Full Text of SR1070 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the passing of Nellie Margaret Bixby Anderson of | 4 | | Sparta, who passed away on February 9, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was born to James and Melissa | 6 | | (Lissie) Bixby in Sparta on October 16, 1928; she attended | 7 | | Vernon Grade School in Sparta and graduated from DuSalvo High | 8 | | School in Chicago; she married Melvin James Anderson on | 9 | | December 14, 1946; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson worked as a substitute teacher | 11 | | at Vernon Grade School and was the first Black History teacher | 12 | | at the Sparta High School; she also worked at the Sparta | 13 | | Neighborhood Center as a day care teacher for 10 years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was very active in the Civil | 15 | | Rights Movement and was a dominant civil rights activist in the | 16 | | city of Sparta; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was deeply committed to her | 18 | | faith; she loved her church, Sparta Church of the Nazarene, | 19 | | where she taught Sunday School; she was devoted to taking care | 20 | | of her husband and raising her children, grandchildren, | 21 | | great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was preceded in death by her | 2 | | mother and father, Melissa (Lissie) and James Bixby; her little | 3 | | brother, James Bixby Jr.; and her step-father, Eddie B. | 4 | | Johnson; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson is survived by her loving | 6 | | husband of 73 years, Melvin J. Anderson Sr.; her nine children, | 7 | | Althea (Burr) Deming, Charlotte (Keith) Lukes, Denise | 8 | | Anderson, Melvin J. Anderson Jr., John Mark Anderson, Craig | 9 | | (Onetisha) Anderson, Heather Anderson, Michael Anderson, and | 10 | | Christopher (Haliegh) Anderson; her 21 grandchildren, her 19 | 11 | | great-grandchildren; her 4 great-great-grandchildren, her | 12 | | special sister, Ruth Ann Small; her two sisters-in-law, Bessie | 13 | | Selmon and Luvenia Nance; her two brothers-in law, Frank | 14 | | Anderson and Michael Anderson; her aunt, Bernice Collins; her | 15 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; and her very dear friends; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 19 | | Nellie Margaret Bixby Anderson and extend our sincere
| 20 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
| 21 | | her; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Margaret Anderson as an expression | 2 | | of
our deepest sympathy.
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