Full Text of SR0851 095th General Assembly
SR0851 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
Nina Lynette Gilbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert was born on October 8, 1986 in Blue | 5 |
| Island to Leonard K. Gilbert III and Sharon Gilbert; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert started her academic career in 1989 | 7 |
| at the Chesterfield Tom Thumb Daycare Center; she later went on | 8 |
| to attend St. Joachim Catholic School, where she again | 9 |
| demonstrated the gifts God gave her; she then attended St. | 10 |
| Dorothy Catholic School after Joachim Catholic School closed | 11 |
| down; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert finished her elementary education at | 13 |
| St. John de la Salle Academy; Ms. Gilbert was the first | 14 |
| elementary school student to win the prestigious Quentis Benard | 15 |
| Garth Award in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert attended the Gwendolyn Brooks | 17 |
| College Preparatory School (formerly the South Side College | 18 |
| Preparatory School); Ms. Gilbert was honored to call the | 19 |
| school's principal, the late Dr. Pamela Dyson, her friend and | 20 |
| mentor; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert began working with the Leo Burnett | 2 |
| Advertising Company in downtown Chicago after finishing her | 3 |
| sophomore year of high school; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert attended the Florida Agriculture & | 5 |
| Mechanics University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida; while | 6 |
| attending FAMU, Ms. Gilbert served as the Vice President of the | 7 |
| FAMU Chicago Club; she was also a volunteer for the Student | 8 |
| Government Association and a member of the FAMU Bowling Team; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her | 11 |
| personal savior in May of 1995 and was baptized on July 2, 1995 | 12 |
| at the Trinity United Church of Christ under the pastoral | 13 |
| leadership of Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert made her transition to eternal life | 15 |
| on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at the mere age of 21; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert was preceded in death by her sister, | 17 |
| Danielle, and her maternal grandparents, James and Mary | 18 |
| Montgomery; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert leaves to cherish her memories her | 20 |
| loving parents, Leonard III and Sharon Gilbert; her brother, | 21 |
| Leonard IV; her grandparents, Lenard and Lillian Gilbert; her |
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| aunt, Gail Portis; her uncles, Paul (Yolanda) Montgomery, | 2 |
| William Gilbert, Leslie Grant, Nathaniel Grant, Darren | 3 |
| Gilbert, and Carlton Gilbert; her cousins, Anthony (Tomica) | 4 |
| Portis and DuWayne Sr.( Verona); her "Special Portis Boys", | 5 |
| Tyler, Tariq, and DuWayne Jr.; and an abundance of relatives, | 6 |
| church family members, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Nina Lynette Gilbert; | 10 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Nina Lynette Gilbert as an | 13 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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