SR0870 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mother Frances Davis, who passed away on February 6, 2005; and

WHEREAS, She was born on July 29, 1926, in Osceola, Arkansas; she was the second of five children born to the late Ulysses and Ardana Richardson Anderson; and

WHEREAS, She was married to the late Henry Davis, Sr.; together, they were blessed with nine children; and

WHEREAS, She accepted Jesus Christ at the age of thirteen; she worked as a teaching assistant at Englewood High School for thirty-three years, taking her position very serious; and

WHEREAS, Prior to joining the Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church in 1969, she was a member of Beth Eden Baptist Church, where the late Rev. Keller served as pastor; she served her church as chairman of the Mothers Board, teacher of class #11, instructor for the Choicy Reed and Strawhorn Mission Circles, as a member of the Nurses Health Unit, and as a worker with the Substance Abuse Ministry; and

WHEREAS, Mother Frances Davis is survived by her children, Etta LaConstance ("Connie"), Laura and Lora, Hank "Jr." (Patty), Henrietta, James Jose' (Freda), Veronica (Robert), and David; her sisters and brothers, Annie Laura, Katherine, and Calvin (Margaret); her brother-in-love, Floyd; her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, Englewood High School staff, neighbors, friends, and the Pleasant Green Church Family; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, her sister, Katrina ("Tina"), her daughter, Annie LaCynthia ("Cookie"), and her grandchildren, Jaxon and Marcus; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express to the family of Mother Frances Davis our sincere condolences; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mother Frances Davis.