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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Charles L. Bradley of Springfield, who
4passed away on September 23, 2010; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Charles Bradley was born August 29, 1940, in
6Joppa, the son of Reverend Ambus W. Bradley, Sr. and Jentrayel
7T. Jones Bradley; he married Linda K. Simmons Bradley on June
816, 1963, and to this union one daughter was born, Tracy L.
9Bradley; and
 
10    WHEREAS, He was a 1958 graduate of Lanphier High School; he
11retired from Lucent Technologies in 2000; he was a 50-plus year
12member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where he served as an
13usher and a member of the Male Chorus, and the Heritage Choir;
14and
 
15    WHEREAS, Charles Bradley was a veteran of the United States
16Army and a member of The American Legion, Post 809; Past Master
17and Treasurer of Central Lodge #3, F&AM PHA; Past Patron and
18Sentinel of Estella Chapter #3, Order of the Eastern Star PHA;
19Deputy Grand Director of Ways and Means, 3rd District, Eureka
20Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, State of Illinois
21PHA; Past 2nd Lieutenant, Past Illustrious Secretary, of
22Menelik Consistory #49; Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret 32nd

 

 

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1Degree; and Potentate of Kamar Temple #56, A.E.A.O.N.M.S. PHA;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, Charles loved working on cars, cooking fabulous
4meals for his family and friends, listening to all kinds of
5music, especially the Blues, and watching professional sports
6on television; and
 
7    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his two
8brothers, Jesse C. and Michael L.; and his sister, Barbara A.
9Lambert; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Charles Bradley leaves to cherish his memory, his
11loving wife Linda; his daughter, Tracy; his brothers, Ambus
12(Irene) Bradley Jr. and Bobby (Rita) Bradley; his sisters,
13Dorothy Bradley and Vickie (Gary) Mosely; three
14sisters-in-love, Jacqueline (William Simmons Brown, Pearl
15Bradley, and Claudia Bradley; his cousins, Saundra
16Witherspoon-Rule, Lenora Witherspoon Crockett, Gloria
17Witherspoon, and Wesley Witherspoon; his life-long friends,
18Lindell "Curt" Hester, Donna Hester Jones, and Margaret Renfro;
19and a host of other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
22his family and friends, the passing of Charles L. Bradley; and

 

 

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1be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Charles L. Bradley as a symbol of
4our sincere sympathy.