Full Text of HR1475 94th General Assembly
HR1475 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to | 4 |
| the family and friends of Evelyn Orietha Martin, who recently | 5 |
| passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Evelyn Martin was born on July 8, 1958 in Chicago, | 7 |
| Illinois; her family joined the New Friendship Missionary | 8 |
| Baptist Church, where she was baptized at the age of 11; | 9 |
| together with her sisters they formed the group The Martin | 10 |
| Sisters, and ministered in music both in the suburbs and the | 11 |
| city of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1981 she married Vincent Pitts and together | 13 |
| they had a son, Matthew; Evelyn worked all her life, from | 14 |
| working as teller, Personal Banker, and the Manager of Personal | 15 |
| Banking at the First National Bank of Blue Island; she later | 16 |
| advanced to Certified Senior Mortgage Loan Officer at Conseco | 17 |
| Finance, America's Money Line, Centex Home Equity, and as a | 18 |
| consultant for Blaine Bradford Ltd.; and
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| WHEREAS, Evelyn was the head of finance for the Martin and | 20 |
| Turk Crittiden family reunions; she specialized in birthdays, | 21 |
| banquets, and coordinating weddings; and
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| WHEREAS, Evelyn was joined with the Jackson Tabernacle | 23 |
| Church of God in Christ, under the pastorate of her | 24 |
| father-in-law, Superintendent Harold L. Pitts, and the | 25 |
| Christian Life Center, under the pastorate of Senior Pastor | 26 |
| Jerry McQuary ; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Evelyn Martin will be deeply felt | 28 |
| by those she leaves behind, including: her husband, Vincent; | 29 |
| her son, Matthew; her parents, Jimmie and Elizabeth Martin; her | 30 |
| brother, Donald Martin; her sisters, Beverly Anderson and her |
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| husband, Maurice, Carolyn Hollins, Orilla Stokes and her | 2 |
| husband, Tobin, and Angela Martin; her father-in-law, | 3 |
| Superintendent Harold Pitts; her brothers-in-law, Pastor | 4 |
| Thaddeus Pitts and his wife, Lottie Nell, Pastor John Pitts and | 5 |
| his wife, Beverly, and Elder Devan Pitts and his wife, Rita; | 6 |
| her sisters-in-law, Venise Samuels and her husband, Ray, and | 7 |
| Yvette Wilson and her husband, Jerome; her great aunt, Mother | 8 |
| Evelyn O. Ford; her special parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Young; | 9 |
| her godchild, Monica Pitts; and her nieces, nephews, aunts, | 10 |
| uncles, cousins, special friends, and her dog, Precious; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we mourn, along with her family and friends, the death of | 15 |
| Evelyn Orietha Martin; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Evelyn Martin.
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