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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mamie Lee Clemons
4 on the occasion of her 80th birthday on February 27, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons was born to Essie Mae and
6 Roosevelt Patterson on February 27, 1930, in Birmingham,
7 Alabama; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons was employed as a domestic in
9 her earlier years and worked for Sears in Chicago for several
10 years until her retirement; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons is an elder and recognized
12 Mother at the Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons married Lonzell Clemons
15 (deceased); she had 10 children, Doris (deceased), Lorenzo,
16 Patricia Ann, Esther Mae, Ronald, Donald (deceased), Samuel,
17 Sharon Marie, Herman, and Theresa Ann; she also has 26
18 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, 35
19 great-great-grandchildren, and many godchildren; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons is well known for her kind and

 

 

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1 loving nature and her passion for people; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
4 congratulate Mamie Lee Clemons on the occasion of her 80th
5 birthday and wish her many happy and healthy years to come; and
6 be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Mamie Lee Clemons as a symbol of our esteem and
9 respect.