Full Text of SR0726 96th General Assembly
SR0726 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Herrett Clyte Parker, who passed away on | 4 |
| January 9, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker was born on March 15, 1948, | 6 |
| in St. Louis, Missouri; her parents were Elijah Clyde and | 7 |
| Carrie Mae (Stover) Spencer; she married John M. Parker Jr. on | 8 |
| October 23, 1966; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker attended and was a graduate | 10 |
| of East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School; she then attended | 11 |
| Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, where she earned | 12 |
| college credits towards a degree in business management; she | 13 |
| also earned an associate's degree in child development and | 14 |
| completed specialized training in hospitality management from | 15 |
| State Community College of East St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker served her country with pride | 17 |
| and distinction as a medical service specialist in the United | 18 |
| States Air Force; she was honorably discharged from the Air | 19 |
| Force in 1967; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker was a former employee of the | 21 |
| Edison Brothers Shoe Company; from 1997 to 2005, she and her |
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| husband operated the Parker Garden Bed and Breakfast, the only | 2 |
| black-owned bed and breakfast inn in the State of Illinois; the | 3 |
| Parker Garden Bed and Breakfast earned numerous awards, | 4 |
| including the Power of Minority Business Excellence Award from | 5 |
| the Secretary of State, and was the subject of numerous stories | 6 |
| from media outlets, such as KSDK-TV in St. Louis, the Kansas | 7 |
| City Star, the New York Times, and Emerge Magazine; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker was a founding member of the | 9 |
| National Black Innkeepers Association; she also served for 15 | 10 |
| years as a spokesperson for the African-Americans Uniting for | 11 |
| Life, where she championed the bone marrow transplant cause, | 12 |
| educated many African-Americans about the unique need for | 13 |
| African-American donors, and inspired hundreds of people to | 14 |
| give a second chance at life; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker enjoyed designing, | 16 |
| decorating, gardening, reading, entertaining, and having | 17 |
| thought-provoking and impassioned conservations with others; | 18 |
| she also enjoyed traveling with her husband, particularly her | 19 |
| 10 years of vacations to various African countries, such as | 20 |
| Gambia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Senegal; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker was preceded in death by her | 22 |
| mother; and
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| WHEREAS, Herrett Clyte Parker is survived by her loving | 2 |
| husband of 43 years, John; her daughter, Sunya T. Bozeman; her | 3 |
| grandson, Delvrick J. Bozeman; her father; her brother, Bernard | 4 |
| "Butch" Spencer; her sisters, Dianne (James) Ritchett and | 5 |
| Sheila (Melvin) Goodwin; her aunts, Bernice Willis, Joe Ella | 6 |
| Draper, Thelma Stover, and Theresa Looney; her uncles, | 7 |
| Commodore Mister and Gillespie (Angie) Spencer; her | 8 |
| father-in-law, John M. Parker; her brother-in-law, Donald | 9 |
| Parker; her sisters-in-law, Delaree (Charles) Maddox, Gloria | 10 |
| M. Parker, Patricia (Edmond Brown) Parker, Karen (Vernon) | 11 |
| Davis, and Patresa A. Parker; and her many nephews, nieces, and | 12 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Herrett Clyte Parker; | 16 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Herrett Clyte Parker as an | 19 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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