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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 deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
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| Elizabeth Clay of Chicago on October 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born July 19, 1928 to Clem and Everlina |
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| Wright in Shaw, Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Antioch Church School, where she |
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| received her formal education; she married Amos Clay on |
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| December 25, 1942, and to this union, sixteen children were |
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| born; the family moved to Chicago on December 26, 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, She was employed at the Sheridan Hotel as a |
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| housekeeper, and she was also employed with the Board of |
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| Registration; she was the President of the Senior Citizen Group |
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| in the 37th Ward; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of the Landmark Missionary |
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| Baptist Church and worked faithfully on the Mother's Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth was a cheerful, loving person, and |
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| mother to many and loved by most; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by three of her |
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| children; her husband; her sisters, Ada Sheperd and Lena Mae |
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| Hudson; and her brothers, Johnny, Columbus, Jeff, and Lawyer |
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| Wright; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Elizabeth Clay will be felt by all |
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| who knew and loved her, especially her children, Joseph Jones, |
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| Willie (Shirley) Clay, Juarez Clay, Romether Clay, Mary Clay, |
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| Sandra D. Clay, Joyce Carrasquillo, Gloria Jean Clay, Marie |
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| Clay, Lucille Brown, Rosetta Clay, Everlina Adams, Louis Clay |
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| and Amos Clay; her two sisters, Alberta Ingram and Mary Bell |