Full Text of HR0031 096th General Assembly
HR0031 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Hosea Peeples on | 4 |
| the occasion of her 109th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, Hosea Peeples was born in February of 1900 in | 6 |
| Holcomb, Mississippi; she attended school at a one-room | 7 |
| schoolhouse in the local Masonic Hall; on Sundays, she and her | 8 |
| family went to the Tuscahoma AME Church in a wagon; while | 9 |
| there, she sat on the "mourner's bench", accepted Christ, and | 10 |
| was baptized at age 15; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1926, Hosea Peeples left home to join two older | 12 |
| sisters who lived in Chicago; she found work as a domestic and | 13 |
| sent money back home to help her family; in 1931, she met the | 14 |
| love of her life, Gentry Peeples, whom she married in 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, Hosea Peeples was employed at Inland Steel for 32 | 16 |
| years until her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1948, Hosea Peeples and her husband joined the | 18 |
| Grant Memorial AME Church under the pastorate of Rev. Harvey E. | 19 |
| Walden; she was recruited into the Gospel Choir the day she | 20 |
| joined and later became choir president; and
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| WHEREAS, Hosea Peeples was involved in numerous activities | 2 |
| at the Grant Memorial AME Church; she was involved in many | 3 |
| fundraising efforts of the Gospel Choir and the Willing Workers | 4 |
| Club; she currently serves as Class Leader of Class #8 and is a | 5 |
| member of the Women's Missionary Society and the Sarah Hoffman | 6 |
| Memorial Sunday School Class; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Hosea Peeples is the oldest member of a family | 8 |
| blessed with great longevity, with her father living to the age | 9 |
| of 107, her mother living to the age of 105, and her sister | 10 |
| Edith living to the age of 106; and
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| WHEREAS, A birthday reception will be held in Hosea | 12 |
| Peeples' honor on February 1, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at the Grant | 13 |
| Memorial AME Church; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate Hosea Peeples on the occasion of her 109th | 17 |
| birthday and wish her many happy and healthy years to come; and | 18 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Hosea Peeples as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 |
| respect.
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