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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
OFFERING CONDOLENCES FOR THE FAMILY OF BURNETTE BOYKIN
WHEREAS, Ms. Burnette Boykin, the mother of former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin was born on December 15, 1947, in Jackson, Mississippi; and,
WHEREAS, Ms. Boykin graduated from Carter High School in Brandon, Mississippi. She worked as a security officer and cafeteria worker at the University of Illinois, and she volunteered at a Woodlawn food pantry; and,
WHEREAS Ms. Boykin gave her life to Christ at a young age in Mississippi. Her home church in Chicago was Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, where her pastor was Rev. Ray Bonney; and,
WHEREAS, Ms. Boykin died Tuesday, August 29th, at the age of 75 at the University of Chicago Medicine/University of Chicago Hospital surrounded by her family after losing a battle with lung cancer; and,
WHEREAS Ms. Boykin leaves to mourn four children, three sons, George, Michael and Richard; daughter, Lisa and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends, and family; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, does hereby offer sincere condolences on the passing of Ms. Burnette Boykin; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be tendered to Ms. Burnette’s family in her memory, as a token of the esteem in which she is held by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
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