Full Text of SR0705 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Ella Louise Ivy, who passed away on April | 4 | | 1, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was born on February 1, 1931, in Venice, | 6 | | Illinois; her parents were Harold Jerome and Helen Louise | 7 | | Clemons; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy grew up in Venice and attended schools in | 9 | | the Madison school district before graduating from Dunbar High | 10 | | School in 1950; as a child, she worked in her family's ice | 11 | | cream parlor; she was raised to believe in Jesus Christ and, at | 12 | | the age of 15, was filled with the Holy Ghost in the Church of | 13 | | God in Christ; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy and her husband, C.B. Ivy, were married | 15 | | on July 16, 1950; the young newlywed couple subsequently | 16 | | returned to Mississippi to live for a short period before | 17 | | becoming a part of the Great Migration of African-Americans | 18 | | from the South to the North in search of better economic | 19 | | opportunities; they later settled back in Venice, where they | 20 | | briefly lived in an apartment converted from a chicken coop | 21 | | before eventually buying a house at 1232 Cleveland Avenue in | 22 | | East St. Louis, where she was a faithful and loving wife and |
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| 1 | | mother to her husband and her 5 children; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy served as a faithful member of The Church | 3 | | of Christ the Divine and the Pentecostal Power church | 4 | | organizations in several capacities, including secretary and | 5 | | President of the Young People's Department; as leader of the | 6 | | Young People's Department, she founded the Young People's | 7 | | Willing Workers ministry, a ministry that is still in service | 8 | | today; after her husband was called into the ministry, she | 9 | | began serving in a new capacity as the wife of a District | 10 | | Elder, Pastor, and Bishop; the couple traveled often to various | 11 | | churches under their ministry in Robbins and Sledge, | 12 | | Mississippi, and Oxford, Mississippi, while also maintaining a | 13 | | ministry at 1433 Gross Street in East St. Louis; she was a | 14 | | dedicated church mother, whose mission was to teach and guide | 15 | | women how to conduct themselves as women of God; she was also a | 16 | | devout speaker, teacher, and counselor, guiding women in the | 17 | | way of Godliness and virtuous behavior, as well as a singer in | 18 | | the church's choir; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was preceded in death by her husband, | 20 | | Bishop C.B. Ivy, and her parents; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy is survived by her children, Clarence | 22 | | (Donis) Ivy, Christopher (Diane) Ivy, Margaret Ivy, Belynda | 23 | | (Oliver) Hamiliton, and Timothy (Karen) Ivy; her 15 |
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| 1 | | grandchildren; her 19 great-grandchildren; her siblings, | 2 | | Harold (Girthal) Clemons, Margaret Clemons, William | 3 | | (Gwendolyn) Clemons, Lloyd (Inez) Clemons, Anna Ruth | 4 | | Clemons-Shelton, Charles Clemons, Barbara (Charles) Reid, | 5 | | Jacqueline (Leon) Glaster, and Arthur Clemons; and her many | 6 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 | | her family and friends, the passing of Ella Louise Ivy; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Ella Ivy as an expression of our | 13 | | sympathy.
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