Full Text of HR1381 95th General Assembly
HR1381 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Virgie | 4 |
| Louise Brooks Harris of Chicago, who passed away on May 27, | 5 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgie Louise Brooks Harris was born August 24, | 7 |
| 1924 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to the late Robert G Brooks and | 8 |
| Hattie L Kimbrough; she attended school in Mississippi until | 9 |
| secondary level and continued that education at DuSable High | 10 |
| School after moving to Chicago in her late teens; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgie met and married the late Joseph B Harris; | 12 |
| they were blessed with four beautiful children; she was a | 13 |
| dedicated mother and wife and devoted her entire life to caring | 14 |
| for her family, offering constant nurturing and support; and
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| WHEREAS, Virgie was the owner of the H & A Restaurant, a | 16 |
| business started by her mother in 1945, which she came to work | 17 |
| at when arriving in Chicago in the 1940s; after being an | 18 |
| employee to her mother for many years, her mother made her a | 19 |
| partner in the business in the 1960s; and
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| WHEREAS, The business was incorporated in the 1970s under | 21 |
| the original name it was founded as, H & A Shrimp Shop |
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| Incorporated, and remained a State of Illinois legal corporate | 2 |
| entity until 2006, at which time Virgie retired and sold the | 3 |
| business; H & A was a community icon, providing jobs and | 4 |
| economic viability to the City of Chicago for 62 years, and | 5 |
| will be forever remembered by all who either worked or ate | 6 |
| there; and
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| WHEREAS, On Tuesday, May 27, 2008, Virgie was asked to work | 8 |
| for the Heavenly Restaurant in Eternity, and she gladly | 9 |
| accepted the chance to serve all and be re-united with all her | 10 |
| friends and family whom had preceded her in passing; she always | 11 |
| remembered her customers, which numbered in the thousands; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn, along with her family, friends, and former customers and | 16 |
| co-workers, the passing of Virgie Louise Brooks Harris; and be | 17 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Virgie Louise Brooks Harris as a | 20 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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