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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Verda Mae Cummings, who recently
4 passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Verda Mae Cummings was born in Verona,
6 Mississippi on March 31, 1942; her parents were Thomas and
7 Ruth; and
8 WHEREAS, The passing of Verda Mae Cummings will be deeply
9 felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her sons, Tony
10 (wife, Bernadette), Trell (wife, Valarie), Lee, Terry, David
11 (wife, Felecia), Darcel, and Christopher; her daughters,
12 Layner Hester, Sonya Gillespie (husband, Roosevelt), Daneil
13 Walton (husband, Jules), Stephanie Gartley (husband, Henry),
14 Michele Cummings, and Andreana Cummings; her sisters,
15 Virginia Jack-Jacox, Sadie Leslie (husband, Danny), Savannah
16 Beeson (husband, Edward), Mary White, Martha White, Melissa
17 White, Yvette White, and Marilyn Walker (husband, Robert);her
18 brothers, Noah, Jr., James (wife, Peggy), John (wife,
19 Roxanne), Timothy (wife, Anna), Haven (wife, Deirdra), Jasper
20 White, Genoris Dunbar (wife, Sheila), James Dunbar (wife,
21 Eva), and Sonny Winston (wife, Donna); her grandmother,
22 Lottie Tilton; her aunt, Pearl White (husband, Robert); her
23 uncle, Melvin Hester (wife, Rosenna); her mother-in-law,
24 Dorothy Cummings; her sisters-in-law, Rosalee Hoskins and
25 Doris Hampton (husband, Rufus); her cousin, Peggy Jean Berry;
26 her 42 grandchildren; her 8 great-grandchildren; her
27 god-daughters, Sharon Peeples and Denise Jones; and many
28 nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
30 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
31 of Verda Mae Cummings; and be it further
32 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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1 presented to the family of Verda Mae Cummings.
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