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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 Mamie Lee Hunter of Chicago, who passed 
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away on November 8, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on September 5, 1915 to Robert and 
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Elizabeth Trapp in Abbeville, South Carolina; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She met and married Elbert Hunter in 1939; she 
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devoted her life to taking care of her husband, her children, 
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and her children's friends; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was a member of the "Second Knighters Club" 
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for seven years; she loved to cook and live life to the 
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fullest; she confessed Christ at an early age and was a member 
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of Ebenezer Baptist Church before joining Life Center Church of 
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God in Christ under the leadership of Pastor T. L. Barrett; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her 
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sister, Rosa Lee Wilson; her husband, Elbert Hunter; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Hunter is survived by her daughter, 
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Delmar Hunter; her sons, Elbert (Lillie) Hunter and Euclid 
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Hunter; her grandchildren, Rommel Hunter, Akeem Hunter, 
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Patrice Hunter, Michelle Hunter, Morgan Hunter, and Kendall 
 


 






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Hunter; her great-grandchildren, Shaun Finley and Rochelle 
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Hunter; her nieces, Elaine Roberts and Gwendolyn Brooks; and a 
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host of relatives and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Mamie Lee Hunter; 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 Mamie Lee Hunter as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.