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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Bruce Anthony Swopes of Rockford |
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| (formerly of North Chicago), who passed away on February 11, |
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| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Anthony Swopes was born in Waukegan on June |
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| 10, 1956 to Chester A. and Chessie B. (Cole) Swopes; and
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| WHEREAS, He joined Christian Valley Missionary Baptist |
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| Church in 1973; he also attended North Chicago High School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Chester A. |
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| Swopes; his mother, Chessie B. Cole-Swopes; his eldest brother, |
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| Chester A. Swopes Jr.; his maternal grandmother, Willie B. |
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| Hayes; his paternal grandmother, Annie B. Fisher; and his |
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| paternal grandfather, Ernest Swopes; and
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| WHEREAS, Bruce Swopes is survived by his Ma Mary |
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| (stepmother), Mary Swopes; his siblings, Leotis "Joe" (Polly) |
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| Swopes, Alice Sherrod, Ernest J. Swopes, Carl E. Swopes, Aaron |
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| W. Swopes, Louise (Willie) Harris, and Diane (Mark) Washington; |
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| his several nieces and nephews and many other great nieces and |
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| nephews, uncles, aunties, and extended family members; |
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| therefore, be it
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