Full Text of SR0451 94th General Assembly
SR0451 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Betty L. Thomas of Camden, | 4 |
| New Jersey, on August 19, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Thomas was born on August 12, 1927, in | 6 |
| Easton, Maryland, the seventh of thirteen children; she was | 7 |
| raised in Easton and attended high school in the Easton | 8 |
| community public school system; after she graduated, she | 9 |
| enrolled in an administrative training program which would give | 10 |
| her the skills she would later need to hold several managerial | 11 |
| positions throughout her life, specifically at the INA | 12 |
| Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, where she worked for over 10 | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Thomas, then Ms. Betty Leatherberry, met | 15 |
| Clarence Thomas while growing up in Easton, Maryland; the two | 16 |
| became friends and later got married, enjoying a marriage union | 17 |
| which would last for over 55 years; they settled in Camden, New | 18 |
| Jersey, and raised their beautiful children, Terra, Ronald | 19 |
| Michael, and Dwayne; later in her life, she became the very | 20 |
| proud grandmother to nine precious children whose laughter | 21 |
| became the light of her life; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Thomas was an exceptional wife, a devoted | 23 |
| mother of four, and a spiritual woman who gladly committed her | 24 |
| life to her community in Camden, New Jersey, and the Ferry | 25 |
| Avenue Methodist Church for over 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, A stranger to no one in her community, Mrs. Thomas | 27 |
| was considered a community leader in Camden, New Jersey, being | 28 |
| active on several community, civic, and hospital advisory | 29 |
| committees; she also gave back to her community as an | 30 |
| educational assistant and later happily volunteered her | 31 |
| services at Rutgers University's LEAP Academy Charter School; a |
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| true woman of God, Mrs. Thomas made the church the backbone of | 2 |
| her and her family's life, attending services for more than 50 | 3 |
| years, teaching Sunday school, and devoting herself to over ten | 4 |
| ministries throughout her time; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Betty Thomas lived a full life for 78 | 6 |
| glorious years; she will surely be missed by all who knew her, | 7 |
| and her compassion and love for all will live within them | 8 |
| forever; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 |
| Betty L. Thomas and extend our sincerest condolences to her | 12 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 15 |
| sympathy.
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