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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 Mother Frances Davis, who passed away on |
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| February 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on July 29, 1926, in Osceola, |
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| Arkansas; she was the second of five children born to the late |
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| Ulysses and Ardana Richardson Anderson; and
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| WHEREAS, She was married to the late Henry Davis, Sr.; |
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| together, they were blessed with nine children; and
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| WHEREAS, She accepted Jesus Christ at the age of thirteen; |
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| she worked as a teaching assistant at Englewood High School for |
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| thirty-three years, taking her position very serious; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to joining the Pleasant Green Missionary |
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| Baptist Church in 1969, she was a member of Beth Eden Baptist |
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| Church, where the late Rev. Keller served as pastor; she served |
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| her church as chairman of the Mothers Board, teacher of class |
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| #11, instructor for the Choicy Reed and Strawhorn Mission |
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| Circles, as a member of the Nurses Health Unit, and as a worker |
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| with the Substance Abuse Ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, Mother Frances Davis is survived by her children, |
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| Etta LaConstance ("Connie"), Laura and Lora, Hank "Jr." |
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| (Patty), Henrietta, James Jose' (Freda), Veronica (Robert), |
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| and David; her sisters and brothers, Annie Laura, Katherine, |
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| and Calvin (Margaret); her brother-in-love, Floyd; her |
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| grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, |
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| in-laws, Englewood High School staff, neighbors, friends, and |
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| the Pleasant Green Church Family; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, |
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| her sister, Katrina ("Tina"), her daughter, Annie LaCynthia |