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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Vivian 
4Bratton Wilson, who passed away on March 9, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was born on March 6, 1918; her 
6parents were Effie Bomar and Luegemus Bratton; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson attended Englewood High School, 
8Wilson Jr. College, and Roosevelt University, where she studied 
9business and business administration; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson's father was the founder of Star 
11Detective and Security Agency in Chicago; in her early years, 
12she performed undercover work and other investigations for Star 
13Detective and served as her father's part-time secretary, 
14bookkeeper, payroll clerk, recruiter, hirer, and firer in the 
151940s and 1950s; after her father's passing, she served as 
16Star's president and treasurer for nearly 30 years, directing a 
17business with 650 employees; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was licensed as a State of Illinois 
19Private Security Contractor, State of Illinois Private 
20Detective and State of Illinois Private Alarm Contractor; she 
21had received numerous awards for outstanding work in the 
 
 
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1security field and was named "Security Entrepreneur of the 
2Year" by the Alpha Lambda Honorary Fraternity; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was a regular at the South Side 
4Gospel Assembly, St. John AME Church, and Trinity United Church 
5of Christ; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was preceded in death by her second 
7husband, Clyde Wilson; her siblings, Howard Bratton, Leonard 
8Bratton, and Paulina Bratton; and her granddaughter, Volora 
9Watson; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson is survived by her sister, Marcella 
11(David) Gibson; her daughter Almeda (Irwin) Dunn; her 
12granddaughter, Dominique (Charles) Wallace; and her 
13great-grandchildren, Kenneth and Almeda Wallace; therefore, be 
14it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
17we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of 
18Vivian Bratton Wilson; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
20presented to the family of Vivian Wilson as an expression of 
21our sympathy.