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91_SR0332
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Charles James "Chuck" Durham, Sr. of Chicago
4 on Monday, March 27, 2000; and
5 WHEREAS, Charles Durham, Sr. was born in Memphis,
6 Tennessee, on October 15, 1927, the son of Marcellus and
7 Theola Durham; as a young man, he accepted Christ and was
8 baptized at the Shiloh M.B. Church in Chicago; and
9 WHEREAS, On July 23, 1949, Charles Durham married Vivian
10 Patten; they recently celebrated their 50th wedding
11 anniversary; and
12 WHEREAS, Charles Durham was educated in elementary and
13 high school in Memphis, studied at the University of Illinois
14 in Accountancy, and earned his Juris Doctorate degree at
15 Depaul University Law School; and
16 WHEREAS, Charles Durham was admitted to the Illinois Bar
17 in 1955 and entered private practice in the law firm of
18 Washington, Durham, Kennon, Bryant and Hunter; he was a trial
19 attorney practicing in the areas of personal injury, products
20 liability, landlord-tenant relations, and federal criminal
21 law; he served as a Circuit Court Judge in Cook County from
22 1968 to 1992; and in 1996, he was appointed to the Illinois
23 State Board of Elections; and
24 WHEREAS, Charles Durham was affiliated with the American
25 Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the
26 Chicago Bar Association, the Cook County Bar Association, the
27 National Bar Association, the American Judicature Society,
28 Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, and the Illinois Judicial
29 Council; and
30 WHEREAS, A loving husband, proud father, and grandfather,
31 Charles Durham, Sr.'s passing will be deeply felt by his
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1 family and friends, especially his wife, Vivian; his sister,
2 Lula Bowers; his daughter, Dr. Barbara Henley; his daughter
3 and son-in-law, Covette and Rev. Charles Hamilton; his son
4 and daughter-in-law, Charles J. Jr. and Nedra Glenn Durham;
5 his grandchildren, Ronald, Charles III, Matthew, LaKeisha,
6 Megan, and Charlyna; and his great-grandchildren, Shekinah
7 and Joshua; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
10 and regret the death of Charles James Durham, Sr. and extend
11 our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it
12 further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to his widow, Vivian Durham.