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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Arnette Harmon Moseberry of Chicago, who 
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passed away December 22, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born June 27, 1927, in Holly Springs, 
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Mississippi to the late Louis Harmon Sr. and Mary James Harmon; 
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at an early age she began attending Ebenezer Baptist Church, 
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where she accepted Jesus Christ into her life; as an adult she 
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worshipped at Greater Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church; 
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she converted to Catholicism and became a member of St. 
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Laurence Catholic Church and the Women of St. Laurence until 
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its closure; she then attended St. Ailbe Catholic Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was educated at Forrestville Elementary 
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School and DuSable High School; on February 25, 1947 she was 
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united in marriage to William Moseberry Jr.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a loyal employee of Oscar Mayer for twenty 
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years; after her retirement she worked for Eyes Around the 
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World Travel Agency, and traveled around the world; she was an 
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avid golfer; she was a member of the WASS Auxiliary (an 
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affiliate of the Chicago Boys Club), the Midwest Golf 
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Association, and the Chicago Women's Golf Club, where she 
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served as junior tournament director for the Bob-O-Links; in 
 


 






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addition, she taught children and teens the sport of golf; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Arnette Harmon Moseberry was preceded in death by 
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her parents, her husband, her daughter, Pamela, and six 
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siblings; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Arnette Harmon Moseberry will be 
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deeply felt by her son, Melvin; her daughters, Jacqueline, 
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Nola, Charmaine, Doris, and Valerie; her brother, Ervin; her 
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sisters, Villire, Yvonne, and Patsy (Calvin); her seventeen 
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grandchildren; her twenty great-grandchildren; her three 
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great-great-grandchildren; her life-long friends, Corrine and 
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Johnetta; and many other relatives and friends; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Arnette Harmon 
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Moseberry; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Arnette Harmon Moseberry as a symbol 
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of our sympathy.