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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charles | ||||||
4 | Vester "C.V." Bass of Chicago, who passed away on February 4, | ||||||
5 | 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass was born in Dockery, Mississippi on | ||||||
7 | June 7, 1932 to Frank and Hattie (nee Bell) Bass; he attended | ||||||
8 | Myrtle Hall High School in Clarksdale, Mississippi and served | ||||||
9 | in the United States Army during the Korean War from March 1953 | ||||||
10 | to March 1955; he was discharged as Private First Class; he | ||||||
11 | settled in Chicago in 1955 and married Carrie that same year; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass was an entrepreneur, founding 2 | ||||||
14 | businesses in the early 60s; he started B & B Fuel Oil and | ||||||
15 | White Rose Cleaners/Plant; with White Rose Cleaners he served 4 | ||||||
16 | locations on the Westside of Chicago for over 35 years; he | ||||||
17 | eventually started a 3rd businesses, B & J Groceries, and a | ||||||
18 | fourth, B & B Construction; B & B Construction provided | ||||||
19 | concrete services to suburban Cook County and Chicagoland | ||||||
20 | communities, and in 1990, the company was involved in the | ||||||
21 | renovation of Buckingham Fountain, with Charles as a Master | ||||||
22 | Cement Finisher; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass was a founding member of Mount Olive | ||||||
2 | Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, where he established the | ||||||
3 | Usher Board in 1956 and served as its President; he also | ||||||
4 | established the musical group "Gospel Jubilees"; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass was united in marriage to Katherine | ||||||
6 | Reid on December 21, 2012; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
8 | and by his brothers, J.C. and Sylvester; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Charles Bass is survived by his wife, Katherine; | ||||||
10 | his children, Anthony (Carmen), Jacqueline, Frank (Nadine), | ||||||
11 | Brenda (James), Linda, Kabrina (Lacy), and Daryl (Patricia); | ||||||
12 | his brothers, Reverend James (Helen) Bass and Elder Harry | ||||||
13 | (Jessie Mae) Bass; his sister, Mamie James; his sisters-in-law, | ||||||
14 | Barbara Bass, Eula (Edward) Sanders, Velma Jordan, Mary Jordan, | ||||||
15 | and Nancy Jordan; his brothers-in-law, Lionel Jordan and Andrew | ||||||
16 | Jordan; his 16 grandchildren; his 10 great-grandchildren; his | ||||||
17 | many nephews, nieces, relatives, and friends; and his special | ||||||
18 | cousin, Henry Bass; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
21 | we mourn the passing of Charles Vester "C.V." Bass, and extend | ||||||
22 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who |
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1 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Charles Bass as an expression of our | ||||||
4 | deepest sympathy.
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