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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Donna Kaye Smith of Benton
4 on August 1, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mrs. Donna Kaye Smith was born April 12, 1944, in
6 Marion, the daughter of Barney and Zella (Egner) Joyner; she
7 married Dick Smith on May 29, 1970; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She retired as a real estate agent for Don
9 Browning Real Estate in Benton and was a member of First
10 Baptist Church in Benton; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She will be remembered as the lady with a
12 wonderful smile and a million dollar laugh; and
 
13     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The passing of Donna Kaye Smith is felt by all who
15 knew and loved her, especially her husband, Dick; her daughter,
16 Valarie Durham; her son, Scott Ralls and wife Andrea; her
17 stepson, Charles Byron Smith; her grandchildren, Emma Kaye
18 Ralls, Sidney Ralls, and Joshua, Alex, and Anna Smith; her
19 sister, Carolyn Sue and husband Bill Schmidt; and her nieces
20 and nephews; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
23 Donna Kaye Smith and extend our sincerest condolences to her
24 family and friends; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
27 sympathy.