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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Lillie Maud Mason of East |
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| St. Louis on Wednesday, February 18, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Lillie Maud Mason was born on December 20, 1902, |
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| in Shuqualak, Mississippi; she attended Shuqualak public |
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| schools and Mary Holmes Institute, and she was a former teacher |
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| in the Shuqualak, Mississippi public schools; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1941, in order to insure that her children |
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| would have a better opportunity to receive a good education, |
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| the family moved to East St. Louis, where she made many |
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| friends; she joined the Friendship Baptist Church, where she |
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| sang in the Gospel Chorus and served as secretary of the |
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| Missionary Society; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Mason has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially her sons, Dr. William (Dr. Rosalyn) Mason and |
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| Curtis Mason; her daughters, Dr. Mildred (Jack) Whitted and |
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| Tonsie (Glen) Hickerson; her sisters, Mable Coleman and Ella |
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| Gaston; her six grandchildren; and her seven |
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| great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her husband, |
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| Willie Mason; her granddaughter, Brenda Allen; her sisters, |
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| Hazle Johnson, Celesta Jenkins, Vera Harris, and Salina |
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| Premius; and her brother, Edgar Brookshire; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Lillie Maud Mason, and we extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Lillie Maud Mason as an expression |