Full Text of SR0047 95th General Assembly
SR0047 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Estella | 4 |
| Parker of Chicago, who passed away on January 19, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella Parker was born on February 9, 1931 in | 6 |
| Chicago; her parents were Tullius and Annie Reba Parker; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella Parker attended Doolittle Elementary | 8 |
| School and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in 1948; | 9 |
| she continued her studies at Herzel Junior College; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella Parker was raised in the West Point | 11 |
| Baptist Church family and applied her many Christian teachings | 12 |
| and business skills to various humanitarian services in the | 13 |
| church and community; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Working tirelessly in her church, Estella Parker | 15 |
| held such offices as the President of the General Missionary | 16 |
| Society, the National Officer of the National Baptist Congress, | 17 |
| the Secretary to the Dean of Christian Education, and the | 18 |
| President of the Senior Citizens Council; and
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| WHEREAS, Estella Parker was one of the first Black | 20 |
| usherettes at the Oriental Theater in Chicago; she was one of |
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| the first Black long-distance operators at Illinois Bell, where | 2 |
| she rose to the position of supervisor, retiring after thirty | 3 |
| years of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, After her retirement she devoted herself to family | 5 |
| and community activities, including volunteering at The Bret | 6 |
| Harte School; she became more active with her sorority, Eta Phi | 7 |
| Beta, and enjoyed her sorority sisters; she extended her love | 8 |
| to children she mentored, especially Angela Dixon, Carl R. | 9 |
| Smith, Lindsey Phillips, Carl R. Smith Jr.(CJ), and Christian; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Estella Parker is survived by her beloved mother, | 12 |
| Annie Reba Parker; her siblings, Mabel Parker Smith, Tullius | 13 |
| Parker, and Zelma Parker Davis; her sorority sisters at the | 14 |
| Alpha Lambda Chapter; and her nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 15 |
| special friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Estella Parker; and be | 19 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Estella Parker as a symbol of our | 22 |
| sincere sympathy at this time of loss.
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