Full Text of SR0017 97th General Assembly
SR0017 97TH 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 Charles Alton Cook of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on January 7, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on August 10, 1932 to Jesse and | 6 | | Rebecca Cook in Magnolia, Mississippi; he received his | 7 | | education in the Pike County School System in Magnolia; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He confessed his love for Christ at an early age | 9 | | and was baptized at Rose Hill Baptist Church; he met and | 10 | | married Ruth Omega Hurst in 1952; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He moved to Chicago in 1952 and joined the Great | 12 | | Hope Baptist Church; he worked for The Pyle National Company, | 13 | | retiring in 1994; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He later united with the New Philadelphia Baptist | 15 | | Church, where he met and married Sara Howard in 1989; he | 16 | | confessed his calling to the gospel in 1990 and united with | 17 | | Christ First Church; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth | 19 | | and his son, Marc; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charles Alton Cook is survived by his wife, Sara; | 2 | | his sisters, Jaunita Tucker and Christine Allen; his brothers, | 3 | | Reverend Walter L. Cook and Albert Cook; his children, Alton | 4 | | (Veronica), Linda, Lorraine, Barbara, Theartis, Jenell | 5 | | (Ronald), Juan, Samuel (Dorothy), James (Heike), and Rita; his | 6 | | 10 grandchildren; his 23 great-grandchildren; and a host of | 7 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Charles Alton Cook; and | 12 | | be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Charles Alton Cook as a symbol of | 15 | | our sincere sympathy.
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