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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Samuel Parker of Beach Park, who passed 
4away on August 2, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Samuel Parker was born on February 17, 1924 in 
6Burdette, Arkansas; his parents were Lonnie and Aree (Branch) 
7Parker; he married Gussie Lee Bonner in 1942 in Catron, 
8Missouri; in 1944, the couple moved to Illinois, where they 
9lived in Zion, Waukegan, North Chicago, and Beach Park; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Samuel Parker was employed with American Motors in 
11Kenosha, Wisconsin for 41 years; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Samuel Parker devoted his entire life to the 
13service of his Lord, his family, his friends, and his 
14community; in the 1960s, he joined Christian Valley Missionary 
15Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and an associate 
16minister; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Samuel Parker was preceded in death by his son, 
18Charles Parker; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Samuel Parker is survived by his wife, Gussie Lee 
20(Bonner) Parker; his sons, Samuel, Philip, Dennis, Lonnie, 
 
 
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1Bart, Danny, Adley, and Ted; his daughters, Terry Alhassan, 
2Doris Coles, and LaWana Carter; his 29 grandchildren; his 21 
3great-grandchildren; his brothers, Joseph and John; and his 
4sister, Naiomi "Toy" Varnell; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
7family and friends, mourn the passing of Samuel Parker; and be 
8it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Samuel Parker as an expression of 
11our sympathy.