Bill Text: IL SR0741 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lucious Hunter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0741 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0741-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
Lucious Hunter, who passed away on March | ||||||
4 | 30, 2010; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was born on April 15, 1928, in | ||||||
6 | Mound Bayou, Mississippi; his parents were the late Edd and | ||||||
7 | Minola Hunter; he married Flabe Davis in 1951; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter grew up in Mississippi, where he | ||||||
9 | accepted Christ as his personal savior at the New Morning Glory | ||||||
10 | Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1943; | ||||||
11 | he later joined the White Plaines M.B. Church in Hushpuckena, | ||||||
12 | Mississippi; in 1952, he and his family moved from Hushpuckena, | ||||||
13 | Mississippi to Chicago; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter retired from the Pyle National | ||||||
15 | Company as a laborer after 48 years of dedicated service; and
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16 | WHEREAS, While living in in Hushpuckena, Mississippi, | ||||||
17 | Lucious Hunter was one of the first African-Americans to join | ||||||
18 | the 4H Club; he was well known throughout his community as a | ||||||
19 | jack of all trades, whose knowledge of his community was | ||||||
20 | unmatched; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was involved with numerous | ||||||
2 | community organizations throughout Chicago; he enjoyed | ||||||
3 | visiting the Riverview amusement park, the Lincoln Park Zoo, | ||||||
4 | and North Avenue Beach with his family, fishing, watching | ||||||
5 | movies, and organizing and playing softball, football, and | ||||||
6 | basketball games; he also worked with the late Alderman Tyrone | ||||||
7 | Kenner and U.S. Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe to keep gangs off | ||||||
8 | the streets by coordinating with his daughter's bus trips to | ||||||
9 | Starved Rock Park and Indiana Sand Dunes; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was preceded in death by his loving | ||||||
11 | wife, Flabe; his sons, Lucious Calmese and Calvin hunter; his | ||||||
12 | grandson, Dyron Hunter; his brothers, Wardell, Willie, Eddie, | ||||||
13 | Robert Lee, Isaiah, and Jessie Hunter; and his sisters, | ||||||
14 | Isabella, Edna, Fannie, and Elizabeth; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter is survived by his children, James | ||||||
16 | Calmese, Willie Ruth Lee, Eugene Hunter, Donovan Hunter, | ||||||
17 | Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter, Brenda hunter, Bonita | ||||||
18 | Ersery, Delores Hunter, Angela Hunter, Marilyn Davis, and | ||||||
19 | Curtis (Clarissa) Davis; his sister, Bessie Williams; his | ||||||
20 | brothers, Henry Hunter and Council J. Hunter; his | ||||||
21 | mother-in-law, Lillie Davis; his daughter-in-law, Diane | ||||||
22 | Calmese; his sisters-in-law, Lillie (Gene) McBride and Louise | ||||||
23 | Davis; her brothers-in-law, Earl Davis, Jr. and Othie Davis; | ||||||
24 | and his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, |
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1 | other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
4 | his family and friends, the passing of Lucious Hunter; and be | ||||||
5 | it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Lucious Hunter as an expression of | ||||||
8 | our sympathy.
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