Full Text of HR1247 093rd General Assembly
HR1247 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 |
| Elizabeth Clay of Chicago on October 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born July 19, 1928 to Clem and Everlina | 6 |
| Wright in Shaw, Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Antioch Church School, where she | 8 |
| received her formal education; she married Amos Clay on | 9 |
| December 25, 1942, and to this union, sixteen children were | 10 |
| born; the family moved to Chicago on December 26, 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, She was employed at the Sheridan Hotel as a | 12 |
| housekeeper, and she was also employed with the Board of | 13 |
| Registration; she was the President of the Senior Citizen Group | 14 |
| in the 37th Ward; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of the Landmark Missionary | 16 |
| Baptist Church and worked faithfully on the Mother's Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth was a cheerful, loving person, and | 18 |
| mother to many and loved by most; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by three of her | 20 |
| children; her husband; her sisters, Ada Sheperd and Lena Mae | 21 |
| Hudson; and her brothers, Johnny, Columbus, Jeff, and Lawyer | 22 |
| Wright; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Elizabeth Clay will be felt by all | 24 |
| who knew and loved her, especially her children, Joseph Jones, | 25 |
| Willie (Shirley) Clay, Juarez Clay, Romether Clay, Mary Clay, | 26 |
| Sandra D. Clay, Joyce Carrasquillo, Gloria Jean Clay, Marie | 27 |
| Clay, Lucille Brown, Rosetta Clay, Everlina Adams, Louis Clay | 28 |
| and Amos Clay; her two sisters, Alberta Ingram and Mary Bell |
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| Davis; her 140 grandchildren; her 145 great-grandchildren; her | 2 |
| five great-great-grandchildren; her three great-great-great | 3 |
| grandchildren; and a host of in-laws, other relatives and | 4 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| mourn the passing of Elizabeth Clay and extend our sincerest | 8 |
| condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it | 9 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Elizabeth Clay as an expression of | 12 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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