Full Text of SR1270 099th 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 Betty Ruth Williams of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on November 24, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams was born on November 13, 1947 in | 6 | | Springfield; her parents were Earl and Betty (nee Brents) | 7 | | Douglas; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams graduated from Lanphier High | 9 | | School; she retired from Illinois Bell/Ameritech after 30 years | 10 | | of service; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams was a member of Pilgrim Rest | 12 | | Missionary Baptist Church, where she was very active with the | 13 | | Missionary Ministry; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams was a pitcher for over 15 years for | 15 | | the Patterson Quick Cleaning Service Softball team; she was a | 16 | | former member of the Eastside Brick House Unit for Community | 17 | | Needs organization and was very active in making positive | 18 | | changes in the community; she was also a member of One In A | 19 | | Million and Eastside Pride; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams loved her family, her music, |
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| 1 | | sports, playing Bid Whist once a month with her friends and | 2 | | family, and her special relationship with her brother-in-law, | 3 | | Roy I. Williams, Sr., and her friend, John Porter, Sr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents and her brothers, Fred Henry Douglas, Donnie Lewis | 6 | | Douglas, and Earl Douglas, Jr.; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Betty Williams is survived by her children, | 8 | | Danielle (Kess) Roberson and Erik (Haley) Williams, Sr.; her | 9 | | sisters, Patricia (Oscar) Patterson, Linda Douglas-Williams, | 10 | | and Kelly Douglas; her brothers, Ronald Douglas and Rickey | 11 | | (Sandra) Douglas, Sr.; her grandchildren, Cameron Jones, Kamya | 12 | | Williams, and Erik "EJ" Williams, Jr.; her aunts, Thelma | 13 | | Douglas and Hazel Douglas; her nieces, Maliyah Douglas, Breanna | 14 | | Douglas, Jennifer Joiner, and Shondra Burnett; her nephews, | 15 | | Rickey Douglas, Jr., Matthew Patterson, Ronald Black, Terrell | 16 | | Goins, Christopher Hawkins, and Marcus Burnett; her special | 17 | | nieces, Katara Simmons and Theiya Herrin; her special nephew, | 18 | | Rickey Simmons, Jr.; and her many cousins and friends; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 22 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Betty Ruth Williams; | 23 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Betty Williams as an expression of | 3 | | our sympathy.
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