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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Mary Ann Byrd of Glen Carbon, who passed 
4away on June 29, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Byrd was born on July 24, 1966, in Alton; 
6her parents were Kenneth E. and Walburga "Wally" Fisher; she 
7married Paul D. Byrd on February 19, 1994; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Byrd was a loving wife and mother and 
9will be always remembered for being a very strong and positive 
10person; she and her husband started the Madison County 
11Challenger Baseball Team for disabled children; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Byrd was a member of First Baptist Church 
13of Maryville; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Byrd was preceded in death by her father; 
15and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Byrd is survived by her husband, Paul; 
17her sons, Caleb Byrd and Ben Byrd; her mother; her sister, 
18Michelle (Jim) Graham; her brother, Eric (Shara) Fisher; her 
19grandmother, Louise Fisher; her mother-in-law, Betty Byrd; her 
20sister-in-law, Lori (Johnny) Waltman; and her many other family 
 
 
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1members, friends, and church family; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
4her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ann Byrd; and be it 
5further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of Mary Ann Byrd as an expression of 
8our sympathy.