Full Text of SR0045 96th General Assembly
SR0045 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Orlinda (Hunter) Golliday; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlinda was born on October 3, 1911 in Mound | 5 |
| Bayou, Mississippi; her parents were Isiah Hunter and Mattie B. | 6 |
| Morgan-Hunter; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlinda professed Christ at an early age; as a | 8 |
| child, she attended a Baptist church with her parents, where | 9 |
| she was involved in many activities; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlinda attended grade school and high school in | 11 |
| Mississippi; she was urged by her mother to further her | 12 |
| education and to pray that she would be a public speaker and | 13 |
| capture the attention of her audiences; she then attended | 14 |
| Campbell Methodist College in Memphis, Tennessee, where she | 15 |
| received her teaching certificate for grades one through eight; | 16 |
| she then returned to Mississippi and began her teaching career; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Orlinda was united in holy matrimony to Douglas | 19 |
| Golliday on February 1, 1937; their 57 years of marriage was | 20 |
| blessed with one son; the family later moved to Brooklyn, | 21 |
| Illinois, where they joined Southern Tabernacle; in 1944, the |
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| family moved to East St. Louis; Orlinda then proceeded to join | 2 |
| the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of | 3 |
| the Choral Ensemble, Voices of Zion, and Golden Tones; and
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| WHEREAS, Fulfilling her mother's wish, Orlinda spoke | 5 |
| publicly at many Baptist and Methodist conventions, as well as | 6 |
| university graduations and other special events; she continued | 7 |
| speaking until the age of 92, when she participated in her | 8 |
| great-grandchildren's school event "The Person I Most Admire"; | 9 |
| during the event, the students were captivated by her life | 10 |
| stories and gave their undivided attention; and
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| WHEREAS, Orlinda is survived by her son, Robert (Delores) | 12 |
| Golliday; her sister, Netti Webb; her special nieces, Lee Alice | 13 |
| (Golliday) Hammonds and Dorothy (Golliday) Britts; her 4 | 14 |
| grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, 24 | 15 |
| great-great-grandchildren, and 4 | 16 |
| great-great-great-grandchildren; and her numerous nieces, | 17 |
| nephews, cousins, friends, and Mount Zion Missionary Baptist | 18 |
| Church family members; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Orlinda (Hunter) | 22 |
| Golliday; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Orlinda (Hunter) Golliday as an | 3 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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