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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Ellen Carter of North Chicago, who
4passed away on March 2, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was born on May 25, 1926, in
6Anderson, South Carolina; her parents were Sylvester D. and
7Julia Clinkscales; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was last employed as a
9housekeeping supervisor at the Veterans Administration
10Hospital; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter accepted Christ and attended the
12First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was preceded in death by her
15parents; her siblings, Sylvester, Martin, and Robert
16Clinkscales; her grandson, Michael "Snip" McBride; and her
17brothers-in-law, Raleigh, William, and Charles; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter is survived by her children,
19Waymon Callahan, Sylvester (Dorethia) Callahan, Joyce
20(Charles) Bean, Jo Ann (Michael) McBride, and Lou Ellen

 

 

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1(Robert) Burton; her 24 grandchildren; her 84
2great-grandchildren; her 44 great-great grandchildren; her
3siblings, Isabella Moss, Josephine Blow, and Doris Patterson;
4and her many nephews, nieces, cousins, and dear friends;
5therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ellen Carter; and
9be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Mary Ellen Carter as an expression
12of our sympathy.