Full Text of HR1396 95th General Assembly
HR1396 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mother | 4 |
| Hattie Singleton of Chicago, who passed away on March 25, 2008; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 27, 1922 in West Point, | 7 |
| Mississippi; she confessed Christ as her Savior and was | 8 |
| baptized at an early age; she met and married Earl Singleton in | 9 |
| 1940, at the age of thirteen; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from Lucy Flowers High School; she | 11 |
| received her nursing degree from Cook County Hospital; she | 12 |
| began working for the Chicago Board of Education in 1967; and
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| WHEREAS, Mother Singleton was a School Community | 14 |
| Representative for the Board of Education for 27 years; she was | 15 |
| a delegate for the Chicago Teachers Union, was a Girl Scout | 16 |
| leader, a fundraiser for the Henry Booth House, and the | 17 |
| co-founder of 7 Knights and 2 Queens, was a member of the | 18 |
| Ickes, Prairie, Archer Community Action Committee, was an | 19 |
| advisor for the 21st District Chicago Police Department | 20 |
| Explorer Scouts, served as her neighborhood CAPS facilitator, | 21 |
| and was involved with the Neighborhood Housing Organization; | 22 |
| she received many awards and honors over the years for her good |
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| works; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | 3 |
| parents; her children, Earl III, Edward, Ernest, Eric, Elaine, | 4 |
| Evelyn, and Ellen; and
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| WHEREAS, Mother Singleton is survived by her sons, Eugene, | 6 |
| Elvis (Priscilla), and Eitel (Pam); her daughters, Edwina and | 7 |
| Helena; her daughter in Christ, Regina; her grandchildren, | 8 |
| Renard, Steven, Lolita, Aaron, Stephanie, Anthony, Dwaine, | 9 |
| Keith, Latisha, Edward, Reginald, Jeanine, Parish, and | 10 |
| Michael; her many great-grandchildren and | 11 |
| great-great-grandchildren; her aunts, uncles, other family | 12 |
| members, and many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mother | 16 |
| Hattie Singleton; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Mother Hattie Singleton as a symbol | 19 |
| of our sympathy.
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