Full Text of SR0270 95th General Assembly
SR0270 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
Purvis Smith of Alton, who passed away on | 4 |
| June 18, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Purvis Smith was born on October 19, 1928 in | 6 |
| Clarksdale, Mississippi; his parents were Simon and Millie | 7 |
| (Miller) Smith; he married the former Norma Jean Madison; and
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| WHEREAS, Purvis Smith was a U.S. Army veteran; he received | 9 |
| his formal education in Clarksdale; he was a foreman at Laclede | 10 |
| Steel Company for 40 years until his retirement in 1991; he was | 11 |
| a lifetime member of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and | 12 |
| Dunbar Masonic Lodge 97; and
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| WHEREAS, Purvis Smith was a political advocator; in the | 14 |
| 1960's he marched for civil rights to abolish the Jim Crow laws | 15 |
| plaguing the country; and
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| WHEREAS, Purvis Smith was preceded in death by his wife; | 17 |
| his parents; his son, Willie T. Smith; and his siblings, | 18 |
| Octavia Campbell, Rosie Wilkerson, Carrie Turner, Ara Conley, | 19 |
| Lela Murray, Maggie Patterson, Emma Moore, and Nan, Mary, | 20 |
| Sonny, William, Malloy, Charlie, and Simon Smith; and
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| WHEREAS, Purvis Smith is survived by his son, Brian (Gina) | 2 |
| Williams; his daughters, Machell (Sidney Turner III) Williams, | 3 |
| DeeSheryl (Gregory) Walker, and Norma Jean James; his | 4 |
| grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his sister, Wreary | 5 |
| Bounds; his special nephew, Ramon Lacey; his brother-in-law, | 6 |
| Joseph (Ruby) Madison; and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, | 7 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Purvis Smith; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Purvis Smith as an expression of our | 14 |
| sympathy.
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