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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 learned with great sadness of the death of |
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| Naomi Grant on August 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Naomi Grant was born on December 2, 1911, in |
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| Grenada, Mississippi; she was the eleventh of fifteen children |
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| born to the union of Thomas and Mender Moore; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Grant came to Chicago in her youth and was |
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| educated in the Chicago Public Schools and graduated from |
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| Wendell Phillips High School in 1930; she married Henry Grant |
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| in 1932 and they had four sons, Henry Jr., Raymond, Donald, and |
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| Jamus; and
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| WHEREAS, She was employed by the historic South |
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| Center/Fuller Department Store; while at South Center, she was |
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| an active member of the AFL-CIO Labor Union and was outspoken |
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| against wage and discrimination issues; she later was employed |
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| at Evans Furriers, where she earned recognition for |
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| "Outstanding Salesperson" for more than ten consecutive years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Grant was an active member of the Grant |
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| Memorial AME Church, where she served on a number of |
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| auxiliaries, and was a Bible class leader and a matron; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Naomi Grant will be deeply felt by |
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| many including her devoted sons, Henry Jr. (Jean), Raymond |
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| (Lynn), and Jamus Grant; her "play daughter", Ethel Lawrence; |
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| her special friend, William Fuller; her 15 grandchildren; her |
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| 30 great-grandchildren; her 10 great-great-grandchildren; her |
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| 10 first generation nieces and nephews; and a host of relatives |
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| and friends; and
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