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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Rosie Mae |
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| (Dillard) Crivens, who passed away on November 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens was born on November 9, 1940, in |
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| Scotts, Mississippi; her parents were the late George and |
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| Matilda (Wade) Dillard; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens confessed her belief in God at |
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| an early age; she was a faithful member of the Bellevue Baptist |
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| Church for over 35 years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1953, Rosie Mae Crivens moved to Memphis, |
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| Tennessee to pursue her education; in 1961, she graduated from |
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| Douglass High School; while in Memphis, she met and married |
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| Algie L. Crivens Jr. in 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, Rosie Mae Crivens moved to Chicago; in |
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| 1991, she earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from Chicago |
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| State University; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens retired from the Illinois |
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| Department of Children & Family Services in 2002 after 26 years |
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| of dedicated service; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her sister, Mary Ellen Dillard-Young (Big Auntee); her |
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| special daughter/niece, Gladys Dillard; and many other |
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| relatives; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens is survived by her husband, |
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| Algie Jr.; her sons, Ri`Chard and Algie L. Crivens III; her |
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| daughter, Alicia L. Crivens (Kirk Sr. K.C.); her grandchildren, |
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| Sade`, Trey-von, Antoine, Ri’Shan, Derrick, James, Ahmad and |
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| Ahkeem; her step-grandchildren, Kymoni and Kirk Jr.; her |
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| play-daughter, Vicki; her very special niece (daughter), |
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| Alfreida Dillard; her special daughters, LaShinya |
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| Jamison-Crivens and Cynthia Patterson; her sisters, Charlena |
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| Dillard-Porter (Auntee), Lorraine Dillard (Doll), Cora |
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| Dillard-Redeemer (Sweet), and Golda Dillard-Buie (Bemae); her |
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| brother Wade Dillard (Brother); her sister-in-laws, Maxine |
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| (Milton) Ivy and Jean (Polk) Jennings; her brother-in-law, |
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| James; her 16 nieces and 21 nephews; and her many cousins, |
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| grandnieces, great-grandnieces, and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosie Mae Crivens will be remembered by all who |
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| knew and loved her as a thoughtful person whose unwavering love |
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| of the Lord, grace, elegance, and strength endeared her to |
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| everyone she met; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Rosie |
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| Mae (Dillard) Crivens; 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 Rosie Mae Crivens as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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