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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Mary Belle Bowers of
4 Chicago on July 28, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bowers was born August 23, 1915, in Bolivar,
6 Tennessee, to Slater and Isabella Willis; she was the oldest of
7 six children; she married Frank Bowers in 1934, and they were
8 the parents of six children; Mrs. Bowers and her husband moved
9 to Chicago in 1941; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was a good cook and enjoyed cooking for family
11 and friends; she loved people and lived life to the fullest;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, two
14 brothers, a sister, and her four sons; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Belle Bowers is felt by all
16 who knew and loved her, especially her daughters, Rosemary
17 Bowers and Jane R. Gary; her five grandchildren, ten
18 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; her
19 sisters, Lola Townsend and Verlacy Jordan; her
20 daughter-in-law, Adrienne Bowers; and a host of other relatives
21 and friends; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
24 Mary Belle Bowers and extend our sincerest condolences to her
25 family and friends; and be it further
 
26     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
28 sympathy.