Full Text of HR0826 94th General Assembly
HR0826 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| members of the House of Representatives of the State of | 4 |
| Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Charlie B. | 5 |
| Ragland, Sr., of Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, January 9, | 6 |
| 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Barrets Chapel High School, | 8 |
| which he attended from kindergarten through twelfth grade; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served our country as a member of the | 10 |
| U.S. Army for three years; he married Aretta Westbrook Ragland | 11 |
| in 1948; together, they shared 58 years and parented four sons | 12 |
| and four daughters; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland was a lifelong church leader at Oak | 14 |
| Spring Baptist Church in Arlington, Tennessee; he was retired | 15 |
| from E.I. DuPont Chemical Co.; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland's son, Alan V. Ragland, is the Senior | 17 |
| Pastor of Third Baptist Church of Chicago, located in the | 18 |
| legislative district of State Representative Monique D. Davis; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| we mourn the passing of Mr. Charlie B. Ragland, Sr., and we | 23 |
| extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who | 24 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 27 |
| condolences.
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