SR0833 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Queen T. Holman; and

WHEREAS, Queen Holman was born on September 6, 1929, in Jonestown, Mississippi; her parents were Columbus and Della Harris; and

WHEREAS, In 1935, Queen Holman and her family moved to Memphis, Tennessee; she acknowledged Christ at an early age and was baptized by the late Pastor James E. Turner at the St. Luke M.B. Church in Memphis; she attended St. Luke's until her parents relocated their family to Chicago in 1946; she then moved on to Newark, New York, where she completed her last year of high school while living with her sister, Iona Paul; she later returned to Chicago, where she married her high school sweetheart, Cary A. Holman, Sr.; and

WHEREAS, Queen Holman was a founding member of the New Mount Zion M.B. Church, which was pastored by her stepfather, the late Rev. William Hudson; she served as a soloist in the church's Gospel Choir, church secretary of finance, and leader of the church's GED and community programs; she later moved with her husband to South Holland, where she joined the St. Mark Baptist Church Cathedral under the leadership of the late Bishop Willie Jordan; and

WHEREAS, Queen Holman attended the Kennedy King School of Nursing, where she earned her RN degree after completing the State Board with high scores; she was employed with numerous medical facilities, including St. Luke's Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, the Chicago Board of Health, St. Bernard's Hospital, Cermak, the Post Office Infirmary, and numerous private cases and geriatric institutions; and

WHEREAS, Queen Holman was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brothers, Eddie, Shallie, Albert, and Isaiah; and her sisters, Helen, Iona, and Bertha Mae; and

WHEREAS, Queen Holman is survived by her daughters, Brenda and Janice (Sidney); her sons, Edgar, Sr. and Cary, Jr. (Wilma); her step-daughter, Phyllis; her grandchildren, Carl, Danielle (Maurice), Shanae, Tenesha (Andre), Edgar, Jr., Caressa, Anthony, Amber, Naija, and Janai; her great-grandchildren, Carlos, Diamonte, Zori, Maurice, Khloe, Adajanai, Clifton, and Ezra; her sister, Rev. Dr. Princilla Hudson-Gilliam; her sisters-in-law, Vera Harris, Ruth Hudson, and Dorothy Smith; her many nieces, nephews, and cousins; her special friends, Jean Augusta and Howard Goodman; her special cousin, Vandella Brooks; and her many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Queen T. Holman; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Queen Holman as an expression of our sympathy.