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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Emma Grier of Springfield, who passed |
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| away on May 11, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born October 22, 1922, in Russell County, |
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| Alabama, the daughter of the late George and Emma Walton; and
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| WHEREAS, She was united in marriage to Willie Grier Sr. on |
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| December 3, 1936; to this union were born five sons and five |
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| daughters; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie |
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| Grier Sr.; her sons, Willie II, Vincent, and Quentin; her five |
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| brothers; and a great grandson; and
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| WHEREAS, She leaves to cherish precious memories, her two |
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| sons, Johnny (Kitty) Grier and Mark (Audrey) Grier; her five |
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| daughters, Shirley Foster, JoAnn Daugherty, Jacqueline |
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| (Joseph) Grier-Fluellen, Sherry (Robert) Williams, and Juanita |
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| Grier; as well as a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, |
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| nieces, nephews, dear friends, and special neighbors; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |