Full Text of SR0313 94th General Assembly
SR0313 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Camille Nicole (Comer) | 4 |
| Cook of Chicago, formerly of Gary, Indiana, on July 24, 2005; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Cook was born December 4, 1965, in Gary, | 7 |
| Indiana, to Carter and Alva Curtis Comer; she married Bruce L. | 8 |
| Cook, president of the Cook County Bar Association, in Chicago | 9 |
| on May 30, 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Gary Roosevelt High School in | 11 |
| 1984 and later received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Purdue | 12 |
| University; she began her professional career as a paralegal | 13 |
| with Amoco Corporation and other major law firms; after years | 14 |
| spent working in the legal profession, she pursued a career in | 15 |
| the pharmaceutical sales industry as a sales representative for | 16 |
| several major pharmaceutical companies; and
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| WHEREAS, Beyond her professional career, she was committed | 18 |
| to serving God and her community; as a member of the Trinity | 19 |
| United Church of Christ in Chicago, she participated actively | 20 |
| in the Million for the Master Ministry and was also a member of | 21 |
| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Camille Cook is felt by all who | 23 |
| knew and loved her, especially her husband, Bruce; her | 24 |
| daughter, Briannah; her stepdaughter, Csone; her mother, Alva | 25 |
| Curtis Comer, and father, Carter (Sandy) Comer; her brothers, | 26 |
| Tony (Janice) Comer, Carlton (Marilyn) Comer, and Jamie Comer; | 27 |
| her sister, Carliese Comer; her mother-in-law, Junerous Cook, | 28 |
| and father-in-law, Rufus Cook; her grandmother, Izora Comer; | 29 |
| her grandfather, Nebraska (Elizabeth) Curtis; her nieces, | 30 |
| Dominique, Antoinette, Colette, and Eden; her nephew, | 31 |
| Alexander; and a host of other relatives and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a vibrant and beautiful woman who had a | 2 |
| very giving and loving spirit; the memory of her character, | 3 |
| intelligence, and compassion will live on in her loved ones; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our deepest | 7 |
| regret at the passing of Camille Cook and extend to her family, | 8 |
| friends, and community our most sincere condolences; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our heartfelt | 12 |
| sympathy.
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