Full Text of SR0593 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Gussie Lee (nee Bonner) Parker of Beach | 4 | | Park, who passed away on September 25, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gussie Parker was born on February 14, 1926 in | 6 | | Hickman, Kentucky to Eddie and Mattie (nee McBride) Bonner; she | 7 | | married Samuel Parker in Canton, Missouri on October 3, 1942; | 8 | | they moved to Illinois in 1944 and lived in Zion, Waukegan, | 9 | | North Chicago, and eventually Beach Park; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Gussie Parker worked for 29 years as a nursing | 11 | | assistant at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in North Chicago and | 12 | | 3 years at Lake County Head Start; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Gussie Parker was preceded in death by her | 14 | | parents; her husband, Samuel; her son, Charles; her brothers, | 15 | | Eddie, Percy Lee, Matthew, John, Otis, and Joe; and her | 16 | | sisters, Queen Ester, Emma, Bertha, Mattie, and Jessie; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Gussie Parker is survived by her sons, Samuel, | 18 | | Philip, Dennis, Bart, Lonnie, Danny, Adley, and Ted; her | 19 | | daughters, Terry Alhassan, Doris Coles, and LaWana Carter; her | 20 | | 29 grandchildren; her 21 great-grandchildren; and her | 21 | | brothers, Bishop William Bonner, L.T., and Hubert; therefore, |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Gussie Lee Parker, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 5 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Gussie Parker as an expression of | 9 | | our deepest sympathy.
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