Full Text of SR0065 94th General Assembly
SR0065 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Margaret Iola Morrison of | 4 |
| Springfield on February 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Morrison was the only child born to the | 6 |
| union of Walter Anderson and Margaret Angela Coe-Anderson on | 7 |
| July 20, 1920; and
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| WHEREAS, She was educated in the Springfield Public Schools | 9 |
| and graduated from the American Correspondence School; on | 10 |
| December 23, 1939, she married Farries H. Morrison, Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, She participated in several youth activities at | 12 |
| Brown Street Church of God in Christ, including the Sunshine | 13 |
| Band, the Puritans, and the choir; she loved gospel music and | 14 |
| was an excellent soloist; she was also an active participant in | 15 |
| all aspects of the Church of God in Christ at the local, | 16 |
| district, state jurisdictional, and national levels; and
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| WHEREAS, Along with her husband, she founded Prayer Wheel | 18 |
| Church of God in Christ in Springfield and East Side Church of | 19 |
| God in Christ in Decatur; she was a lifetime member of Prayer | 20 |
| Wheel Church of God in Christ, where she served
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| for over 45 years, the President of the Mothers' Board, and | 22 |
| Superintendent of the Sunday School Department; and
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| WHEREAS, For 13 years, she was the First Assistant | 24 |
| Supervisor of Women in the Central Illinois Jurisdiction for | 25 |
| the Church of God in Christ, International; for many years, she | 26 |
| was a member of the Springfield Women United and served as | 27 |
| President of the Pastors' and Ministers' Wives Fellowship of | 28 |
| Springfield; she was awarded the Senior Citizen Meritorious | 29 |
| Contribution to the Community Award by the National Association | 30 |
| for the Advancement for Colored People, Springfield Chapter; |
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her daughter, | 3 |
| Margaret Ann Morrison, and her great-grandson, Juan L. | 4 |
| Morrison, III; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Margaret Iola Morrison is felt by | 6 |
| all who knew and loved her, especially her husband, Rev. | 7 |
| Farries H. Morrison, Sr.; her sons, Rev. Dr. Farries H. | 8 |
| Morrison, Jr., (Betty) and Rev. Dr. Juan Morrison, Sr., | 9 |
| (Clementine); her grandchildren; her great-grandchildren; her | 10 |
| cousins, nieces, and nephews; her sister-in-law, Elizabeth | 11 |
| Thrailkill; and her many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 |
| Margaret Iola Morrison and we extend our sincere condolences to | 15 |
| her family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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