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90_SR0040

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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION
 2        WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened
 3    to learn of the death of Millie Brown of  Chicago,  Illinois;
 4    and
 5        WHEREAS,   Millie  Lucille  Freeman  Brown  was  born  in
 6    Chicago, Illinois on June 6, 1937; the daughter of James  and
 7    Lettie  Freeman,  Millie  was the fourth of fifteen children,
 8    and was given the nickname "Will"; and
 9        WHEREAS, Millie lived all her life on the south  side  of
10    Chicago, where she graduated from Drake Elementary and Dunbar
11    Vocational  High  School;  while attending Dunbar she learned
12    how to be a milliner; after graduation she worked for a brief
13    period as a milliner as well as working at  Spiegel  on  35th
14    Street; and
15        WHEREAS, Millie made the decision to go into a career she
16    loved  and  became  a licensed beautician; Millie also helped
17    out in her brother George's West Coast Video Store; and
18        WHEREAS, Millie married Valentine Brown, Sr. on September
19    26, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois; together  they  had  one  son,
20    Valentine Brown, Jr.; and
21        WHEREAS, Millie is survived by a loving family, including
22    her  son  Valentine;  her  daughter-in-law  Sonji Denise; her
23    grandchildren Valentine III, Dominique Charles  Anthony,  and
24    Breanna  Denise;  her mother-in-law Mary Parker; her brothers
25    Joseph James and his wife Harriett, George Lee, Edward Allen,
26    John Leslie and his wife Franchester,  and  Donald  Roy;  her
27    sisters Evelyn Elizabeth and her husband George, Annie Lettie
28    Marie,   Yvonne   Charlotte,   Doris  Jean  and  her  husband
29    Cornelius, Lorraine Sheila, Lillian Augustine and her husband
30    Michael, and Donna Ruth and her husband Tommy;  brothers  and
31    sisters-in-law   Jacene   (Leon),  Archie  Gene,  Betty  Ruth
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 1    (Charles), Gary (Linda), Floyd Thomas (Connie),  Louise,  and
 2    Mignon;  her  aunts  Ruth  Outlaw,  Nora Nixon, Emma Freeman,
 3    Mercedes Freeman,  and  Ruth  Emanuel;  as  well  as  several
 4    nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends; therefore, be it
 5        RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 6    OF  THE  STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Millie
 7    Brown of Chicago, Illinois and extend our sincere condolences
 8    to her family and friends; and be it further
 9        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
10    presented to the family of Millie Brown of Chicago, Illinois

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