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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Bruce Anthony Swopes of Rockford
4 (formerly of North Chicago), who passed away on February 11,
5 2007; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Bruce Anthony Swopes was born in Waukegan on June
7 10, 1956 to Chester A. and Chessie B. (Cole) Swopes; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He joined Christian Valley Missionary Baptist
9 Church in 1973; he also attended North Chicago High School; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Chester A.
11 Swopes; his mother, Chessie B. Cole-Swopes; his eldest brother,
12 Chester A. Swopes Jr.; his maternal grandmother, Willie B.
13 Hayes; his paternal grandmother, Annie B. Fisher; and his
14 paternal grandfather, Ernest Swopes; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Bruce Swopes is survived by his Ma Mary
16 (stepmother), Mary Swopes; his siblings, Leotis "Joe" (Polly)
17 Swopes, Alice Sherrod, Ernest J. Swopes, Carl E. Swopes, Aaron
18 W. Swopes, Louise (Willie) Harris, and Diane (Mark) Washington;
19 his several nieces and nephews and many other great nieces and
20 nephews, uncles, aunties, and extended family members;
21 therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of Bruce Swopes; and be it
4 further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Bruce Swopes as a symbol of our
7 sympathy.