Full Text of SR0692 93rd General Assembly
SR0692 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
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| learned with regret of the death of Hezekiah Davis at the age | 4 |
| of 93 on September 23, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis was born in Alabama, but when his | 6 |
| parents' farm stopped producing, his family moved to Parkdale, | 7 |
| Arkansas to farm; it was there that he met Mazzie Glass, who he | 8 |
| married in 1934; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Davis raised their 11 children on a | 10 |
| farm in southeast Arkansas; he was very proud that 7 of his 11 | 11 |
| children attended college; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis took his civic responsibility | 13 |
| seriously; before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed the | 14 |
| poll tax, he and his wife eagerly paid the fee to vote; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis was very active in his community; when | 16 |
| he retired from farming, he joined a nearby social service | 17 |
| agency; he was in charge of maintaining the 16 vans used by its | 18 |
| day-care program and of purchasing food for its cafeteria; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis moved to Illinois when he was 87 to live | 20 |
| with one of his daughters in Hazel Crest; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis became an active member of the Hazel | 22 |
| Crest community; he participated in a local day program and | 23 |
| attended political meetings and banquets; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his first wife, | 25 |
| Mazzie, who passed away in 1981, and by his second wife, | 26 |
| Armetha Stenerette; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Hezekiah Davis will be felt by all |
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| who knew and loved him, especially his daughters, Ceola Barnes, | 2 |
| Barbara Nelson, and Floretta Davis; his sons, Bennie, Danny, | 3 |
| Jesse, and Willie Davis; his stepson, Cedric Stenerette; his 40 | 4 |
| grandchildren; his 10 great-grandchildren; and his numerous | 5 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it | 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 |
| all who knew and loved him, the death of Hezekiah Davis; and be | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Hezekiah Davis.
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