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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Evelyn Frances Austin, who recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Evelyn Austin was born in Greenville, Kentucky,
6 on August 11, 1918; her parents were Dr. Ulysses S. Porter,
7 M.D., and Mollie Wilson Porter; and
8 WHEREAS, Evelyn Austin received her education in the
9 Glasgow and Russellville, Kentucky public schools; she
10 accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at Hopewell Baptist
11 Church in Glasgow, where she also played the organ; after
12 moving to Chicago she joined Friendship Baptist Church and
13 later attended Wayman A.M.E. Church and Holy Name of Mary
14 Church; in 1940 she married Gilbert Ernest Austin, Jr.; and
15 WHEREAS, Evelyn Austin worked as a clerk for the United
16 States Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt and the Commodities
17 Future Trading Commission for over twenty-five years; after
18 her retirement she worked in the funeral services business
19 with her nephew, Marshall C. Andrews; she also served as a
20 judge of election for many years; and
21 WHEREAS, Evelyn Austin enjoyed jazz, gospel, and country
22 western music; she loved to dance at the Club Delisa and the
23 Tivoli; she and her husband also enjoyed ballroom dancing;
24 she enjoyed attending the yearly Bud Billiken Day Parade; in
25 1965 she was featured in the Chicago Defender newspaper,
26 telling her story about the parade being a family event; and
27 WHEREAS, Evelyn Austin will be remembered by many for her
28 love and wisdom, especially be her daughter, Anita Marie
29 Robinson Herron; her son, Ernest Ulysses (wife, Mary) Austin;
30 her grandchildren, Frederick (wife, Katina), Rodney (wife,
31 Desiree), Gregory David, Valerie, Victoria, Deneen, Michael,
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1 and Ernest, Jr.; her fourteen great-grandchildren; her nieces
2 and nephews; her friend, Florine Herndon; her friend and
3 caregiver, Stella McDavid; and her many friends and
4 acquaintances; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
7 of Evelyn Austin of Chicago, Illinois, and extend our
8 sympathies 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 Evelyn Austin.