Full Text of SR0295 101st 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 Ingrid Surette (Cravens) Smith of | 4 | | Decatur, who passed away on March 22, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith was born in Chicago to Charity and | 6 | | Hancy Cravens on September 29, 1948; she moved to Decatur with | 7 | | her parents when she was a toddler; she attended Durfee | 8 | | Elementary School and Woodrow Wilson Junior High School and | 9 | | graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in 1966; she | 10 | | continued her academic pursuits at the University of Illinois | 11 | | in Champaign-Urbana; in May of 1988, she received her Bachelor | 12 | | of Arts in Management from Sangamon State University, now the | 13 | | University of Illinois-Springfield; she married Walter E. | 14 | | Smith Sr. in November 1992; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith worked at Archer Daniels Midland | 16 | | Company (ADM) for 42 years; her roles included sales, | 17 | | marketing, transportation and logistics, and project | 18 | | management; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith was driven by a passion that demanded | 20 | | equity and inclusion for individuals affected by social, | 21 | | economic, health, and racial disparities; she led and actively | 22 | | participated in organizations that supported the goal of |
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| 1 | | improving the quality of life for several city, state, and | 2 | | national victims of inequity; she was a volunteer, an activist, | 3 | | and a thoughtful leader who wanted people to march beside her | 4 | | not behind her; these characteristics led her to make Decatur | 5 | | feel like home for natives and newcomers; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith served in leadership roles on many | 7 | | boards, including as a past president of the Decatur Chapter of | 8 | | the NAACP, a past president of the Springfield-Decatur Chapter | 9 | | of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a vice chairperson of the | 10 | | Finance Committee and Trustees for St. Peter's A.M.E. Church, | 11 | | first Vice President and Parliamentarian of the Illinois | 12 | | Conference Women's Missionary Society, and the first black | 13 | | female member of the National Honor Scholarship Society; she | 14 | | was also a member of the Decatur Human Relations Commission, | 15 | | the Women's Golf Association, and the Metro Black Chamber of | 16 | | Commerce; in recent years, she was a trained domestic violence | 17 | | advocate at DOVE, Inc.; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith was generous with her knowledge, her | 19 | | time, and her talents; she loved her family; she was a | 20 | | confidant, friend, mentor, advocate, and coach to many; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ingrid Smith is survived by her husband, Walter E. | 22 | | Smith Sr.; her daughter, Bridget (James) Cravens-Neely; her | 23 | | sister, Kim Cravens Nicholson; her brothers, Bobby Cravens and |
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| 1 | | Chris Cravens; her nephews, Zachary (Kiana) Cravens and Dexter | 2 | | Cravens; her great-niece, Aiden; her stepchildren, Dana Hosea, | 3 | | Gerrett Smith, and Walter E. (Alicia) Smith Jr; her | 4 | | grandchildren, James Jr., Julian, Jaden, ShaQuan, Maresa, | 5 | | Shakur, Jakobie, Rylei, Alyasha, Mikiah, and Joliyah; her | 6 | | great-grandson, Davion; her brothers-in-law and | 7 | | sisters-in-law; and her many nieces, nephews, and close family | 8 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Ingrid Surette (Cravens) Smith and extend our sincere | 12 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 13 | | her; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Ingrid Smith as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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