Full Text of HR0813 95th General Assembly
HR0813 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
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| Crawford, who passed away on October 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was born on August 22, 1914 in | 6 |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana; her parents are Reverend James and Ann | 7 |
| Andrews; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford completed her education in | 9 |
| Louisiana and Mississippi; she relocated with her cousins to | 10 |
| Chicago in 1941; upon arriving in Chicago in 1941, she joined | 11 |
| the Pilgrim Baptist Church and attended the Light of the World | 12 |
| COGIC; she later attended Wallace Temple COGIC; in 1963, she | 13 |
| joined Robert's Temple COGIC, where she served as the "Big | 14 |
| Sister of the Sunshine Band"; in 1969, she joined Faith Temple | 15 |
| COGIC, where she worked with the street ministry, the prison | 16 |
| ministry, and the Nursing Home Ministry, among others; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford held the distinction of being the | 18 |
| 1st African-American female to be employed with the Campbell's | 19 |
| Soup Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford loved to recite Christian poetry; | 21 |
| one of her favorite poems was "I Have Been Thinking About That |
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| Heaven"; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was a strong believer in God who | 3 |
| reared her children "in the way that they should go"; she was | 4 |
| well known for her "Sunday Soulful meals", which were open to | 5 |
| anyone who came to her home; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was preceded in death by her son, | 7 |
| James; her daughter, Patricia Brinson; her sisters, Leona, | 8 |
| Mary, and Martha; and her brother, Tom; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford is survived by her husband of 60 | 10 |
| years, Elder Jesse Crawford; her sons, Jesse (Lorna) Crawford, | 11 |
| and Thelester (Sheila) Crawford; her daughters, Dorothy Shaw, | 12 |
| Rosemary Dawson, Martha (Winfred) Scott, and Gloria Crawford; | 13 |
| her play daughters, Ardella Dority and Vanessa Wilson; her | 14 |
| God-daughter, R. Simmons Baker; her special friends, Mother | 15 |
| Patherson, Sister Owens, Sister Cox, and Mother White; her 15 | 16 |
| grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren; her brothers-in-law | 17 |
| and sisters-in-law; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and | 18 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Ceola | 22 |
| Crawford; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Ceola Crawford as an expression of | 3 |
| our sympathy.
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