Full Text of HR0908 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mattie | 4 | | Jennings Trice of Chicago, who passed away on February 13, | 5 | | 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mattie Jennings Trice was born on November 29, | 7 | | 1926 in Verona, Mississippi to the late Enes and Rev. Robert L. | 8 | | Jennings; she was the fifth of 10 siblings; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mattie Jennings Trice received her formal | 10 | | education at the Mary C. Wade Elementary School in Verona, | 11 | | Mississippi and the Lee County Training School in Tupelo, | 12 | | Mississippi; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mattie Jennings Trice married Verdell Trice in | 14 | | 1945; the couple moved to Chicago in 1953 and joined the St. | 15 | | Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago; she was | 16 | | an efficient homemaker and assisted her husband with the family | 17 | | business; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mattie Jennings Trice was preceded in death by her | 19 | | 6 brothers; her 3 sisters; and her son, Verdell R. Trice; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Mattie Jennings Trice is survived by her husband |
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| 1 | | of 69 years, Verdell; her goddaughter, Alenya Ison-Thomas | 2 | | (Khalmus); her special niece, Gwendolyn J. Harris; her special | 3 | | cousin, Henry F. Jennings; and her many nieces, nephews, | 4 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we mourn the passing of Mattie Jennings Trice and extend our | 8 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 9 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Mattie Jennings Trice as an | 12 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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