Full Text of SR1822 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Chyriell Drain-Hill, who passed away on | 4 | | April 17, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chyriell Drain-Hill was born in St. Louis, | 6 | | Missouri on August 7, 1960; she graduated from East St. Louis | 7 | | Sr. High School in 1979 and attended Illinois State
University, | 8 | | where she received her Bachelor of Science in Education in | 9 | | 1983; she earned her Master of Education in 1990; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chyriell Drain-Hill was the Assistant Director of | 11 | | Admissions for Illinois State University
from 1984 to 1991; she | 12 | | also worked for two years in the Special Education Department | 13 | | for School District 189 in East St. Louis and in the Cahokia | 14 | | School District 187
Special Education Department from 1994 to | 15 | | 2002; she then worked for Belleville
School District 201, where | 16 | | she was the Director of Guidance and Counseling for Belleville | 17 | | East
High School for over 14 years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Chyriell Drain-Hill was an active member of New | 19 | | Life in Christ Interdenominational Church; her favorite | 20 | | pastime was her love for basketball; she attended local high | 21 | | school
games and NBA games; she was an
active member of Delta | 22 | | Sigma Theta Sorority, East St. Louis Alumnae Chapter, where she |
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on a multitude of committees and supported the young | 2 | | ladies of Delta Gems and Delta
Academy; after she retired from | 3 | | Belleville East in June of 2016, she accepted a new position at | 4 | | her church with New Life Enterprises; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chyriell Drain-Hill was preceded in death by her | 6 | | grandparents, James and Mary Wright, and her brother, Michael | 7 | | Wright; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Chyriell Drain-Hill is survived by her daughter, | 9 | | Jacqueline Kenya Hill; her mother, Marva J. Patterson; her | 10 | | sister, Jacqueline (Dwight) Wright-Howard; and her | 11 | | stepbrothers, Selwyn Drain and Chetnety Drain; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Chyriell Drain-Hill, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Chyriell Drain-Hill as an expression | 19 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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