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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Gladys Patsy Murray of Chicago, who |
4 | | passed away on May 24, 2018; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was born in Shreveport County, |
6 | | Louisiana to Ed and Ida Birdsong on October 10, 1924; during |
7 | | her childhood, one of her greatest joys was playing with her |
8 | | nieces and nephews, who were close to her in age; she attended |
9 | | the Old Greenwood Baptist Church with her parents and siblings; |
10 | | education was very important to her, and she studied at the |
11 | | one-room schoolhouse within her parish; she married Johnnie |
12 | | Murray in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 13, 1939; after a short |
13 | | stay in Shreveport, she and her husband moved to Oakland, |
14 | | California; they moved to Chicago in 1947; the mother of ten |
15 | | children, she emphasized the importance of an education; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was a member of Holy Temple Baptist |
17 | | Church, where her husband served as a deacon; later in life, |
18 | | she attended the churches of her children; she was known as a |
19 | | stylish dresser and the life of the party; she became a loving |
20 | | second mother to many of her children's friends, and she will |
21 | | be missed by all who knew her; and
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22 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray is survived by her children, Jim, |