Full Text of SR0712 093rd General Assembly
SR0712 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Mildred Junie Mae Beasley | 4 |
| of Lovejoy on January 20, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born July 11, 1924, the sixth of ten | 6 |
| children born to Adam and Junie Jackson in Coffeeville, | 7 |
| Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1944, she joined her mother and other family | 9 |
| members to live in Lovejoy; during her last years, after two | 10 |
| marriages, several moves, and raising her family of two sons | 11 |
| and four daughters, she again settled in Lovejoy; and
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| WHEREAS, From the early 1940's through the early 1990's, | 13 |
| she was acknowledged as one of the premiere gospel vocalists to | 14 |
| come out of Lovejoy; from the beginning, it was clear that she | 15 |
| had been blessed with a great singing voice and personality; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, For many years, she participated and served as the | 18 |
| Director of the Antioch Baptist Church Choir (for over 40 | 19 |
| years), the Director of Lovejoy Community Union Chorus, a | 20 |
| member of East Saint Louis Jordoniars, a member of East Saint | 21 |
| Louis Salvation Army Choir, and a member of Eastern Star; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred Junie Mae Beasley will be | 23 |
| felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her sons, Gerald | 24 |
| Quincy Jones and Edward Gene Glasper; her daughters, Versa Lee | 25 |
| Hampton, Ruby Christian, Betty Lawson, and Anita Grace Jones; | 26 |
| her son-in-law, Charles Christian; her sisters, Frances | 27 |
| Washington, Pearl Scurlock, and Tommie Williams; her 15 | 28 |
| grandchildren; her 20 great-grandchildren; and her two great | 29 |
| great-grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred will be remembered not only as a great | 2 |
| gospel singer, but also as a Christian woman who was beloved by | 3 |
| her family, friends, and neighbors alike; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 |
| Mildred Junie Mae Beasley and extend our sincerest condolences | 7 |
| to her family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Mildred Junie Mae Beasley as an | 10 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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