Full Text of SR1781 100th 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 Yolanda Saddler Blackmon, who passed away | 4 | | on May 17, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Yolanda Blackmon was born in Chicago to The | 6 | | Reverend John and Edwina Saddler on October 14, 1963; she | 7 | | committed to her faith at an early age; she graduated from | 8 | | Farragut High School; she married Jesse Blackmon in 1999; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Yolanda Blackmon worked for various companies, | 10 | | but her passion was caring for others and being a homemaker; | 11 | | she was a staunch supporter of Mothers Opposed to Violence | 12 | | Everywhere; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Yolanda Blackmon enjoyed singing, dancing, and | 14 | | cooking; she always made a fashionable appearance wherever she | 15 | | went; she loved her friends and spent time with them whenever | 16 | | she could; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Yolanda Blackmon was preceded in death by her | 18 | | grandparents; her parents; her brothers, Glenn, Darryl, and | 19 | | Melvin; her sister, Cheryl; and her nephew, Keilardro; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Yolanda Blackmon is survived by her husband, |
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| 1 | | Jesse; her daughters, Giovanna and Darrylan Saddler; her son, | 2 | | Armani Saddler; her brothers, Craig Saddler and Derrick (Karen) | 3 | | Saddler; her sisters, Martice Davis, Marlene Davis, and LaGena | 4 | | (Cornelius) Dillon; her granddaughters, Janae Cooper and | 5 | | Keiana Clark-Lewis; her special friends, George Person, Kimmy, | 6 | | Laurita, and Marilyn; her special cousins, Cheryl, Lynn, and | 7 | | LaSunya; and her many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and | 8 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Yolanda Saddler Blackmon and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Yolanda Blackmon as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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