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