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093_SR0199
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of Senate of the State of
3 Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Dorothy
4 Ruth Davis Curry on July 15, 2003; and
5 WHEREAS, Mrs. Curry was one of eleven children born to
6 Tobe and Roxie Davis on June 2, 1933 in Georgia; she was a
7 highly educated woman, having attended college at Morris
8 Brown in Atlanta, Georgia, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Home
9 Economics at Fort Valley State in Fort Valley, Georgia, and a
10 degree in Higher Education/Administration from St. Xavier
11 University in Chicago; and
12 WHEREAS, Mrs. Curry was married to Lacey Kirk Curry on
13 September 28, 1952 at Wolf Creek County Line Baptist Church,
14 and was the mother of four children, Lacey Kirk Seneca,
15 Donald Eugene "D.C.", Theresa Lynne, and Augustus Tobe Curry;
16 and
17 WHEREAS, Mrs. Curry was a housewife for fifty-one years,
18 while still maintaining an educational career at elementary
19 schools in Georgia, Colorado, Utah, and Illinois, and high
20 schools in California; in addition, she was Director of
21 Emmanuel Christian School in Chicago; and
22 WHEREAS, Mrs. Curry's hobbies included sewing, cooking,
23 flowers, gardening, and traveling; her aspirations were the
24 glory of God, the well being of her husband, family and
25 friends, the education of children, the hopes and dreams of
26 young married couples, and the care of the aged, which
27 prompted her to organize the "Golden Agers" of her church;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, Mrs. Curry's passing will be deeply felt by many
30 especially her husband, L.K. Curry; her four children and
31 their spouses, Lacy Seneca, Donald Eugene and Veronica,
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1 Theresa Curry and Rev. Kenneth Battle, and Augustus Tobe and
2 Tonya; her nine grandchildren, Seneca Charles, Julius Clark,
3 Brittany Ryan, Jillian Anice, Henry Louis, John Lacy, and
4 Delane Monique; her brothers Ralph (Jessie) Davis, Rudolph
5 (Annette) Davis, and David Davis; and her many nieces and
6 nephews; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
8 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
9 Dorothy Ruth Davis Curry; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Dorothy Ruth Davis Curry as an
12 expression of our sorrow for their loss.
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