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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Louis 
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Davis "L.D." Miller of Aurora, who passed away on May 7, 2007; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, L.D. Miller was born April 23, 1930 to Anderson 
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and Anna Miller in Toomsuba, Mississippi;

he married Avis 
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Patterson on April 11, 1987 and together they blended their 
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families into a loving and caring unit; and

 
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    WHEREAS, L.D. Miller worked with the City of Aurora in the 
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Maintenance Department and the City Park District until his 
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retirement; L.D. Miller was a member of the Main Baptist Church 
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of Aurora where he served in the Kitchen Ministry; he loved to 
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cook and enjoyed the fellowship with other members of the 
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committee; and

 

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    WHEREAS, L.D. Miller was preceded in death by his parents; 
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and his brothers, Anderson Miller Jr., James David Miller, and 
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Early B. Miller; and

 
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    WHEREAS,

L.D. Miller will be dearly missed by his wife of 
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20 years, Avis; his daughters, Tracey L. Phillips, E.G. (Kevin) 
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Jenkins, Jackiey Gibson, Judy Durham, and Angie Durham; his 
 


 






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sons, Tony, Terry (Deborah) Miller, Nathaniel,  and Isaac 
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Edwards; his grandchildren, Indira and TJ Martell and Kendrick 
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Miller, Jamica B. Schaeffer, Tavis and Markell Gibson, Durrell 
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and Trevis Williams, and Michael Harden and Derrick Edwards; 
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his sisters, Lillie Ruth (Judson) Terrell, Evangelist Ann L. 
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Miller, Johnnie B. Miller, Mamie (Raymond) Brown, and Betty 
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(Theodore) Jowers; his brothers, Charles Jerome and Bobby D. 
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Miller; his special aunt, Callie Coleman; and a host of other 
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loving relatives; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Louis 
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Davis "L.D." Miller; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Louis Davis "L.D." Miller as a 
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symbol of our sympathy.