Full Text of SR0235 96th General Assembly
SR0235 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Ethel Lee Lewis, who passed away on April | 4 |
| 18, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis was born on March 2, 1925; her | 6 |
| parents were Holly Parks and Olivia "Levie" Parks; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis married the late Roscoe Bunn in | 8 |
| 1950 in Mississippi; four years after the birth of their first | 9 |
| child, the couple moved to Chicago in search of new employment | 10 |
| opportunities; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis married the late Ervin Porter in | 12 |
| 1956; together, they had one daughter in 1957; the couple was | 13 |
| blessed with nine years together as she managed their household | 14 |
| while doing domestic work outside the home as well; and
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| WHEREAS, In the mid-1970s, Ethel Lee Lewis married the late | 16 |
| Elgin Lewis; the couple remained in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis enjoyed gospel music, shopping for | 18 |
| shoes to accessorize her hand-made dresses, studying herbs and | 19 |
| natural holistic health care, watching "I Love Lucy", and | 20 |
| entertaining dinner guests; and |
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| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis was a member of the Emerald Avenue | 2 |
| Church of God (later renamed Covenant Faith Church of God) for | 3 |
| over 20 years; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis was preceded in death by her | 5 |
| husbands; her parents; her sister, Thessalonians; and her | 6 |
| brothers, Grady, AB, and Levi; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Ethel Lee Lewis is survived by her sisters, Elsie, | 8 |
| Omega, Elizabeth Myrtle, and Jean; her brothers, Dewayne and | 9 |
| Holly, Jr.; her children, Quinton and Leviticus; and her | 10 |
| grandchildren, Jermaine, Leviticus II, Edna, and Alana; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Ethel Lee Lewis; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Ethel Lee Lewis as an expression of | 18 |
| our sympathy.
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