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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the passing of Nellie Margaret Bixby Anderson of
4Sparta, 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
7Vernon Grade School in Sparta and graduated from DuSalvo High
8School in Chicago; she married Melvin James Anderson on
9December 14, 1946; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson worked as a substitute teacher
11at Vernon Grade School and was the first Black History teacher
12at the Sparta High School; she also worked at the Sparta
13Neighborhood Center as a day care teacher for 10 years; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was very active in the Civil
15Rights Movement and was a dominant civil rights activist in the
16city of Sparta; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was deeply committed to her
18faith; she loved her church, Sparta Church of the Nazarene,
19where she taught Sunday School; she was devoted to taking care
20of her husband and raising her children, grandchildren,
21great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson was preceded in death by her
2mother and father, Melissa (Lissie) and James Bixby; her little
3brother, James Bixby Jr.; and her step-father, Eddie B.
4Johnson; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Anderson is survived by her loving
6husband of 73 years, Melvin J. Anderson Sr.; her nine children,
7Althea (Burr) Deming, Charlotte (Keith) Lukes, Denise
8Anderson, Melvin J. Anderson Jr., John Mark Anderson, Craig
9(Onetisha) Anderson, Heather Anderson, Michael Anderson, and
10Christopher (Haliegh) Anderson; her 21 grandchildren, her 19
11great-grandchildren; her 4 great-great-grandchildren, her
12special sister, Ruth Ann Small; her two sisters-in-law, Bessie
13Selmon and Luvenia Nance; her two brothers-in law, Frank
14Anderson and Michael Anderson; her aunt, Bernice Collins; her
15nieces, nephews, and cousins; and her very dear friends;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19Nellie Margaret Bixby Anderson and extend our sincere
20condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
21her; and be it further
 
22    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of Margaret Anderson as an expression
2of our deepest sympathy.