Full Text of HR0771 094th General Assembly
HR0771 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate | 4 |
| Sammie Lee and Rochelle Young on the occasion of their 50th | 5 |
| wedding anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Young were married on December 18, | 7 |
| 1955, in Chicago; they have resided in the 21st Ward for 41 | 8 |
| years; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, They have four children, Sammie, Larry, Terry, and | 10 |
| Reginald (deceased), who all became law enforcement officers; | 11 |
| they also have six grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Sammie Lee Young, Sr., has been a longshoreman for | 13 |
| the past 50 years; he is an active member of the International | 14 |
| Longshoremen's Union, a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner (Rolling | 15 |
| Nobles), and has supported both his wife and children in their | 16 |
| successful endeavors; and
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| WHEREAS, Rochelle Young is the founder of Granny's House, a | 18 |
| not-for-profit shelter located in the Englewood community that | 19 |
| serves abused and homeless women and their children; she has | 20 |
| spent the majority of her adult life working for the betterment | 21 |
| of women and children; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Young is currently a foster mother to five | 23 |
| children; she worked for 20 years for the Chicago Public | 24 |
| Schools in the Food Services Department as the lunchroom | 25 |
| manager; for 12 years, she owned and operated A-Young Kuddly | 26 |
| Care, a day care service for children; for 10 years, she | 27 |
| provided a food catering service; and for four years, she | 28 |
| operated ROZ Bus Service for day care children; she is an | 29 |
| Eastern Star member; and
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| WHEREAS, Both Sammie Lee and Rochelle Young have been | 2 |
| productive members of their city and surrounding community; | 3 |
| they are role models of consistency, endurance, and | 4 |
| responsibility - characteristics desperately needed for our | 5 |
| younger generation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate Sammie Lee and Rochelle Young on the occasion | 9 |
| of their 50th wedding anniversary; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Sammie Lee and Rochelle Young as an expression of | 12 |
| our respect and esteem and with best wishes for many more happy | 13 |
| and rewarding years.
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