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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, |