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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
Joyce Ann Pittman, who passed away on 
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February 3, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was born on December 8, 1935, in 
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Middletown, Ohio; her parents were the late Lawless and Lucille 
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Holloway; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was raised in Middletown, Ohio, 
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where she accepted Christ at an early age; she and her family 
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later moved to Maywood, where she attended and graduated from 
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Proviso East High School; she then met and married Clarence 
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Lewis; 3 children were born to their union; she later married 
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Harold Pittman; one child, Alicia Cora Pittman, was born to 
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their union; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was employed at Alberto Culver from 
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1965 to 1973; she was also employed at Marshall Fields, Saks 
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Fifth Avenue, and most recently at Lord and Taylor; during her 
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career, she was a top sales representative and received 
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numerous accolades for her work; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was an active member of the Canaan 
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A.M.E. Church in Maywood, serving in several of the church's 
 


 






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auxiliaries; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman enjoyed being a grandmother, 
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traveling, shopping, and spending time with her family and 
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friends; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman was preceded in death by her 
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sibling, Billy; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman is survived by her loving husband of 
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40 years, Harold; her children, Alan Lewis, Steven Lewis 
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(Alexandra), Kenneth Lewis (Bridgette), and Alicia Pittman; 
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her stepchildren, Larry Pittman and Kimberly Pittman; her 
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grandchildren, Rena Lewis, Brandy Lucia Holloman, Evan Daniel 
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Lewis, and Soliel Marie Lewis; her sibling, Ronald Jones 
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(Lillie Mae); and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, and 
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friends; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Joyce Pittman will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved her as a fun-loving and gregarious woman whose love 
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for her family and friends was unmatched; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Joyce Ann Pittman; and 
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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 Joyce Pittman as an expression of 
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our sympathy.