Bill Text: IL SR0593 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gussie Lee Parker of Beach Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-23 - Resolution Adopted [SR0593 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0593-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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1 | be it
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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
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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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