Full Text of SR0230 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Erma M. Davis of Peoria, who passed away | 4 | | on April 6, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis was born on April 2, 1930, in | 6 | | Clarksdale, Mississippi, to E.M. and Cora (Spillman) Moore; she | 7 | | married Charles W. Davis; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis became the executive director of the | 9 | | George Washington Carver Community Center in Peoria in 1966, | 10 | | and during her 28 years of service she spearheaded such notable | 11 | | programs as Carver Center Day Care, the Optometry and Dental | 12 | | Program, the Computer Education Program, the Annual Christmas | 13 | | Basket Giveaway, the Senior Citizens Program, and the College | 14 | | Bound For Excellence Program; with the help of Methodist | 15 | | Medical Center, she created the idea of a Carver Family Health | 16 | | Center to provide medical services for the residents of | 17 | | Peoria's south side; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis had a firm belief in human rights and a | 19 | | concern for all people; she was one of 12 people appointed by | 20 | | the American Health Care System to select an exemplary program | 21 | | that provided health care for disadvantaged people; she was one | 22 | | of the founding members of the Peoria Chapter Urban League |
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| 1 | | Guild, later becoming the national president; she was the first | 2 | | African American female to serve on the board of directors of | 3 | | Methodist Medical Center, and was appointed to Ronald Reagan's | 4 | | Task Force on Hunger; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis was a member of First United Methodist | 6 | | Church for more than 40 years, where she served as a lay person | 7 | | to the United Methodist Conference and was involved with the | 8 | | Loaves and Fish Feeding Program; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis was preceded in death by her parents; | 10 | | her husband; and 2 brothers; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Erma Davis is survived by her children, Sharon | 12 | | (Allen) Kilgore, Robert (Carmen) Davis, Michele Davis, and Lisa | 13 | | Davis; her goddaughter, Dr. Lona C. Bibbs; her grandchildren, | 14 | | Aaron (Amanda) Kilgore and Evan Kilgore; her great-grandchild, | 15 | | Alexander Davis Kilgore; her sisters, Ruby (Kenneth) Williams | 16 | | and Gaye (Alvin) Wilson; her brother, Eugene M. Williams; and | 17 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Erma Davis, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That as suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Erma Davis as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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