Full Text of HR0926 101st 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 Ida Grace | 4 | | Dotson of Chicago, who passed away on October 6, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ida Dotson was born to the late Percy and Bessie | 6 | | Carter in Russellville, Alabama on January 30, 1924; she was | 7 | | the youngest of six children, all of whom have preceded her in | 8 | | death; she moved from Alabama to Gary, Indiana at an early age | 9 | | and attended Froebel School; in 1949, she married her lifelong | 10 | | partner Leroy Dotson; they were together until his death in | 11 | | 2011; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Upon moving to Chicago, Ida Dotson worked for | 13 | | several years at Western Electric, Ritholds Glasses, and | 14 | | Illinois Bell before becoming a full-time homemaker; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ida Dotson committed to her faith at an early age; | 16 | | she joined Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church under the | 17 | | pastoral leadership of the late Reverend Louis Boddie, where | 18 | | she sang in the choir and was a member of the Beacon light | 19 | | club; after the death of Reverend Boddie, she and several of | 20 | | her friends started a weekly bible study in her home that was | 21 | | known as the Universal Prayer Band; she then began attending | 22 | | the Bright Star Church of God in Christ; there, she served as a |
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| 1 | | church mother, a missionary, a Sunday school teacher, and as a | 2 | | pastor's aide; in addition to serving her local church, she | 3 | | served at the district and state level; she was a licensed | 4 | | missionary and evangelist within the Sixth Ecclesiastical | 5 | | Jurisdiction of Illinois of the COGIC; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ida Dotson is survived by her son, Pastor Timothy | 7 | | (Jenise); her three grandchildren, Timothy Jr., Tiffany | 8 | | Dotson-Cage (Zerome), and Troy; her three great-grandchildren, | 9 | | Zechariah, Zaiden, and Zander Cage; her sister-in-law, Mary | 10 | | Carter; and her host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of
Ida Grace Dotson and extend our sincere
| 15 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
| 16 | | her; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 18 | | presented to the family of Ida Dotson as an expression of
our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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