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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of  Tommie 
4Echols Boykin, who passed away on November 7, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was born on February 24, 1931 in 
6Memphis, Tennessee; her parents were Clifton and Victoria 
7Echols; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin attended Larose Elementary School, 
9Booker T. Washington High School, and LeMoyne Owen College; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin served as President of the National 
11Association of Government Employees #R5-66 following the 
12passing of her husband in 1974; she also served as an Auxiliary 
13Probation Officer for Girls with the City of Memphis and a 
14Sales Associate at MCI; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was a member of Castalia Baptist 
16Church; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was preceded in death by her 
18husband, Drew Boykin, Jr.; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin is survived by her aunt, Johnnie 
 
 
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1Sanders (David - Sonny); her sister, Flewellen Echols Jenkins 
2(Ronnie Bell); her children, Shirley Boykin-Doss (Jerry), 
3Clifton Echols Boykin, Vicki Drew Boykin Adams (David), Willa 
4Boykin Broom (Jessie), and John Flewellen Boykin (Palmetra); 
5six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one nephew; one 
6niece; and many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
8NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
9we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of 
10Tommie Echols Boykin; and be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the family of Tommie Boykin as an expression of 
13our sympathy.