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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Louvenia Peters; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Louvenia Peters was born in Alexander, Arkansas to 
5Willie Emma and
Peter Glaze on September 12, 1932; she was 
6baptized at Sharon Baptist Church in
Alexander and later 
7relocated to Chicago, where she joined Mount Zion Missionary

8Baptist Church; she married William E. Peters; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Louvenia Peters joined Pleasant Ridge Missionary 
10Baptist Church and then attended Rock of Ages; she rejoined 
11Pleasant Ridge Missionary Baptist
Church; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Louvenia Peters was  known as "Mother Peters" or 
13"Granny" to all; she loved her family dearly
and often shared 
14family stories with her children; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Louvenia Peters was preceded in death by her 
16parents; her husband, William; her son, William M. Peters; her  
17sister,
Dorothy (AC) Wallace;  her siblings, Fred, Jake,
William 
18Henry, Calvin, Ora Lee, Zue Ella, and Thelma; and a host of 
19extended family and
friends; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Louvenia Peters is survived by her children, Linda 
 
 
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1Evans, Eric Peters, Tracy
(Herman) Morris, Valerie Taylor, Lisa 
2Peters, and  William M. Peters; her grandchildren, Dana, Tasha 
3(Carl), Tashaunda (Brandon), Alexandra (Keir),
Erica 
4(Dominique), Sheena, Sondra (William), William Jr., and Bria; 
5and her great-grandchildren,
Carlotta, Jordan, Amaya, Dariel, 
6Tyler, Brenton, Amani, Keir Jr., Chase, and  Patricia; 
7therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Louvenia Peters, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to  the family of  Louvenia Peters as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.