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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mrs. Helen Dumas of
4 Mt. Vernon on the occasion of her 100th birthday; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on February 24, 1908 in Grenada,
6 Mississippi to Robert and Ophelia (Patterson) Edwards; she was
7 one of fourteen children born to this union; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She quit school at an early age to help her
9 parents with the crops; after moving to St. Louis in the 1930s,
10 she began attending an adult education program and later
11 received a cosmetology license; she worked in St. Louis for ten
12 years before moving to Mt. Vernon, where she retired in 1978;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, She is a devoted member of the Church of God in
15 Christ and loves to attend Bible School; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She is a member of the Jefferson County
17 African-American Heritage Committee and faithfully attends all
18 the meetings; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 congratulate Mrs. Helen Dumas on the occasion of her 100th
2 birthday; she is truly a blessing and an example to the people
3 of the State of Illinois of a life well-lived; and be it
4 further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Mrs. Helen Dumas as a symbol of our respect and
7 esteem.