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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the  State of Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of
 4    Marion L. Graham on May 7, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Marion L.  Graham  "Baby  Sister"  was  born  on
 6    January  3,  1930  in  Jackson, Tennessee to Walter and Ethel
 7    Cox; and

 8        WHEREAS, She became a member of the Church of  Christ  at
 9    an early age in Jackson, Tennessee; and

10        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Graham  moved to Chicago in 1946; she was
11    united in Holy Matrimony to Eddie Lee  Graham  on  April  11,
12    1964;  her  husband  preceded her in death on April 16, 1992;
13    and

14        WHEREAS, In addition, her mother and  father,  Ethel  and
15    Walter  Cox; her brothers, Walter Cox Jr. and Kimber Cox; and
16    her sister, Florence Martin, all preceded her in death; and

17        WHEREAS, The passing of Marion L. Graham has been  deeply
18    felt by all who knew her, especially her sons, Jerome H. Cox,
19    Donnie  Woodard (Yolanda), Kenneth Graham, Derrick Graham and
20    Steven Graham (Tasha); her daughters, Linda  Abraham,  Shelia
21    Thomas  (Charles), Janice Graham, Ethel Graham, Diane Graham,
22    Cheryl   Graham   and   Sharon   Graham;   her    thirty-nine
23    grandchildren;  her  thirty-seven  great  grandchildren;  her
24    cousins,  Ella  Mae,  Hattie Mae Butler, Debra Atkins, Brenda
25    Freneey and Henrietta Jones; her  sisters-in-law,  Reyna  Mae
26    Dawson (Jerry), Alberta Smith (Jimmie), Mary Graham (Joe) and
27    Ruby   Graham;  her  brothers-in-law,  Rufus  Graham  (Irma),
28    Columbus Graham (Delores), JR Graham (Sharon) and  CL  Graham
29    (Alberta);  a  host  of  other relatives and friends; and her
30    special  friends,  Mary,  Theresa  Taylor  and   Della   Dew;
31    therefore, be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 2    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
 3    we  mourn  the  passing  of  Marion L. Graham and express our
 4    sincere and deepest sympathy to her family and  friends;  and
 5    be it further

 6        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 7    presented to the family of Marion L. Graham as an  expression
 8    of our condolences during their time of bereavement.