Full Text of SR1898 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Verniece Lindsay, who passed away on May | 4 | | 14, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Verniece Lindsay was born in Halsell, Alabama to | 6 | | Chester and Sallie Oliver on May 1, 1947; her family moved to | 7 | | Chicago Heights and joined Union Evangelistic
Baptist Church; | 8 | | she attended Governors State University, where she received
a | 9 | | Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, a master's degree in
| 10 | | education and a second master's degree in educational | 11 | | administration; she married Henry Lindsay; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Verniece Lindsay had a career as an educator in | 13 | | the Illinois Public School
System, where she positively | 14 | | impacted students, parents, and co-workers; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Verniece Lindsay valued family and friends | 16 | | immensely and forged a special mother-son
relationship with | 17 | | Terron Allen; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Verniece Lindsay was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents and her sisters, Otis Mae Allen and Henrianna | 20 | | Allen-McGrew; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Verniece Lindsay is survived by her daughter, | 2 | | Stephania; her sons,
Jimmie and Terron (Alvia); her brothers, | 3 | | Rufus (Marlene) and Arthur (Mary); her loving grandson, Steven | 4 | | (Devon); five great-grandchildren; her spiritual sisters, | 5 | | Willie, Abigail, and Arva; a devoted great-niece, Tia; and a | 6 | | host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Verniece Lindsay, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Verniece Lindsay as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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