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91_SR0159
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Mrs. Selma Pierson Buckner of Chicago on June
4 9, 1999; and
5 WHEREAS, She was born in Campti, Louisiana, on July 6,
6 1920; she moved to Chicago in 1947, where she later married
7 Leroy Buckner; and
8 WHEREAS, She received Christ at an early age and was
9 baptized at St. Peter's Baptist Church in Campti; she became
10 a member of the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, where she
11 served as a Missionary and in the Magi Pride Club, until she
12 became ill; and
13 WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy;
14 her son, Wilbert Stephens; her grandson, Roderick McCoy; her
15 sister, Elma Ellis; and her brothers, Edward, Jay, Morris
16 Jr., and Ricky Pierson; and
17 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
18 and friends, especially her sons, Johnnie L. McCoy, Jr. and
19 Fredrick Buckner; her daughters, Katie Brown, Cassandra
20 Turner, and Mina Henderson; her daughter-in-law, Dorothy
21 McCoy; her son-in-law, George Henderson; her grandchildren,
22 Johnnie III, Thelma, Darren, Lloyd, Michelle, Marshall,
23 Kathy, Albion, Jr., Adrian, Michael, Rosalyn, Wilbert, Jr.,
24 Chastity, and Clinton, Jr.; her great-grandchildren; her
25 brother, Ira Pierson; her sisters, Louise Ray, Juanita
26 Kochinsky, Luella Nickleberry, Lela Hayward, Ceola Head, and
27 Pearl Thomas; her brother-in-law, Joseph Hayward; and her
28 sister-in-law, Doris Billings; therefore, be it
29 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
30 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
31 and regret the death of Mrs. Selma Pierson Buckner and extend
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1 our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
2 further
3 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Selma Pierson Buckner.