Full Text of SR0646 095th General Assembly
SR0646 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 Linda Carolyn Sims of Chicago, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 3, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on May 7, 1950 to Lillian and Harry | 6 |
| Sims; she accepted Jesus Christ at an early age and was a | 7 |
| devout Christian her entire life; she became an ordained | 8 |
| Minister in 1987; and
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| WHEREAS, She loved to sing and excelled in music while | 10 |
| attending Hyde Park High School; she loved opera, and earned a | 11 |
| scholarship in music to Roosevelt University; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda gave her hand in marriage to Fulton M. Nealy | 13 |
| and together they had four beautiful children; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry | 15 |
| Sims and Lillian Collins; her stepfather, Robert Collins; and | 16 |
| her granddaughter, Kiera Jackson; and
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| WHEREAS, She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Nealy and | 18 |
| Pnakara Nealy; her sons, Fulton Dominic Nealy and Michael | 19 |
| Nealy; her brother, Larry A. Sims; her sisters, Dianne Gilder, | 20 |
| State Senator Jacqueline Collins, Phyllis Collins, and Barbara |
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| Collins; her seven grandchildren; her great-grandchild; and | 2 |
| nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Linda Carolyn Sims; and | 6 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Linda Carolyn Sims as a symbol of | 9 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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