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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 Gail Cynthia Mitchell on |
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| Tuesday, April 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on April 4, 1940, the second of eight |
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| children born to William Julian and Inez (Ashley) Julian; her |
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| siblings were Gloria (James Williams), Warren (Doris Julian), |
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| Aloma, Michael (Mary Julian), Deborah (Donald Watts), Beatrice |
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| "Cookie" (William Powell), and Maya "Lolita"; she was preceded |
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| in death by her parents, Aloma, and Gloria; and
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| WHEREAS, She married William Mitchell and was blessed with |
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| two sons, Julian Mitchell and Amari Mitchell (Bettra Mitchell), |
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| and six grandchildren, Jeremiah, Diamond, Tiara, Xavier, |
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| Gabriel, and Amari; her extended family and loved ones include |
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| William "Billy" Mitchell, Darryl Mitchell, Adrianne Mitchell, |
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| Kim Jones and family, many cousins, nieces, aunts, uncles, and |
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| friends, especially Harold "Jay" Blackman, a special friend; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Mitchell was a leader throughout her |
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| lifetime; she was captain of the cheerleading squad at Wendell |
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| Phillips High School; she was precinct captain of the 34th ward |
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| Democratic organization and supervisor of Senior Citizen's |
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| Exemptions for the City of Chicago for 35 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Mitchell has touched many lives with her |
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| special love, teachings, and helping hands, and will be deeply |
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| missed; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Gail Cynthia Mitchell, and we extend our deepest sympathy to |
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| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |