SR0741 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Lucious Hunter, who passed away on March 30, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was born on April 15, 1928, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi; his parents were the late Edd and Minola Hunter; he married Flabe Davis in 1951; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter grew up in Mississippi, where he accepted Christ as his personal savior at the New Morning Glory Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1943; he later joined the White Plaines M.B. Church in Hushpuckena, Mississippi; in 1952, he and his family moved from Hushpuckena, Mississippi to Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter retired from the Pyle National Company as a laborer after 48 years of dedicated service; and

WHEREAS, While living in in Hushpuckena, Mississippi, Lucious Hunter was one of the first African-Americans to join the 4H Club; he was well known throughout his community as a jack of all trades, whose knowledge of his community was unmatched; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was involved with numerous community organizations throughout Chicago; he enjoyed visiting the Riverview amusement park, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and North Avenue Beach with his family, fishing, watching movies, and organizing and playing softball, football, and basketball games; he also worked with the late Alderman Tyrone Kenner and U.S. Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe to keep gangs off the streets by coordinating with his daughter's bus trips to Starved Rock Park and Indiana Sand Dunes; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter was preceded in death by his loving wife, Flabe; his sons, Lucious Calmese and Calvin hunter; his grandson, Dyron Hunter; his brothers, Wardell, Willie, Eddie, Robert Lee, Isaiah, and Jessie Hunter; and his sisters, Isabella, Edna, Fannie, and Elizabeth; and

WHEREAS, Lucious Hunter is survived by his children, James Calmese, Willie Ruth Lee, Eugene Hunter, Donovan Hunter, Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter, Brenda hunter, Bonita Ersery, Delores Hunter, Angela Hunter, Marilyn Davis, and Curtis (Clarissa) Davis; his sister, Bessie Williams; his brothers, Henry Hunter and Council J. Hunter; his mother-in-law, Lillie Davis; his daughter-in-law, Diane Calmese; his sisters-in-law, Lillie (Gene) McBride and Louise Davis; her brothers-in-law, Earl Davis, Jr. and Othie Davis; and his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Lucious Hunter; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Lucious Hunter as an expression of our sympathy.