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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Vernona |
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| "Nonie" Harrell on Saturday, May 7, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born October 12, 1956, in Chicago, the |
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| third of six children born to the union of Vernon and Eileen |
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| Harrell; her father, Vernon, preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, She received her education at Yale Primary and |
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| Upper Grade Center and Parker High School; she was an advocate |
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| of education and encouraged her children to get the best |
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| possible; and
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| WHEREAS, Vernona met Ronald Sims, the love of her life, in |
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| 1963, but didn't realize it until 1974; together, they raised |
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| two children, Jimmy and Rhonda; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Harrell had been employed by the Cook County |
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| State's Attorney's Office since 1984; as an Administrative |
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| Supervisor, she was loved and respected by her co-workers; and
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| WHEREAS, She became a member of Salem Baptist Church in |
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| 1994; she was a very positive, strong, and caring individual |
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| who always put others before herself; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Vernona "Nonie" Harrell has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her mother, Eileen Harrell; her |
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| very special significant other, Ronald Sims; her children, |
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| Jimmy (Trisha) and Rhonda (Dion); her sisters, Valerie Gordon |
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| (Loren) and Lynette Flowers (Louis); her brothers, Vernon Jr., |
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| Kenneth (Faye), and David (Denitra); her grandchildren, Eric, |
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| Moneika, Jimmy, Brianna, and James; and her many aunts, uncles, |
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| nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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