Full Text of SR0479 095th General Assembly
SR0479 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
Nellie Nettles of Chicago, who passed | 4 |
| away on December 9, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Nellie Nettles was born on February 21, 1928 in | 6 |
| Flint, Michigan; her parents were James and Jeffie Lee | 7 |
| Carpenter; she married Harry Nettles Jr. in 1950; and
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| WHEREAS, Nellie Nettles confessed a hope in Christ and was | 9 |
| baptized at an early age; she graduated from Flint Northern | 10 |
| High School in 1946; she moved to Chicago in 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, Nellie Nettles was an active member of Maryland | 12 |
| Avenue Baptist Church, remaining there until she became ill; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Nellie Nettles was preceded in death by her | 15 |
| husband, Harry Nettles Jr.; her parents; her brothers, Brady | 16 |
| Carpenter, Samuel Carpenter, Lorenda Carpenter, Otis | 17 |
| Carpenter, Flavis Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, and Eulis | 18 |
| Carpenter; her sisters, Rachael Carpenter-Mason and Idabell | 19 |
| Carpenter; her nephews, James "Butch" Alden Carpenter and | 20 |
| Stevie Carpenter; and her niece, Brenda Carpenter; and
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| WHEREAS, Nellie Nettles is survived by her daughter, Carol | 2 |
| (Philip) Washington; her grandchildren, Philip Washington Jr., | 3 |
| Crystal (RT) Rankin, Jonathan Washington, and Justin | 4 |
| Washington; her great-grandchildren, Brooklyn Washington, Ryan | 5 |
| Rankin, and Cailyn Rankin; her sister-in-law, Arie Lee | 6 |
| Carpenter; her nephews, Kenneth Scott, Leroy Scott, Brian | 7 |
| Carpenter, Waynard Carpenter, and Paul Carpenter; her nieces, | 8 |
| Tonya Scott, Cheryl Carpenter-Perry, Rhonda Simmons, and | 9 |
| Brenna Carpenter; and her many great-nieces, great-nephews, | 10 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Nellie Nettles; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Nellie Nettles as an expression of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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