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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Katie |
| 4 | | Singletary, who passed away on April 22, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary was born on April 17, 1929, in |
| 6 | | Roundpond, Arkansas; her parents were Earnest and Louise |
| 7 | | Burton; she married Harrison Singletary in 1952; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary attended Woodbine School in |
| 9 | | Shelby, Mississippi where she played her favorite sport, |
| 10 | | baseball, where she was known as the "home run queen"; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, While living in Mississippi, Katie Singletary |
| 12 | | attended Hopewell Church; after relocating to Chicago, she |
| 13 | | joined the Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church; she also |
| 14 | | enjoyed attending the Greater Rock Church and the Hope |
| 15 | | Community Church; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary enjoyed bowling with her |
| 17 | | Saturday Night Good Times Bowling League team, "The Peaceful |
| 18 | | Ones"; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, She loved poetry and was a long time member of the |
| 20 | | Beautifying Club; she loved studying and hearing the word of |
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| 1 | | God; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her |
| 3 | | siblings, Robert, Tommy, Earnest, Jr., and Rosetta; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary is survived by her sons, James |
| 5 | | (Faye), Earnest (Karen), and Otto (Camille); her |
| 6 | | grandchildren, Latonia Brown (Denoris), Anthony, Denise |
| 7 | | Foster, DeVontae Blanks, James Jr., Candace, Christopher, and |
| 8 | | Savannah; her 10 great-grandchildren; her siblings, James |
| 9 | | Wright (Elizabeth), Mary Carr (James), and Martha Smiley |
| 10 | | (Eddie); her uncle, AC Childress (Tammy); her many loving |
| 11 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; her spiritual mother, |
| 12 | | Ms. Bessie McCloud; and the extended family that she cared for |
| 13 | | after her retirement, Robin, Nina, Sullivan, Bailey, Emily, |
| 14 | | Jack, Isabella, and Cecilia; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 17 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of |
| 18 | | Katie Singletary; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Katie Singletary as a symbol of our |
| 21 | | sincere sympathy.
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