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                                     LRB093 13672 RAH 19058 r

 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  learned  with  regret  of  the  passing of Beatrice
 4    Nebraska Hunter Neely of East St. Louis on October 16,  2003;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,  Beatrice Nebraska Hunter was born on August 25,
 7    1910 to the late Harrison and Evelyn (nee, Wright) Hunter  in
 8    Greenville, Mississippi; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Neely  relocated to East St. Louis in the
10    early 1920s; she married Luther B. Neely in August,  1946  in
11    Chicago; he preceded her in death; and

12        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Neely  received  her  formal education at
13    Southern Illinois University, and during the 1940s became  an
14    outstanding educator in East St. Louis Public School District
15    #189; she was a Zeta Phi Beta; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Neely loved and lived life to the fullest
17    and touched many lives and was a joy and source of comfort to
18    the St. Paul Missionary Baptist  Church,  serving  as  church
19    secretary  as  well as serving in the Church Home Study Club,
20    Sunday School, and various other neighborhood  and  community
21    organizations; and

22        WHEREAS,  The  passing of Beatrice Neely has been felt by
23    all who knew and  loved  her,  especially  by  Clara  Person,
24    Quinton   Johnson,   Evelyn  McGee,  Arlene  Palaggi,  Geneva
25    Johnson-Smith, Dr. Obie Rush, and the membership of St.  Paul
26    Missionary Baptist Church; therefore, be it

27        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
28    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along  with
29    all who knew her, the death of Beatrice Nebraska Hunter Neely
30    of East St. Louis; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 2    presented to the family of Beatrice Nebraska Hunter Neely  as
 3    an expression of our sincerest condolences.