Full Text of SR0770 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Mother Mary B. McKinney of Decatur, | 4 | | who passed away on December 31, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary McKinney was born to Belvy Manney and Connie | 6 | | (Green) Manney in Morrilton, Arkansas on July 20, 1926; she | 7 | | grew up in Arkansas and moved to New Madrid, Missouri in her | 8 | | adult life; she relocated to Decatur in 1975; she married | 9 | | William Junior McKinney, and he preceded her in death in 1989; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary McKinney committed to her faith from an | 12 | | early age; she was a longtime member of the Church of the | 13 | | Living God P.G.T. Temple #3, where she faithfully attended | 14 | | until her health declined; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Mary McKinney loved gardening, planting flowers, | 16 | | studying her faith, listening to gospel music, and spending | 17 | | time with her family; she was affectionately called "Aunt Mary | 18 | | Belle" by many and "Granny Girl" by her great-granddaughter
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Mary McKinney was preceded in death by her | 21 | | husband, William; her parents; her siblings, Thaddeus Manney |
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| 1 | | and Robert Harold Manney Sr.; her son-in-law, Lawrence Taylor; | 2 | | and her nephews, Junious T. Manney Jr. and Lance Manney; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mary McKinney is survived by her children, | 4 | | Dorothy (Charles Sr.) Warren, Roy (Lynette) McKinney, Gladys | 5 | | Taylor, Raymond (Glanda) McKinney, Janice McKinney, William | 6 | | McKinney, Patricia (Roy) Dorsey, Ellen (Andra Sr.) Burris, and | 7 | | Rhonda (Allen) Taylor; her bonus son, Richard Moore-McKinney; | 8 | | her brother, Junious Thomas Manney Sr.; her brother-in-law, | 9 | | Charles (Jean) McKinney; her sister-in-law, Barbara Patterson; | 10 | | her 28 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren, | 11 | | great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other | 12 | | relatives; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 15 | | Mother Mary B. McKinney and extend our sincere
condolences to | 16 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 19 | | presented to the family of Mary McKinney as an expression of
| 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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