Illinois SR 449: MEMORIAL GERALDINE MARTIN

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SR0449LRB104 14043 LAW 27175 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Ruth Earl Hudson Nichols, who passed 

4away on May 27, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Ruth Hudson Nichols was born to Percy and Marie 

6Hudson in Canton, Mississippi on October 5, 1936; at the age of 

7six, she and her family moved to Chicago; she committed to her 

8faith at the age of nine under the pastorate of her 

9grandfather, the late Rev. Clarence Buckner, the founding 

10pastor of Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church; she 

11attended Raymond Elementary School and the Dunbar Trade 

12School, where she majored in dressmaking and graduated at the 

13age of 16 in 1953; she furthered her education at Cortez Peters 

14Business School and later at Wilson Junior College, now 

15Kennedy-King College; she married Rev. Howard Sanders Nichols 

16Sr. on June 19, 1955, and they had five children while building 

17a union rooted in faith, service, and shared ministry for 59 

18years; and

19 WHEREAS, Ruth Hudson Nichols began her career in office 

20administration in the private sector and worked for such firms 

21as Leo Rose and Joe Lipke & Sons; she ultimately joined the 

22Chicago Public School (CPS) system, beginning and concluding 

23her career at her alma mater, Dunbar Vocational High School, 

SR0449- 2 -LRB104 14043 LAW 27175 r

1where she first served as a program office clerk and retired as 

2principal secretary to Dr. Floyd Banks; she also contributed 

3her talents to Frazier, Ryder, Robert A. Black, and McCorkle 

4Elementary Schools and the Dewey Child Parent Center; and

5 WHEREAS, Ruth Hudson Nichols was deeply committed to her 

6faith and the work of the ministry, serving