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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bessie
4Mae Luckett, who passed away on September 1, 2022; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett was born to Lonnie Jane Burks
6Luckett and Eddie Davis Luckett in Harperville, Mississippi on
7July 20, 1939; her family moved to Jackson, Mississippi in
81949, where she graduated from Lanier High School in 1956; her
9family moved to Chicago in 1960; she earned her associate's
10degree in Liberal Arts from Kennedy King College in 1991; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett volunteered as a candy striper at
12St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Chicago in 1962; she later became
13nutritionist supervisor of the hospital's Dietary Department
14in 1964; she dedicated 35 years of service to St. Elizabeth's;
15and
 
16    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett was extremely dedicated to her
17community, serving as president of the 800 E. 88th
18Place/Dauphin Avenue Civic Organization and coordinator of the
19Beautification Committee for many years; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett attended Midway Missionary Baptist
21Church in Harperville, Mississippi as a child; she became a

 

 

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1member of China Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson,
2Mississippi after her high school graduation; she became a
3member of Liberty Baptist Church in Chicago in the 1960s,
4where she served as a member of the original Official Greeters
5and Unity Circle Club; she also became involved with teaching
6the intermediate union in the Baptist Training Union; later in
7life, she became a member of New Bethlehem #4 Missionary
8Baptist Church, where she assisted with the pantry and
9costuming children during productions, and she participated in
10Sunday school; she was also a member of the church's weekly
11teaching ministry, Saturday Night Live/Life Lessons; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett was preceded in death by her
13parents; her brother, Eddie Kirkland Luckett; and her
14son-in-law, Gregory A. Hart; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Bessie Luckett is survived by her daughter,
16Debbie Luckett-Hart; her relatives, Bonnie Clark, Penny Black,
17and Tony Kennedy; and a host of neighbors and friends;
18therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
20HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we mourn the passing of Bessie Mae Luckett and extend our
22sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew
23and loved her; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Bessie Luckett as an expression of
3our deepest sympathy.