Bill Text: IL SR0844 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Billie Jean Lucas.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2026-06-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0844 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-SR0844-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Billie Jean Lucas, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | September 22, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas was born in Florence, | ||||||
| 6 | Mississippi to Mitchell and Mattie Hopson on March 17, 1936; | ||||||
| 7 | and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas spent 23 years at the Sara Lee | ||||||
| 9 | Bakery Corporation; later, she worked at the Illinois State | ||||||
| 10 | Tollway Authority before retiring in 1991; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas's faith was the foundation of | ||||||
| 12 | her life; she was a member of Mt. Zion First Holy Miracle | ||||||
| 13 | Baptist Church for 30 years, where she served in the gospel | ||||||
| 14 | choir for 16 years and was Mother's Board chairperson, | ||||||
| 15 | secretary, and treasurer for seven years; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas enjoyed cooking, gardening, | ||||||
| 17 | backyard grilling, and partying with her friends and family; | ||||||
| 18 | she had a great sense of humor and uplifted everyone around her | ||||||
| 19 | with her wit; her kindness and compassion inspired those | ||||||
| 20 | around her, and her generosity and consideration for others | ||||||
| 21 | were hallmarks of her character; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 2 | parents; her husband, Frank; her children, Kenneth | ||||||
| 3 | Hopson-Lucas, Daryl Lucas, and Faye Lucas; three sisters; and | ||||||
| 4 | six brothers; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Billie Jean Lucas is survived by her daughters, | ||||||
| 6 | Carolyn Todd and Sherry Lucas-Tate; her Godson, Edgar | ||||||
| 7 | (Carolyn) Seale; her granddaughters, Melloney (Henry) Owens, | ||||||
| 8 | Kamilah (Jeremy) Todd, LaTashia Hayes, Rokenna (Cordney) | ||||||
| 9 | Holmes, and Kenya (Antoine) Patterson; 10 great-grandchildren; | ||||||
| 10 | five great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, | ||||||
| 11 | cousins, and friends; and her special friends, Mother Callie | ||||||
| 12 | Shears, Sister Jennie Howell, Anthony James, and Larry Hughes; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Billie Jean Lucas and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 17 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Billie Jean Lucas as an expression | ||||||
| 21 | of our deepest sympathy. | ||||||
