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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Mollie Plummer-Whitman on 
4the occasion of her 105th birthday; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman was born in Slaughter, 
6Louisana on July 17, 1910; she moved to Chicago in 1944; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman worked for a paper company 
8for 18 years, for Oak Forest Hospital for 7 years, and at the 
9Chicago hospital for 4 years; she worked at the voting polls 
10from 1959 to 1995; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman retired in 1962 to take 
12care of her mother and sister; after her mother's passing in 
131992, she began doing house cleaning until the age of 99; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman credits her long life to 
15God; she enjoys attending church and is the President of the 
16Mothers Board, a Sunday school teacher, and works with the 
17Deacon Board; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman makes sure she has some 
19kind of vegetable everyday and is thankful to have lived to see 
20the first African-American President of the United States; 
 
 
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1therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
3NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
4congratulate Mollie Plummer-Whitman on her 105th birthday and 
5wish her many more wonderful years; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to Mollie Plummer-Whitman as an expression of our 
8esteem and respect.