Bill Text: IL SR1378 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Willie R. Snowden.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR1378 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1378-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Willie R. Snowden, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 3, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Willie Snowden was born in El Dorado, Arkansas to | ||||||
| 6 | Paul and Beulah Snowden on January 16, 1941; he attended | ||||||
| 7 | elementary and secondary schools in Arkansas and graduated | ||||||
| 8 | from Booker T. Washington High School in 1958, where he played | ||||||
| 9 | football; he also developed a love for golf as a result of his | ||||||
| 10 | father's training; he caddied for many years and continued to | ||||||
| 11 | develop his skills in golf; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Willie Snowden attended Texas Southern University | ||||||
| 13 | from 1958 to 1960; he later joined the U.S. Army and served for | ||||||
| 14 | two years; after the completion of his service, he graduated | ||||||
| 15 | from AM & N College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Willie Snowden re-connected with his high school | ||||||
| 17 | sweetheart, Gloria Soldon, in 2000; they both retired in 2004, | ||||||
| 18 | and he moved to Kansas City; they were married in 2005; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Willie Snowden was a member of Morning Star | ||||||
| 20 | Baptist Church; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Willie Snowden is survived by his wife of 17 | ||||||
| 2 | years, Gloria Soldon-Snowden; his son, Roderick Snowden; his | ||||||
| 3 | sister, Irma Sims; his brothers, Paul and Jimmy (Rosie) | ||||||
| 4 | Snowden; his special cousins and sisters, Dorothy Thompson and | ||||||
| 5 | Beverly Snowden Schultz; and his nieces and nephews, Pastor | ||||||
| 6 | Paul Calvin (Carol) Sims, State Sen. Elgie R. (Shivonne) Sims, | ||||||
| 7 | Libue Steven Sims, Paula Snowden Middleton, and Calvin, Kenny, | ||||||
| 8 | Marquita, and Shea; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 11 | Willie R. Snowden and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Willie Snowden as an expression of | ||||||
| 16 | our deepest sympathy.
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