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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Queen T. Holman; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Queen Holman was born on September 6, 1929, in
5 Jonestown, Mississippi; her parents were Columbus and Della
6 Harris; and
 
7     WHEREAS, In 1935, Queen Holman and her family moved to
8 Memphis, Tennessee; she acknowledged Christ at an early age and
9 was baptized by the late Pastor James E. Turner at the St. Luke
10 M.B. Church in Memphis; she attended St. Luke's until her
11 parents relocated their family to Chicago in 1946; she then
12 moved on to Newark, New York, where she completed her last year
13 of high school while living with her sister, Iona Paul; she
14 later returned to Chicago, where she married her high school
15 sweetheart, Cary A. Holman, Sr.; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Queen Holman was a founding member of the New
17 Mount Zion M.B. Church, which was pastored by her stepfather,
18 the late Rev. William Hudson; she served as a soloist in the
19 church's Gospel Choir, church secretary of finance, and leader
20 of the church's GED and community programs; she later moved
21 with her husband to South Holland, where she joined the St.
22 Mark Baptist Church Cathedral under the leadership of the late

 

 

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1 Bishop Willie Jordan; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Queen Holman attended the Kennedy King School of
3 Nursing, where she earned her RN degree after completing the
4 State Board with high scores; she was employed with numerous
5 medical facilities, including St. Luke's Rush Presbyterian
6 Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, the Chicago Board of Health,
7 St. Bernard's Hospital, Cermak, the Post Office Infirmary, and
8 numerous private cases and geriatric institutions; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Queen Holman was preceded in death by her parents;
10 her husband; her brothers, Eddie, Shallie, Albert, and Isaiah;
11 and her sisters, Helen, Iona, and Bertha Mae; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Queen Holman is survived by her daughters, Brenda
13 and Janice (Sidney); her sons, Edgar, Sr. and Cary, Jr.
14 (Wilma); her step-daughter, Phyllis; her grandchildren, Carl,
15 Danielle (Maurice), Shanae, Tenesha (Andre), Edgar, Jr.,
16 Caressa, Anthony, Amber, Naija, and Janai; her
17 great-grandchildren, Carlos, Diamonte, Zori, Maurice, Khloe,
18 Adajanai, Clifton, and Ezra; her sister, Rev. Dr. Princilla
19 Hudson-Gilliam; her sisters-in-law, Vera Harris, Ruth Hudson,
20 and Dorothy Smith; her many nieces, nephews, and cousins; her
21 special friends, Jean Augusta and Howard Goodman; her special
22 cousin, Vandella Brooks; and her many other relatives and
23 friends; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Queen T. Holman; and be
4 it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Queen Holman as an expression of our
7 sympathy.