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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
Lena Leo Miles, who passed away on June |
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| 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Lena Leo Miles was born on January 11, 1935 in |
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| Hillsboro, Mississippi; her parents were the late John Evans |
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| and Eular Hall Evans; and
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| WHEREAS, Lena Leo Miles was baptized at the Sylvester |
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| United Methodist Church at an early age; after receiving her |
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| early education at the Sylvester School, she attended the Scott |
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| County Training School and graduated from the E.T. Hawkins High |
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| School in 1954, where she and her sister were members of the |
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| girls basketball team; she continued her education in Chicago, |
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| where she received her CNA certificate at Olive Harvey College; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Within a week of arriving in Chicago, Lena Leo |
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| Miles began working at Montgomery Ward; she later worked as a |
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| seamstress at the Style Craft Belt Company; she was employed by |
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| the State of Illinois as a mental health technician; she then |
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| worked at Ada S. McKinley as a supervisor until her retirement |
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| in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, Lena Leo Miles was an avid bowler and was a member |
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| of the Pate's Drapery Bowling League; she was also a member of |
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| the Happy Seniors Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Lena Leo Miles was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her siblings, Mary Rasco, John Willie Evans, Joe Sebe |
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| Evans, Henry Evans, Lewis Evans, Martha Evans, Edward Evans, |
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| Elizabeth Williams, Laura D. Evans, Lee Andrew Evans, and Annie |
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| Bell Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, Lena Leo Miles is survived by her son, Lawrence |
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| Evans; her grandson, Mitchell L. Reed; her sisters, Ruby Rasco |
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| and Rena Cleo Bell; her grand daughter-in-law, Nikki Reed; her |
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| great-granddaughters, Kanisha, Kyasia, and Kendra; her |
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| sisters-in-law, Viola Evans and Beatrice Evans; and her many |
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| nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Lena Leo Miles; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Lena Leo Miles as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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