Full Text of HR1099 93rd General Assembly
HR1099 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The love of family is at the center of the African | 3 |
| tradition, and also has been the religious, economic, and | 4 |
| political unit encompassing a wide circle of extended kinship; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Families and their legacies of struggling with | 7 |
| adversity, pursuing their dreams, and persevering through | 8 |
| trials and tribulations are an integral part of the character | 9 |
| and diversity of Illinois history; and
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| WHEREAS, It is fitting that the members of this General | 11 |
| Assembly should pause to pay tribute to those families who | 12 |
| embody those values and who, through their good works, have | 13 |
| contributed to the growth and development of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, A family with a singularly rich history is the | 15 |
| Fricks family, which has hailed from Arkansas for generations; | 16 |
| over the years, the family has spread its roots to Illinois, | 17 |
| Michigan, California, and Virginia, to name just a few states; | 18 |
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| WHEREAS, The first known member of the Fricks family, | 20 |
| Clayton Fricks, was part African-American and part Native | 21 |
| American and lived in Ouachita County, Arkansas; and
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| WHEREAS, A determined and industrious family, the members | 23 |
| of the Fricks family made their living as farmers and | 24 |
| sharecroppers; and
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| WHEREAS, It is known that a gravesite in Ouachita County, | 26 |
| Arkansas bears the name of "Good Hope Cemetery", and it is also | 27 |
| known that there are other ancestors of the current Fricks | 28 |
| family line buried therein; and
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| WHEREAS, Clayton Fricks and his wife, the former Lillie | 2 |
| Warren, were well-known and respected in the community for | 3 |
| their values of hard work and Christian love for their fellow | 4 |
| neighbors; and
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| WHEREAS, Gracie Fricks Box, Grover Cleveland Fricks, Katie | 6 |
| Fricks Alexander, Jewel Fricks, James Fricks Sr., and Callie | 7 |
| Fricks Murphy continued the legacy of the Fricks family; as a | 8 |
| result, the Fricks family has flourished and extended itself | 9 |
| across the entire United States; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, It is fitting that we should pay tribute to the | 11 |
| Fricks family, a model of family values and integrity; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| honor the ongoing legacy of the Fricks family, commend their | 16 |
| love for each other and their pride in the family's heritage, | 17 |
| and extend to them best wishes for future reunions and | 18 |
| historical research; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the Fricks family.
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