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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Ronnie James Boddie of North Chicago, who 
4passed away on November 15, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie was born on December 10, 1949 in 
6Memphis, Tennessee; his parents were Naomi Boddie and Charles 
7Makins; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie graduated from North Chicago High 
9School in 1968; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie served as a member of the United 
11States Army during the Vietnam War; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie worked at Defense Automated 
13Printing Services in Great Lakes for 30 years; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie was preceded in death by his mother, 
15Naomi Boddie; his grandparents, Samuel and Frenchie Boddie; his 
16sister, Fannie Henderson; his uncle, Robert Boddie; his aunts, 
17Arguster Boddie and Nancy Yarbrough; and his father-in-law, 
18Bishop Calvin Watkins; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Ronnie Boddie is survived by his loving wife of 30 
 
 
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1years, Pastor Geraldine Boddie; his son, Gerron Boddie; his 
2sisters, Belria Pittman and Amber Renfroe; his 
3brothers-in-law, Johnnie Henderson and Calvin George Gibson; 
4his mother-in-law, Essie Watkins; his aunts, Beulah Boddie, 
5Evelyn Boddie, Lois Wilborn, and Rose Keaton; his uncle, Pastor 
6Edward (Linda) Ervin; his nephew, Anthony Boddie; his special 
7friend, Rezoila McLaughlin; and his many nieces, nephews, 
8cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
11family and friends, mourn the passing of Ronnie James Boddie; 
12and be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Ronnie Boddie as an expression of 
15our sympathy.