Full Text of SR1311 98th 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 Dasie Lee Robinson-Hightower, who passed | 4 | | away on June 2, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower was born on August 14, | 6 | | 1930 in Grenada, Mississippi; her parents were Johnny and Cora | 7 | | Lamon; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower attended school in | 9 | | Grenada, Mississippi and received nursing training in Hayti, | 10 | | Missouri; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower was employed by the Olin | 12 | | Corporation for more than 30 years until her retirement; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower enjoyed visiting the | 14 | | sick and helping those in need; she also served on the Mother's | 15 | | Board at True Church House of Prayer under the leadership of | 16 | | the late Pastor Fred Woodard; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower was preceded in death by | 18 | | her parents; her first husband, Edward Hightower; her second | 19 | | husband, Tom Frank Robinson; her brothers, Mose Lamon and | 20 | | Frankie Burden, and her sister, Clara Allen; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dasie Robinson-Hightower is survived by 8 | 2 | | children, Josephine Scruggs, Edward Hightower (Barbara), | 3 | | Calvin Hightower (Barbara), Clarence Hightower (Beverly), | 4 | | Eddie Hightower, Robert Hightower, Andy Hightower (Charlotte), | 5 | | and JoAnn Hightower Thomas (Bobby); 4 sisters, Essie Denton | 6 | | (Otis), Marie Battle (Jimmy), Mary Mays (Robert), and Joyce | 7 | | Burden; 3 brothers, Harvey Burden, James Burden (Gertie), and | 8 | | Alex Burden; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 | 9 | | great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, | 10 | | and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Dasie Lee | 14 | | Robinson-Hightower; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Dasie Robinson-Hightower as an | 17 | | expression of our sympathy.
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