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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Maggie Peterson, who passed away on 
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September 10, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Maggie Peterson was born on December 25, 1912 in 
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Sulphur Spring, Mississippi; her parents were the late Howard 
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and Daisy Melton; she was united in holy matrimony to Willie 
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Peterson; to this union, two children, Leon and Sammie 
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Peterson, were born; and

 
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    WHEREAS, At the age of 12, Maggie Peterson confessed her 
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hope in Christ and joined the Macedonia Baptist Church; her 
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family moved to Sledge, Mississippi many years later and joined 
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the St. Phillip Baptist Church; the family moved again, to 
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Tutwiler, Mississippi, and joined the Mount Zion Baptist 
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Church, where Ms. Peterson sang with the Doctor Watts Choir in 
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1928; later, she moved to Mount Bayou, Louisiana and joined the 
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Jerusalem Baptist Church, where she was a member of the choir 
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and Usher Board; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1930, Maggie Peterson moved to Shelby, 
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Mississippi and joined the Magnolia Baptist Church, where she 
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served on the mother's board and choir; in 1941, she moved to 
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Detroit, Michigan and joined the Greater Russell Street Baptist 
 


 






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Church, where she rendered whatever services the congregation 
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required of her; in 1960, she moved to Gary, Indiana and joined 
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New Friendship Baptist Church, under the pastorate of Reverend 
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Benjamin Holmes; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Maggie Peterson was an accomplished choir singer; 
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she sang with the choirs of Macedonia Baptist Church, St. 
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Phillip Baptist Church, Mount Zion Baptist Church's Doctor 
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Watts Choir, the Jerusalem Baptist Church, Magnolia Baptist 
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Church, Greater Russell Street Baptist Church, and the New 
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Friendship Baptist Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Maggie Peterson's love of life and ability to live 
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it to the fullest endeared her to her family members, friends, 
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and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their lives in 
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ways they will never forget; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Maggie Peterson; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Maggie Peterson as an expression of 
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our sympathy.