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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
Corethea A. Davis of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis was born on September 22, 1945; |
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| her parents were Norethea and John Floyd; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis began her life in Raleigh, North |
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| Carolina, but traveled with her family to New Jersey at an |
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| early age, with a subsequent move to Chicago; she accepted |
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| Christ at an early age and was a member of Metropolitan |
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| Community Church and the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist |
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| Church; she attended Wendell Phillips High School and further |
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| enriched her knowledge at a variety of institutions, receiving |
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| certifications in several paraprofessional areas; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis had a long and varied |
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| professional career spanning many years and many |
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| organizations; she worked for the National Office of the Girl |
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| Scouts of America as an Organizer and as a Clerk with the |
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| Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis married her high school |
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| sweetheart Michael Johnson in 1963; following their union, the |
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| family moved to Burns Flat, Oklahoma; after Mr. Johnson's |
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| discharge from the military, the family returned to Chicago; a |
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| few years after the dissolution of their marriage, Corethea A. |
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| Davis married Reynold Davis; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; and her brother, Aubrey; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis is survived by her daughters, |
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| Alderman Latasha R. (Timothy) Thomas and Teresa M. Johnson; her |
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| sons, Aubrey J. Davis and Michael H. Davis; her sister, |
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| Starlina Floyd; her grandchildren, Victoria O. N. Thomas and |
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| Timothy Thomas III; her aunt, Sylvia Bradsher; her godson, |
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| Napoleon Black; her goddaughters, Denise Beaman and Zarkia |
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| Smith; and many other relatives and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Corethea A. Davis will be remembered by all who |
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| knew her as a friendly, warm person who was able to see beneath |
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| the surface of any individual and see the good that resided |
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| within them; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Corethea A. Davis; and |
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| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |