Full Text of HR0842 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of | 4 | | Evangelist Sammie M. Turner; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner was born in Shaw, | 6 | | Mississippi to Queen Victoria Sellas and Willie Apperton on | 7 | | September 4, 1936; she was baptized at Parker Chapel A.M.E. | 8 | | Church; she received her education at McEvans Elementary | 9 | | School and attended high school in Shaw, Mississippi, where | 10 | | she played on the basketball team; she married Walter C. | 11 | | Turner Jr.; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner moved to Chicago in | 13 | | 1958; she continued her education at Loop Junior College and | 14 | | then enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute; she received her | 15 | | bachelor's degree in religious education from the GMOR | 16 | | Theological Institute of America in August 2003; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner retired from the City | 18 | | of Chicago Park District, where she served as supervisor and | 19 | | director of senior citizens at Seward Park; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner joined Stranger Home | 21 | | M.B. Church when she moved to Chicago and later moved her |
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| 1 | | membership to Union M.B. Church in 1959; she served with the | 2 | | missions visiting nursing homes, prisons, and those in need; | 3 | | she served with the beautifying committee and wherever she was | 4 | | needed until her husband became pastor at Greater Faith M.B. | 5 | | Church in 1984; she continued to help wherever she could as | 6 | | first lady of Greater Faith M.B. Church; after the retirement | 7 | | of her husband as a pastor, they joined New Spiritual Light | 8 | | M.B. Church, under the leadership of her son, Rev. Dr. Walter | 9 | | P. Turner III; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner was active with the | 11 | | national, district, and state conventions; she served as field | 12 | | mission worker, a Bible teacher for the state and district, | 13 | | and as president, secretary, and treasurer of the Baptist | 14 | | Wives of Chicago Vicinity; she was a Bible teacher at the | 15 | | Renaissance Nursing Home for over five years and ministered in | 16 | | the Bahamas; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner enjoyed following | 18 | | sports, especially tennis and the Chicago Bulls; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner was preceded in death | 20 | | by her husband, Walter; her son, Clinton; her grandson, | 21 | | Kenneth Jr.; her parents; her brother, Willie Jr.; and her | 22 | | sister, Josephine; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Sammie M. Turner is survived by her | 2 | | children, Mamie (Raybon), Pastor Walter (Lynne), Charnell, | 3 | | Arnetta (Terry), and Kenneth; her cousin/son, Jerome | 4 | | (Samella); 17 great-grandchildren and three | 5 | | great-great-grandchildren; her nieces, Vickie and Linda; her | 6 | | nephews, Wayne, Michael, Paul, Daryl, and Steven; her special | 7 | | cousins, Jazie Bell (Willie) and Anna Belle Williams; her | 8 | | God-daughters, Pamela Crawford, Ebony Woodard, and April | 9 | | Woodard; her special God-daughter, Shannon Smith; her chosen | 10 | | daughter, Cynthia Taylor; her spiritual daughter, Wylinda | 11 | | Williams; her special cousins, Samella Hargro, Dr. Yvonne | 12 | | Gillie-Wallace, and Barbara and Barry Thomas; her guardian | 13 | | angels, Tamika Williams and Sylvia Witt; her One Hundred and | 14 | | Eighth Place Crew, Diane, Steve, Jenny, Bonita, and Jerry; and | 15 | | numerous other nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, friends, | 16 | | and more; therefore, be it | 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we mourn the passing of Evangelist Sammie M. Turner and extend | 20 | | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who | 21 | | knew and loved her; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to the family of Evangelist Sammie M. Turner as an | 24 | | expression of our deepest sympathy. |
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