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91_SR0268
LRB9112780CBcb
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Mrs. Ilean Hickman of East St. Louis on
4 Saturday, December 11, 1999; and
5 WHEREAS, She was born on December 3, 1917, the daughter
6 of Tom Holmes and Anne Bell Brown; and
7 WHEREAS, She was married to Clenties Hickman and to this
8 union were born three children; in 1942, the family relocated
9 to East St. Louis; and
10 WHEREAS, Mrs. Hickman was employed at the Federal Reserve
11 Bank in St. Louis, Missouri, for twenty-five years prior to
12 her retirement in December, 1979; and
13 WHEREAS, She relocated to Louisville, Mississippi, and in
14 1992, because of failing health, she was moved back to East
15 St. Louis to live with her daughter and son-in-law; and
16 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
17 and friends, especially her daughters, Dorothy Jackson and
18 Bonnie Snowden; her son, Robert Hickman; her son-in-law, John
19 Snowden; her daughter-in-law, Minnie Hickman; her sisters,
20 Essie B. Hayden, Bessie Coleman, and Ida Braggs; her brother,
21 Jimmie T. Holmes; her thirteen grandchildren; and her
22 fourteen great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
25 and regret the death of Mrs. Ilean Hickman and extend to her
26 family and friends our sincere condolences; and be it further
27 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
28 presented to the family of Mrs. Ilean Hickman.