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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Gussie Lee (nee Bonner) Parker of Beach 
4Park, who passed away on September 25, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Gussie Parker was born on February 14, 1926 in 
6Hickman, Kentucky to Eddie and Mattie (nee McBride) Bonner; she 
7married Samuel Parker in Canton, Missouri on October 3, 1942; 
8they moved to Illinois in 1944 and lived in Zion, Waukegan, 
9North Chicago, and eventually Beach Park; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Gussie Parker worked for 29 years as a nursing 
11assistant at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in North Chicago and 
123 years at Lake County Head Start; and
  
 
  
13    WHEREAS, Gussie Parker was preceded in death by her 
14parents; her husband, Samuel; her son, Charles; her brothers, 
15Eddie, Percy Lee, Matthew, John, Otis, and Joe; and her 
16sisters, Queen Ester, Emma, Bertha, Mattie, and Jessie; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Gussie Parker is survived by her sons, Samuel, 
18Philip, Dennis, Bart, Lonnie, Danny, Adley, and Ted; her 
19daughters, Terry Alhassan, Doris Coles, and LaWana Carter; her 
2029 grandchildren; her 21 great-grandchildren; and her 
21brothers, Bishop William Bonner, L.T., and Hubert; therefore, 
 
 
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2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
4Gussie Lee Parker, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
5family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
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7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Gussie Parker as an expression of 
9our deepest sympathy.