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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 |
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| Katherine Flowers Shepherd on Wednesday, April 26, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Inverness, Mississippi, on |
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| September 6, 1947, to Lewis M. Flowers, Sr., and Maple |
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| Stapleton Flowers; in 1950, the family moved to Indianapolis, |
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| Indiana, where Katherine attended the Indianapolis public |
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| schools and graduated from Shortridge High School; she enhanced |
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| her education by attending a local computer institute and |
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| earned a certification in information technology; and
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| WHEREAS, She was baptized at the age of seven at the |
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| Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church; she remained faithful to |
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| Tabernacle and was dutiful in her church works; she was a |
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| member of the Gospel Chorus and served as a Youth |
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| Director/Coordinator, a teacher of Vacation Bible School, and |
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| advisor and creator of many fundraising projects at the church; |
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| she was a charter member of the Oliver Youth Choir; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Shepherd was currently in the position of |
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| President of the Missionary Society, Sunday School Teacher, and |
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| was a member of the Nurses; she assisted Pastor Bailey as |
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| Personal/Administrator in the monthly staff meetings and |
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| worked as Financial Secretary of the Union District |
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| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, She will always be remembered as one who loved |
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| reading the Word and teaching in Sunday school; she was always |
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| ready and able to assist in any area where she was needed at |
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| the church; and
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| WHEREAS, On June 21, 1968, Katherine married Willie James |
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| Shepherd and their union spanned over 38 years; and
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| WHEREAS, She will be sadly missed by her family and |
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| friends; those who knew her well can verify that she would |
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| speak what was in her heart; she was a strong influence in her |
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| family and can never be replaced; and
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| WHEREAS, After the passing of her sister, Barbara, she |
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| became the surrogate mother of her sister's daughter, Cynthia, |
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| and her children; and
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| WHEREAS, Preceding her in death were two brothers, Herman |
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| and Lewis Flowers, Jr., and one sister, Barbara Montgomery; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Katherine Flowers Shepherd has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her husband, Willie James |
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| Shepherd; her sons, Kevin and Jamie Shepherd; her surrogate |
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| daughter, Cynthia Montgomery; her father, Lewis M. Flowers |
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| (Jewell); her grandchildren, Ke'vanna and Kynnedi Shepherd; |
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| her surrogate grandchildren, Jaylin, Janiyah, and Jazlynn; her |
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| sisters, Pastor Mary L. Guthrie and Marilyn Wadlington; her |
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| brothers, Willie Jones, Jr., (Essie), Randy Wadlington |
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| (Debbie), and Pastor David K. Flowers (Summer); and her nieces, |
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| nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins, relatives, many friends, and |
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| her Tabernacle Church Family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of Katherine Flowers Shepherd, and we |
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| extend our deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who |
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| knew and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to her family as an expression of our sincerest |
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| condolences.
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