous
hours baking her favorite sweet potato and apple pies | ||||||
18 | and
her famous greens; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey was preceded in death by her | ||||||
20 | parents;
her sisters, Daisy and Mattie; and
her brothers, | ||||||
21 | Hollis, Fred, Henry Jr.,
Stennis, and Sam; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey is survived by her sons, Marquis
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2 | (Lametria) Ramsey and Kevin (Doreen) Ramsey; her | ||||||
3 | granddaughters,
Tamara Gibbs, Kajavia Ramsey, Samiya Ramsey, | ||||||
4 | Tresnae
Ramsey, and Amariell Ramsey; her grandsons, Marquis | ||||||
5 | Ramsey
Jr. and De'Dre Ramsey; her step-grandson, Jerrod Cross; | ||||||
6 | her
great-granddaughters, Keyontae Gibbs, Brittany Jennings, | ||||||
7 | Samya
Jennings, Tamna Jennings, and Markal Ramsey; her | ||||||
8 | great-grandson,
Ramonte Gibbs; her great-great-granddaughter, | ||||||
9 | Naomi
Mosley; her great-great-grandson, Ashton Gibbs; her | ||||||
10 | special nephew,
Brady Lee Nunn; her special niece, Wendy | ||||||
11 | McClain; her life-long
childhood friend, Lillian Blackmon; and | ||||||
12 | numerous loving relatives 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 mourn the passing of | ||||||
15 | Minevar Ramsey, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
17 | further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Minevar Ramsey as an expression of | ||||||
20 | our deepest sympathy.
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