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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Bessie Lee Williams, who passed away on 
4March 13, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bessie Williams was born in Mt. Bayou, Mississippi 
6on May 30, 1930 to Eddie and Minola Hunter; she attended 
7schools in  Shelby, Mississippi; she married Clarence Williams 
8on April 25, 1948 and they settled in  Chicago in 1951; and
  
 
  
9    WHEREAS, Bessie Williams was a member of Shiloh Missionary 
10Baptist Church; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Bessie Williams was preceded in death by her 
12husband of 57 years, Clarence;  her  daughter, Diane Ramey; her 2 
13grandsons, Fredrick Williams and Jerome
Bennett, Jr.; her 
14parents; and 7 of her siblings; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Bessie Williams is survived by her 5 daughters, 
16Ethel Joyner (Reynold),
Mildred Bennett (Jerome, Sr.), Tammy 
17Brown (Arch), Tisa, and Michele Toney (Kenneth); her 6 sons,

18Clarence, Jr., Jimmy (Jeanette), James (Darlene), Henry 
19(Venetria), Kenneth, and Michael (Alberta);
her 2 brothers, 
20Council and Henry Hunter; her 29 grandchildren; her 42 
21great-grandchildren; her 4 great-great-grandchildren; her  
 
 
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1God-daughter, Cynthia Cooley; her God-son,
Tommie Cooper; a 
2host of other relatives; a special friend, Lorraine Hailey; and 
3a host of other
friends; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Bessie Lee Williams, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Bessie Williams as an expression of 
11our deepest sympathy.