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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Wilson McKinney of Chicago on January 11,
4 1999; and
5 WHEREAS, He was born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, on June
6 12, 1938, one of 13 children born to Wesley and Nada
7 McKinney, Sr.; and
8 WHEREAS, He worked for the Schulze & Burch Biscuit
9 Company and Cook County Hospital for a total of 18 years; and
10 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his family
11 and friends, especially his wife, Ethel; his son, Collon
12 Ramsey; his stepchildren, Marquetta Lewis and Charles
13 Edwards; his step-grandchildren, Angelique Lewis, Chariss
14 Edwards, Charissa Edwards, Sha-Reiko Edwards, and Adam Lewis;
15 his step-great-grandchild, Calab Lewis; his sister, Lue Emma
16 Crossley; his brothers, John Smith and Wesley McKinney, Jr.;
17 his sisters-in-law, Helen McKinney, Evelena McKinney,
18 Leesther McKinney, Inez Goodson, and Tessie Nelson; and his
19 brother-in-law, Devitt Lewis; therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
21 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
22 and regret the death of Wilson McKinney and extend our
23 sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it
24 further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to his widow, Ethel McKinney.