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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
Descenia Coleman, who passed away on |
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| October 6, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Descenia Coleman was born on June 20, 1951 in |
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| Forrest City, Arkansas; she was the daughter of Lonnie and |
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| Odessia Horton; she married Samuel Miller Sr. in 1969; she |
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| married her one true love, Tommie Earl Coleman, on May 15, |
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| 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Descenia Coleman confessed her hope in Christ at |
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| an early age; she joined the Thyatira Missionary Baptist Church |
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| under the leadership of the Reverend William Berry; she then |
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| moved her membership to the Little Mountain of Hope under the |
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| leadership of Reverend Slayton Palms Jr., where she was a |
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| member of the choir; her final church home was at Calvary |
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| Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend |
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| James R. Lint; and
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| WHEREAS, Descenia Coleman was employed at St. Joseph |
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| Hospital for 29 1/2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Descenia Coleman was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her brothers, Melvin and Lonnie, Jr.; and her sisters, |
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| Patsy and Helen Horton; and
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| WHEREAS, Descenia Coleman is survived by her loving |
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| husband, Tommie Coleman; her son, Samuel Miller Jr. (Dolores); |
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| her sisters, Mary, Florence, Annette (Jerry), Marilyn, |
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| Catherine (Duel), and Ida (Jorge); her brothers, Calvin (Joyce) |
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| and Charles (Meri); her 29 nieces and nephews; her 21 |
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| great-nieces and nephews; her uncles, Joe Berry and J.W. |
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| Horton; her aunts, Ella Mae Bryant, Ardenia Haggins, Flora |
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| Henry, Marva Henry, and Narvi Henry; the Berry family (her |
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| special sister and brothers); a host of close family and |
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| friends, including her special friends, Vivian, Janis, |
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| Lorraine, and Daphne; and her cat, Ms. Kitty; 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 Descenia Coleman; 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 Descenia Coleman as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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