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HR0635 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION

2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate Mollie Plummer-Whitman on
4 the occasion of her 105th birthday; and

5     WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman was born in Slaughter,
6 Louisana on July 17, 1910; she moved to Chicago in 1944; and

7     WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman worked for a paper company
8 for 18 years, for Oak Forest Hospital for 7 years, and at the
9 Chicago hospital for 4 years; she worked at the voting polls
10 from 1959 to 1995; and

11     WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman retired in 1962 to take
12 care of her mother and sister; after her mother's passing in
13 1992, she began doing house cleaning until the age of 99; and

14     WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman credits her long life to
15 God; she enjoys attending church and is the President of the
16 Mothers Board, a Sunday school teacher, and works with the
17 Deacon Board; and

18     WHEREAS, Mollie Plummer-Whitman makes sure she has some
19 kind of vegetable everyday and is thankful to have lived to see
20 the first African-American President of the United States;

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1 therefore, be it

2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Mollie Plummer-Whitman on her 105th birthday and
5 wish her many more wonderful years; and be it further

6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Mollie Plummer-Whitman as an expression of our
8 esteem and respect.

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