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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Lucious Hunter, who passed away on March
4 30, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was born on April 15, 1928, in
6 Mound Bayou, Mississippi; his parents were the late Edd and
7 Minola Hunter; he married Flabe Davis in 1951; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter grew up in Mississippi, where he
9 accepted Christ as his personal savior at the New Morning Glory
10 Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1943;
11 he later joined the White Plaines M.B. Church in Hushpuckena,
12 Mississippi; in 1952, he and his family moved from Hushpuckena,
13 Mississippi to Chicago; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter retired from the Pyle National
15 Company as a laborer after 48 years of dedicated service; and
 
16     WHEREAS, While living in in Hushpuckena, Mississippi,
17 Lucious Hunter was one of the first African-Americans to join
18 the 4H Club; he was well known throughout his community as a
19 jack of all trades, whose knowledge of his community was
20 unmatched; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was involved with numerous
2 community organizations throughout Chicago; he enjoyed
3 visiting the Riverview amusement park, the Lincoln Park Zoo,
4 and North Avenue Beach with his family, fishing, watching
5 movies, and organizing and playing softball, football, and
6 basketball games; he also worked with the late Alderman Tyrone
7 Kenner and U.S. Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe to keep gangs off
8 the streets by coordinating with his daughter's bus trips to
9 Starved Rock Park and Indiana Sand Dunes; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was preceded in death by his loving
11 wife, Flabe; his sons, Lucious Calmese and Calvin hunter; his
12 grandson, Dyron Hunter; his brothers, Wardell, Willie, Eddie,
13 Robert Lee, Isaiah, and Jessie Hunter; and his sisters,
14 Isabella, Edna, Fannie, and Elizabeth; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter is survived by his children, James
16 Calmese, Willie Ruth Lee, Eugene Hunter, Donovan Hunter,
17 Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter, Brenda hunter, Bonita
18 Ersery, Delores Hunter, Angela Hunter, Marilyn Davis, and
19 Curtis (Clarissa) Davis; his sister, Bessie Williams; his
20 brothers, Henry Hunter and Council J. Hunter; his
21 mother-in-law, Lillie Davis; his daughter-in-law, Diane
22 Calmese; his sisters-in-law, Lillie (Gene) McBride and Louise
23 Davis; her brothers-in-law, Earl Davis, Jr. and Othie Davis;
24 and his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins,

 

 

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1 other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 his family and friends, the passing of Lucious Hunter; and be
5 it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Lucious Hunter as an expression of
8 our sympathy.