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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened to learn of the death of Mary Louise
 4    Pearson Higgason of Edinburg on October 19, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mary Higgason was born on October  29,  1921  to
 6    Grover  Cleveland  Pearson  and Alice Leona Wilson Pearson in
 7    Sharpsburg; she married Martin Scott Higgason on July 4, 1943
 8    in the Bride's Chapel of the First Avenue Methodist Church in
 9    St. Petersburg, Florida, where her husband was on  duty  with
10    the  Signal  Corps  attached  to  the  13th United States Air
11    Force; and

12        WHEREAS, Mary Higgason formerly worked as a Nurse's  Aide
13    in  Taylorville  at  St.  Vincent  Memorial  Hospital  in the
14    Pediatrics Department; in addition, she and her husband owned
15    Higgason TV & Appliance in Taylorville and Higgason Farms  in
16    Edinburg; and

17        WHEREAS, Mary Higgason was a member of the Edinburg First
18    United Methodist Church, the VFW Women's Auxiliary Post 4495,
19    the  American  Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Eagles Auxiliary,
20    and the Women of the Moose; she was also a devoted member  of
21    the  Christian  County Democratic Party where she worked hard
22    for the best interests of working men and  women,  and  their
23    families; and

24        WHEREAS, Mary Higgason was a talented woman who loved her
25    family deeply; she loved to cook meals for the farmers in the
26    fields  and  was  highly regarded for her Sunday dinners with
27    family and friends; and

28        WHEREAS, Mary Louise Higgason's passing  will  be  deeply
29    felt  by many, especially her children, Grover Lynn Higgason,
30    Karen Sue Popejoy, Carol Jane Higgason, and  Douglas  Richard
31    Higgason;  her  grandchildren,  Michelle  (Steve)  Reid, Jody
 
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 1    (Carolyn) Higgason,  Jon  (Tisha)  Higgason,  Letitia  (Seth)
 2    Matula, Christian and Luke Higgason, Jennifer (Andy) Paulson,
 3    and  Breezi  and Lacee Higgason; and her great-grandchildren,
 4    Kristi Jo  Reid,  Chad,  Drew,  and  Alec  Higgason,  Trenton
 5    Higgason, Baylen and Callie Paulson, and Aiden Matula; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mary  was  preceded  in  death  by her husband,
 7    Martin;   one    grandchild,    Blake    Aaron;    and    one
 8    great-grandchild, Bailee; therefore, be it

 9        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
10    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the  passing
11    of  Mary  Louise Pearson Higgason along with all who knew and
12    loved her and extend our sincere condolences  to  her  family
13    and friends; and be it further

14        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
15    presented to the family of Mary Louise Pearson Higgason as an
16    expression of our deepest sympathy.