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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
Dorothy Hunter, who passed away on April 
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2, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dorothy Hunter was born on March 16, 1929; her 
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parents were Eunice Lacy and Wallace Dandridge; she also had 
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another father, Fred Gatlin, who later married her mother; she 
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married Marvin Jerome Hunter on October 9, 1945; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dorothy Hunter completed elementary school and 
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high school in Memphis, Tennessee; she later moved to Chicago; 
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in 1953, she joined the Fellowship M.B. Church under the 
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leadership of Reverend Clay Evans; she then returned to 
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Memphis, where she stayed until she fell ill and returned to 
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Chicago, staying there until her passing; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dorothy Hunter was preceded in death by her 
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parents; her husband; her children, Elaine (Hunter) Malcome and 
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Maurice Hunter; her grandson, Randall Malcome; and her 
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great-grandson, Andre (Mann) Greene; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Dorothy Hunter is survived by her sons, Earl 
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Jerome Dandridge, Marvin Jerome Hunter, and Greg Hunter; her 
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daughters, Anita (Hunter) Barber and Vickie Lynn Jones; her 16 
 


 






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grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and her many other 
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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 Dorothy 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 Dorothy Hunter as an expression of 
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our sympathy.