Full Text of SR1915 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 Minevar Ramsey, who passed away on May | 4 | | 16, 2016; and
| 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
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Minevar Ramsey pursued a career
as a clerk for | 13 | | School District 189 until she retired in 1981; and
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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