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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of H. Yvonne McKinney, who passed away on |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 August 22, 2023; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was born to Emanuel Hicks Sr. and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Addie Lee (Thomas) Hicks in Waukegan on February 11, 1944; she |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 was raised in Waukegan; she attended McAllister Grade School |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 and graduated from Waukegan Township High School; she married |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 Lee Edward Mason Sr. in 1962, and they had two children, Lee E. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 Mason Jr. and Lisa E. Mason; she later married John McKinney in |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 1978, and they raised their four children, Lee Jr., Lisa, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 Vicki, and Venus, together; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney started working at Abbott shortly |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 after completing high school and retired after 38 years of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 service; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was a member of First Corinthian |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, where she |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 faithfully volunteered; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney was preceded in death by her |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 paternal grandparents, Alford and Mamie Hicks; her maternal |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 grandparents, Robert and Rosie Thomas; her parents; her |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 grandson, Shawn Sotomayor; her brothers, Emanuel Hicks Jr. and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 Tyrone Springs; and her sister, Brenda Mayfield; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 WHEREAS, Yvonne McKinney is survived by her husband, John |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 McKinney; her children, Lee E. Mason Jr., Lisa E. (Dillard) |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 Dabney, Vicki McKinney, and Venus (Carleton Sr.) Childs; her |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 grandchildren, Andre Brewton, Taylore Dabney, Darielle Hay, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Carleton Childs Jr., Naomi Childs, and Rebecca Childs; her |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 great-grandsons, Stone Brewton, Isaiah Childs, and Ezra |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 Childs; her siblings, Shirley Robinson, Gloria Jennings, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 Vanessa (Fred) Washington, Surthal, Gregory, and Darrell |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 Hicks, Carolyn Gilliam, Patricia, Deborah, Phyllis, and Irene |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 Williams, Vonda (Robert) Hall, Caronn (Dale) Godbolt, and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 Joyce Parker; her dear friend, Jacqueline Wilkins; and a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 multitude of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 be it |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 H. Yvonne McKinney and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20 further |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22 presented to the family of Yvonne McKinney as an expression of |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23 our deepest sympathy. |
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