Full Text of SR0399 95th General Assembly
SR0399 95TH 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 Mary Ella Clayborne Spires of East St. | 4 |
| Louis, who passed away on July 5, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, "Aunt Mary" or "Mary Tee", as she was | 6 |
| affectionately referred to by her nieces and nephews, was born | 7 |
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1916, the eighth child born to the union of | 8 |
| Indiana (Stennis) and Jesse Clayborne in Dekalb, Mississippi; | 9 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ella Clayborne confessed a hope in Christ at | 11 |
| an early age; she was 18 when her family moved to East St. | 12 |
| Louis, where she joined the Mount Zion Church in 1937 under the | 13 |
| Pastorate of Rev. R. B. Haney; she was a faithful member for 70 | 14 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1940 Mary graduated from Lincoln High School in | 16 |
| East St. Louis and went on to Cosmetology College; she met the | 17 |
| love of her life, Albert Spires and united in holy matrimony on | 18 |
| February 3, 1942; Mary was a member of the Greater Beauticians | 19 |
| Association of East St. Louis for many years; she was an avid | 20 |
| fisherwoman and loved introducing the sport to her nieces and | 21 |
| nephews, and great nieces and great nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Tee had a loyal companion named Spot, who | 2 |
| died nine days prior to her death on July 5, 2007; her mother, | 3 |
| father, husband, and twelve siblings also preceded her in | 4 |
| death; and
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| WHEREAS, She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish her | 6 |
| memory her sister, Mamie
Clayborne Bolden; her brother, Calvin | 7 |
| Clayborne; her sister-in-law, Edna Clayborne; her aunt, Ruth | 8 |
| Ulmer; her devoted nieces, Barbara Clayborne King (Johnny) and | 9 |
| Dorothy Owensby; her devoted nephew, James
Clayborne; her | 10 |
| special friend/niece, Brenda Staples; and many more nieces, | 11 |
| nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and a host of cousins
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| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ella Clayborne | 16 |
| Spires; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Mary Ella Clayborne Spires as a | 19 |
| symbol of our sympathy.
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