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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Bernice Caldwell of Alton, who passed
4 away on December 13, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was born on July 22, 1929 in
6 Alton; her parents were Jason and Nancy (Kimbrough) Holloway;
7 and
 
8     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was a graduate of Alton High
9 School; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was employed with Millers Mutual
11 Insurance Co. and Alton School District 11, where she served as
12 a bus monitor; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was a member of the Morning Star
14 Baptist Church, where she served as Mother of the Church,
15 condolence clerk, and as chairperson of Women's Day; she served
16 as a board member of the Alton Branch of the NAACP; she also
17 served as the Resident Commissioner of the Alton Housing
18 Authority; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was preceded in death by her
20 parents, Jason and Nancy; her husband, Henry Caldwell; John

 

 

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1 Smith; her granddaughter, Tabitha Mike; her grandson, DaRon
2 Hearn; her three great-grandsons; her brothers, Robert
3 Holloway and John Holloway; and her sister, Willia Mae Watson;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell is survived by her sons, Ronald
6 Caldwell (Janice), Henry Caldwell, John Caldwell (Susan),
7 Derrick Smith, and Larry Smith; her daughters, Beverly Kaiser,
8 Debra Bradley, Patricia Mack (Cedric), Marsha K. Smith, and
9 Felicia Caldwell; her 35 grandchildren and 48
10 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Nancy Harris (John),
11 Mercedes Frazier, and Joyce Goings; her brothers, Rudolph
12 Holloway, James Holloway (Betty), and Alvin Holloway; her best
13 friend of 70 years, Joann Searles, and her special friend, Ann
14 Scott-Jordon; and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, and
15 friends; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
18 her family and friends, the passing of Bernice Caldwell; and be
19 it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to the family of Bernice Caldwell as an expression of
22 our sympathy.