Full Text of SR0159 98th General Assembly
SR0159 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 Robert Lee Banks Sr. of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on March 5, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. was born on October 23, 1925, in | 6 | | Marshall, Missouri; his parents were Robert Banks and Malissa | 7 | | Banks Hammons; he married Norma Jean Watson on November 27, | 8 | | 1947; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. attended school in Marshall, | 10 | | Missouri, and served his country as a member of the United | 11 | | States Navy; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. was employed with the federal | 13 | | government in the General Services Administration for 28 years | 14 | | until his retirement in 1987; he was also employed at George | 15 | | Bunn Jr. for over 28 years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. was a member of St. John AME | 17 | | Church and the Otis B. Duncan Post 809; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. was preceded in death by his | 19 | | parents; his brother, Clarence Monroe Banks Sr.; his daughter, | 20 | | Susie Ann Banks; and his grandson, Christopher Michael Banks; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Robert Banks Sr. is survived by his wife, Norma | 3 | | Jean Banks; his sons, Michael D. (Ollie) Banks and Robert Lee | 4 | | (Virgie) Banks Jr.; his daughter, Reggie Jean Harris | 5 | | (companion, Sylvester Brown); his grandsons, Robert Lee Banks | 6 | | III, Hasan Harris, Sean M. Banks, and Chaz Tribbet; his | 7 | | great-granddaughter, Ziyah S. Banks; his sister, Clara Mae | 8 | | Parsons; his special cousin, Gladys Guthery; his special | 9 | | great-nephew, Kenneth Baker; and his many nieces, nephews, | 10 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Lee Banks Sr.; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Robert Banks Sr. as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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