Full Text of SR0890 95th General Assembly
SR0890 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Daisy Fair-Cox, who passed away on | 4 |
| October 16, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox was born on March 23, 1902, in | 6 |
| Metropolis, Indiana; she was the daughter of George and Laura | 7 |
| (Tinsley) Long; she was married to Damon Fair for 32 years; he | 8 |
| preceded her in death in 1978; she married Norval M. Cox Jr. in | 9 |
| 1985; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox graduated from Southern Illinois | 11 |
| University at Carbondale and the University of Illinois, where | 12 |
| she received her bachelor's of science and master's degree in | 13 |
| education; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1926, Daisy Fair-Cox went to Alton and was | 15 |
| hired by the Alton school district to teach at Dunbar | 16 |
| Elementary School, later becoming the school's principal; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox also worked as an organist at Berea | 18 |
| Lutheran Church, a mission church of Trinity Lutheran Church in | 19 |
| Alton; she was a member of Trinity Lutheran, where she served | 20 |
| on the Christian Board of Education, the Stewardship Board, and | 21 |
| sang in the choir; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox served as an educator in the Alton | 2 |
| public school system for 39 years, serving as principal of the | 3 |
| Dunbar Elementary School for 20 of the 39 years; she was also | 4 |
| recognized for her effort to help establish the first | 5 |
| kindergarten for black youth in Alton; in 1942, she was | 6 |
| assigned as an assistant principal at the Horace Mann-Dunbar | 7 |
| School; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox's first love was always to have | 9 |
| worked with underprivileged children; in whatever organization | 10 |
| she joined, she became involved with scholarships if possible; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox was well known in her community for | 13 |
| her great body of community service, including work with the | 14 |
| Citizens Advisory Committee of the Alton Community Unit School | 15 |
| District 11, Board of Directors (GHDRC), the Self Development | 16 |
| of People's Committee Board, which sponsored the national | 17 |
| program "One Hour of Sharing", the Y.W.C.A. Board, where she | 18 |
| served as president, the Top Ladies of Distinction, St. Louis | 19 |
| Chapter, the Federated Unity Club of Alton, the Illinois | 20 |
| Association of Colored Women's Club, where she served as State | 21 |
| president, and the National Association of Colored Women's | 22 |
| Club, where she served as national parliamentarian; and
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| WHEREAS, Daisy Fair-Cox is survived by her husband; her | 2 |
| stepchildren, Norval M. Cox III, Rasheedah Madyun, Darlene A. | 3 |
| Hall, Kathleen M. Cox, and Lisa V. Cox-Johnson and her husband, | 4 |
| Keith; her nieces, Dorothy Mathis, Charlotte Johnson, and | 5 |
| Phyllis Foy; and many other nieces and cousins throughout the | 6 |
| country; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Daisy Fair-Cox; and be | 10 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Daisy Fair-Cox as an expression of | 13 |
| our sympathy.
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