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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Willie E. Brooks, who passed away on
4January 23, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Willie Brooks was born and raised in Red Banks,
6Mississippi; he moved to Springfield in 1970; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Willie Brooks served as a teacher, coach, and
8administrator in District 186 schools for 29 years; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Willie Brooks is survived by his wife, Drucilla;
10his daughters, Lizabeth (Womack) Stokes and Jennifer Brooks;
11his son, Christopher; his granddaughters, Isabella and
12Mackenzie; his brothers, James Brooks, Jr. and Donald (Yvette)
13Brooks; his sisters, Fannie Douglas and Mattie Brooks; his
14brother-in-law, Henry Simmons; and his sisters-in-law, Anne
15Walls and Betty (Homer) Judon; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
18family and friends, mourn the passing of Willie E. Brooks; and
19be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of Willie Brooks as an expression of
2our sympathy.