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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
Lucious Hunter, who passed away on March |
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| 30, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was born on April 15, 1928, in |
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| Mound Bayou, Mississippi; his parents were the late Edd and |
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| Minola Hunter; he married Flabe Davis in 1951; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter grew up in Mississippi, where he |
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| accepted Christ as his personal savior at the New Morning Glory |
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| Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1943; |
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| he later joined the White Plaines M.B. Church in Hushpuckena, |
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| Mississippi; in 1952, he and his family moved from Hushpuckena, |
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| Mississippi to Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter retired from the Pyle National |
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| Company as a laborer after 48 years of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, While living in in Hushpuckena, Mississippi, |
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| Lucious Hunter was one of the first African-Americans to join |
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| the 4H Club; he was well known throughout his community as a |
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| jack of all trades, whose knowledge of his community was |
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| unmatched; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was involved with numerous |
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| community organizations throughout Chicago; he enjoyed |
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| visiting the Riverview amusement park, the Lincoln Park Zoo, |
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| and North Avenue Beach with his family, fishing, watching |
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| movies, and organizing and playing softball, football, and |
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| basketball games; he also worked with the late Alderman Tyrone |
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| Kenner and U.S. Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe to keep gangs off |
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| the streets by coordinating with his daughter's bus trips to |
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| Starved Rock Park and Indiana Sand Dunes; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was preceded in death by his loving |
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| wife, Flabe; his sons, Lucious Calmese and Calvin hunter; his |
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| grandson, Dyron Hunter; his brothers, Wardell, Willie, Eddie, |
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| Robert Lee, Isaiah, and Jessie Hunter; and his sisters, |
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| Isabella, Edna, Fannie, and Elizabeth; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter is survived by his children, James |
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| Calmese, Willie Ruth Lee, Eugene Hunter, Donovan Hunter, |
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| Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter, Brenda hunter, Bonita |
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| Ersery, Delores Hunter, Angela Hunter, Marilyn Davis, and |
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| Curtis (Clarissa) Davis; his sister, Bessie Williams; his |
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| brothers, Henry Hunter and Council J. Hunter; his |
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| mother-in-law, Lillie Davis; his daughter-in-law, Diane |
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| Calmese; his sisters-in-law, Lillie (Gene) McBride and Louise |
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| Davis; her brothers-in-law, Earl Davis, Jr. and Othie Davis; |
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| and his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, |
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| other 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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| his family and friends, the passing of Lucious 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 Lucious Hunter as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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