SR0835 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Elizabeth Anne "Dolly" Parker Selph of Alton, who passed away on August 11, 2008; and

WHEREAS, She was born October 13, 1919, in Carlyle, Stewart County, Tennessee, to the late William Whitfield and G. LaRue (Clymer) Burcham; she was married to the late William E. Parker Sr. for 36 years; in June 1974, she married Roby O. Selph; and

WHEREAS, She enjoyed many hobbies, including oil painting, gardening, and sewing; throughout her life, she was a voracious reader and loved good literature; she was an avid baseball fan; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Roby; her brother, Kenneth W. Burcham; and her sister, Gloria Faith Means; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Selph is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, William E. and Rita Parker Jr. and James Richard Parker; her daughters and their husbands, Elizabeth A. Parker and Jerry Yeley, Jane M. and Thomas LaBrot, Joan M. and Keith Haasis, and Theresa P. and Marshall Smith II; her stepchildren, the youngest two she helped raise, and spouses, John R. and Patti Selph and Craig S. and Barb Selph; her nine grandchildren, Brian R. Parker, Peter K. Parker, Timothy M. Parker, Brigit Schwartz-Holt , Meredith A. Schwartz, Jolie E. LaBrot, Brianna P. LaBrot, Marshall Smith III, and Matthew Smith; her five great-grandchildren; and numerous step-grandchildren, including Captain Terri Robbins, now stationed in Afghanistan; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Elizabeth Anne Selph; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Elizabeth Anne Selph as a symbol of our sympathy.