Full Text of SR0873 94th General Assembly
SR0873 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Susie M. Jones Williams on | 4 |
| Wednesday, May 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on June 20, 1917, in West Point, | 6 |
| Mississippi, to Julia and William Jones Sr.; she was a very | 7 |
| vocal child and enjoyed singing from the age of ten years old; | 8 |
| she accepted Christ as her personal savior on August 1, 1927, | 9 |
| and was baptized; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Eugene Williams Sr. on January 28, | 11 |
| 1934, and they shared 53 years of marriage; in 1943, they moved | 12 |
| to Chicago, where she became a member of Holy Rock Baptist | 13 |
| Church and went on to join Omega Missionary Baptist Church in | 14 |
| 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, As a member of Omega, she was active in the Doctor | 16 |
| Watts Group and the Evelyn Blair Club; she attended Omega until | 17 |
| 1982, when the Greater Omega Missionary Baptist Church was | 18 |
| formed; she was always very active with the prayer band and | 19 |
| other ministries; she was loved and respected by her church | 20 |
| family, and God was a very important part of her life; she | 21 |
| became a member of Progressive Community Church in later years; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her father | 24 |
| and mother, William and Julia Jones Sr.; her husband, Eugene | 25 |
| Williams Sr.; her son, Booker T. Williams; her son-in-law, | 26 |
| Benjamin Smith Sr.; her granddaughter, Cheryl Smith; and her | 27 |
| great-grandson, Eric Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Susie M. Jones Williams has been | 29 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her children, Hattie Cherry | 30 |
| (Lott), Estella Smith, Robert L. Williams, Eugene Williams, Jr. |
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| (Darcelle), Morris M. Williams (Vernie), Raymond Williams | 2 |
| (Lucille), and Stevie Williams; her 28 grandchildren; Helen | 3 |
| Williams (whom she raised); her 18 great-grandchildren; her 13 | 4 |
| great-great-grandchildren; and her many nieces, nephews, | 5 |
| cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Susie M. Jones Williams, and we extend our sincere condolences | 9 |
| to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 13 |
| sympathy.
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