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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Mrs. Maxine Hughes of East Saint
4 Louis, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Maxine Hughes was born in East Saint Louis on
6 December 18, 1952; her parents were Lemuel Straughter, Sr.
7 and Mary Frances Heard-Straughter; and
8 WHEREAS, Maxine Hughes was educated in the East Saint
9 Louis public schools and a graduate of Lincoln Senior High
10 School; she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
11 Administration from Southern Illinois University in
12 Edwardsville; she was an employee of Ameren Union Electric
13 Company, where she served as a Statistician; during her
14 twenty-eight years of service she received many awards and
15 honors; and
16 WHEREAS, On August 23, 1980 Maxine married Jerry Hughes;
17 she confessed a belief in Jesus Christ at an early age and
18 united with Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in January
19 of 1984; she was an active and faithful member of the church
20 until her passing, serving with the Children and Youth
21 Ministry; and
22 WHEREAS, Maxine Hughes served as a team mom for the
23 girl's basketball team at Matthew Dickey's Boys Club for
24 several years; she also served as secretary for the East
25 Saint Louis Jackie Robinson Khoury League; and
26 WHEREAS, Maxine Hughes is survived by her husband, Jerry
27 Hughes; her son, Aaron; her daughter. Asha; her mother, Mary
28 Frances Straughter; her sisters, Lorraine McKinney, Deborah
29 (Arthur) Fields, Janet Estes, Mary Ann (James) Love, and
30 Patricia Straughter; her brother, Milton (Doris) Straughter;
31 her father-in-law, Leonard Hughes, Sr.; her brothers-in-law,
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1 Leonard Hughes Jr., Mitchell Hughes, and Billy Hughes; her
2 sisters-in-law, Carolyn Hubbard and Linda Hughes; her nieces,
3 Taumosa Straughter, Kishea McKinney, and Kyra Fuller; her
4 nephews, Cordell (Reisha) McKinney, Darnell Barnett,
5 Guatemion (Kimberly) Mosley, Joseph Hale, Jr., and Caleb
6 McKinney; as well as aunts, uncles, cousins, godchildren, and
7 friends; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 her family and friends, the death of Maxine Hughes of East
11 Saint Louis, Illinois; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Maxine Hughes, along with our
14 sincere hope of peace at this time.