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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois were  saddened to learn of the death of Versie 
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Lucille Wade Williams on October 16, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Versie Lucille Wade Williams was born on May 
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6, 1926 in Pickens, Mississippi to the late union of Versie 
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Wade and Linnie Wade; the eldest of four children, she was 
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preceded in death by her parents, Versie and Linnie Wade, and 
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two sisters, Rosetta Daniels and Elizabeth Williams; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Williams

was united in matrimony to Clarence 
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Williams, Sr., in December 1944, and to this union eight 
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children were born;  four of her children preceded her in death: 
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Clarence Jr., Oralee, Joe, and Michael; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
Mrs. Williams confessed in Christ at an early age 
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at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Pickens, Mississippi;

she was a 
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faithful member of Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, 
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where she was a member of the Willing Workers Club until her 
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death; she worked at Little Company of Mary Hospital; and

 
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    WHEREAS,
Representative Arthur Turner was always  known as 
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Curtis to Mrs. Williams;  she also served as the neighbor 
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children's mother;  she was a mother to everyone;  she and Mrs. 
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Turner believed in buying food in bulk at a wholesale store, 
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and they then divide the food between themselves; and

 
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    WHEREAS,    Mrs. Williams was a loving and kind person who 
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would help any and everyone;  she  was loved and will be dearly 
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missed;

her survivors are:  two daughters, Linnie Hughes and 
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Patricia Appling (husband, James); two sons Eddie (wife, 
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Jeanette) and Willie Williams; twenty-one grandchildren; 
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forty-six great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; one 
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brother, Clarence Murry, Sr.; one great aunt, Geneva; one 
 


 






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brother-in-law, Eldridge Williams; a special nephew, Willie 
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Earl Murry; two special friends, Catherine Turner and Alice 
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Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we mourn the death of Versie Lucille Wade Williams, and we 
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extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all 
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who knew and loved her; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to 
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the family of Versie Lucille Wade Williams as an expression of 
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our deepest sympathy.