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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Linda Carolyn Sims of Chicago, who passed
4 away on April 3, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on May 7, 1950 to Lillian and Harry
6 Sims; she accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was a
7 devout Christian her entire life; she became an ordained
8 Minister in 1987; and
 
9     WHEREAS, She loved to sing and excelled in music while
10 attending Hyde Park High School; she loved opera, and earned a
11 scholarship in music to Roosevelt University; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Linda gave her hand in marriage to Fulton M. Nealy
13 and together they had four beautiful children; and
 
14     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry
15 Sims and Lillian Collins; her stepfather, Robert Collins; and
16 her granddaughter, Kiera Jackson; and
 
17     WHEREAS, She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Nealy and
18 Pnakara Nealy; her sons, Fulton Dominic Nealy and Michael
19 Nealy; her brother, Larry A. Sims; her sisters, Dianne Gilder,
20 State Senator Jacqueline Collins, Phyllis Collins, and Barbara

 

 

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1 Collins; her seven grandchildren; her great-grandchild; and
2 nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5 her family and friends, the passing of Linda Carolyn Sims; and
6 be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of Linda Carolyn Sims as a symbol of
9 our sincere sympathy.