Full Text of SR0251 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Odessa Hartley McReynolds, who passed | 4 | | away on December 25, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds was born in Addicks, Texas to | 6 | | Pearl (Roquemore) and Daniel Hartley on November 20, 1924; she | 7 | | grew up on her family's farm in southeast Texas surrounded by | 8 | | her immediate and extended family and pets, including a dog | 9 | | known affectionately as Such; she was raised in Damascus | 10 | | Missionary Baptist Church in Houston and spent much of her | 11 | | adolescence under the care of her aunt, Ella; she graduated | 12 | | from Jack Yates High School; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds moved to Chicago in 1942 at the | 14 | | age of 17 and became a member of Union Evangelistic Baptist | 15 | | Church in Chicago Heights; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds married Marshall Berry | 17 | | McReynolds on September 24, 1944, and they raised their family | 18 | | in East Chicago Heights (now Ford Heights) before moving to | 19 | | Markham; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds held a variety of jobs | 21 | | throughout her life; she retired from being a certified |
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| 1 | | nursing assistant at Windmill Nursing Pavilion in South | 2 | | Holland; she always maintained, however, that her primary and | 3 | | most important occupation was being a devoted mother, | 4 | | grandmother, and great-grandmother; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds was a faithful member of her | 6 | | children's schools' parent-teacher associations, serving in | 7 | | the roles of vice president and president in both Ford Heights | 8 | | and Midlothian; she was deeply committed to her children's | 9 | | formal education; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds joined Portland Street Church | 11 | | of God in Christ at the age of 23, where she remained a | 12 | | dedicated member for nearly eight decades; she was active with | 13 | | the Sunday school, teaching vacation Bible school and junior | 14 | | and adult Sunday school; ultimately, she served in the | 15 | | position of adult Sunday school assistant superintendent; she | 16 | | was also a well-respected member of the Mother's Board, | 17 | | holding the position of head church mother; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds was preceded in death by her | 19 | | husband, Marshall; her parents; her grandparents, Sam and | 20 | | Lizzie Roquemore; her aunt, Ella Roquemore Walls; her | 21 | | daughter, Mardine; her grandsons, Larry and Khal; and other | 22 | | close relatives and friends; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Odessa McReynolds is survived by her children, | 2 | | Marshall, James (LaQuetia), Janis, Myron (Nancy), and Bettie; | 3 | | her grandchildren, Marcya, Dina, Terence, Marquis, Jonathan, | 4 | | Sydney, Chaz, Caroline, and Julia; her great-grandchildren, | 5 | | Jalen, Khylah, Khalil, Angel, Alexis, Zachariah, Marquis Jr., | 6 | | and Manuel; her cousins, Bettye Jo Taylor and Ava Stewart; and | 7 | | numerous other dear family members and friends; therefore, be | 8 | | it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Odessa Hartley McReynolds and extend our sincere condolences | 12 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 13 | | it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Odessa McReynolds as an expression | 16 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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