Full Text of SR1110 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Evangelist Sammie M. Turner; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner was born in Shaw, Mississippi | 5 | | to Queen Victoria Sellas and Willie Apperton on September 4, | 6 | | 1936; she was baptized at Parker Chapel A.M.E. Church; she | 7 | | received her education at McEvans Elementary School and | 8 | | attended high school in Shaw, Mississippi, where she played on | 9 | | the basketball team; she married Walter C. Turner Jr.; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner moved to Chicago in 1958; she | 11 | | continued her education at Loop Junior College and then | 12 | | enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute; she received her | 13 | | bachelor's degree in religious education from the GMOR | 14 | | Theological Institute of America in August 2003; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner retired from the City of | 16 | | Chicago Park District, where she served as supervisor and | 17 | | director of senior citizens at Seward Park; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner joined Stranger Home M.B. | 19 | | Church when she moved to Chicago and later moved her | 20 | | membership to Union M.B. Church in 1959; she served with the | 21 | | missions visiting nursing homes, prisons, and those in need; |
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| 1 | | she served with the beautifying committee and wherever she was | 2 | | needed until her husband became pastor at Greater Faith M.B. | 3 | | Church in 1984; she continued to help wherever she could as | 4 | | first lady of Greater Faith M.B. Church; after the retirement | 5 | | of her husband as a pastor, they joined New Spiritual Light | 6 | | M.B. Church, under the leadership of her son, Rev. Dr. Walter | 7 | | P. Turner III; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner was active with the national, | 9 | | district, and state conventions; she served as field mission | 10 | | worker, a Bible teacher for the state and district, and as | 11 | | president, secretary, and treasurer of the Baptist Wives of | 12 | | Chicago Vicinity; she was a Bible teacher at the Renaissance | 13 | | Nursing Home for over five years and ministered in the | 14 | | Bahamas; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner enjoyed following sports, | 16 | | especially tennis and the Chicago Bulls; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner was preceded in death by her | 18 | | husband, Walter; her son, Clinton; her grandson, Kenneth Jr.; | 19 | | her parents; her brother, Willie Jr.; and her sister, | 20 | | Josephine; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Evangelist Turner is survived by her children, | 22 | | Mamie (Raybon), Pastor Walter (Lynne), Charnell, Arnetta |
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| 1 | | (Terry), and Kenneth; her cousin/son, Jerome (Samella); 17 | 2 | | great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; her | 3 | | nieces, Vickie and Linda; her nephews, Wayne, Michael, Paul, | 4 | | Daryl, and Steven; her special cousins, Jazie Bell (Willie) | 5 | | and Anna Belle Williams; her God-daughters, Pamela Crawford, | 6 | | Ebony Woodard, and April Woodard; her special God-daughter, | 7 | | Shannon Smith; her chosen daughter, Cynthia Taylor; her | 8 | | spiritual daughter, Wylinda Williams; her special cousins, | 9 | | Samella Hargro, Dr. Yvonne Gillie-Wallace, and Barbara and | 10 | | Barry Thomas; her guardian angels, Tamika Williams and Sylvia | 11 | | Witt; her One Hundred and Eighth Place Crew, Diane, Steve, | 12 | | Jenny, Bonita, and Jerry; and numerous other nieces, nephews, | 13 | | cousins, relatives, friends, and more; therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Evangelist Sammie M. Turner and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 18 | | it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Evangelist Sammie M. Turner as an | 21 | | expression of our deepest sympathy. |
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