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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Robert E. Williams of |
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| Chicago on Saturday, June 19, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was born in Chicago on April 4, 1921, |
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| to Robert and Jenny Williams; he attended John D. Shoop School, |
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| graduated from Morgan Park High School, and graduated from |
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| Herzl City College and the Worsham College of Mortuary Science; |
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| in 1944, he received his professional funeral director license; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was united in marriage with Mattie B. |
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| Robinson on June 7, 1953; they had one daughter, Joanne Jewel |
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| Williams; she preceded him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams earned the distinction of being the |
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| first African American in the City of Chicago to build his own |
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| funeral home when he opened The Williams Chapel at Bishop and |
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| 111th Street and celebrated 50 years of service to the people |
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| of Chicago on July 19, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a 50-year member of the Illinois |
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| Funeral Directors Association as well as a member of the Cook |
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| County Association of Funeral Home Owners; he was active in the |
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| Beth Eden Baptist Church as a member of the choir and teacher |
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| of the senior adult class in the Department of Religious |
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| Education; he previously served his church in the capacity of |
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| chairman of the Board of Deacons; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a past worshipful master of |
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| Monarch Lodge #99 F&AM, a member of the Western Consistory #28 |
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| Ancient Acceptance Scottish Rite Free Masonry, the past |
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| president of the Morgan Park Civic League, and a member of the |
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| Board of Directors of the Morgan Park Savings and Loan |