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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Arrado Bostic Claybrooks, who passed away
4on July 3, 2010; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks was born on February 9,
61912, in Ripley, Tennessee; her parents were Eldorado and Mary
7Epson Bostic; her family migrated to Blytheville, Arkansas when
8she was 2 years old; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks was a devout Christian
10and accepted Jesus Christ into her life at an early age; as a
11child and young adult, she attended Pleasant Ridge Baptist
12Church in Blytheville, Arkansas; she later boasted that 3 of
13her sons, Joe Willie, James, and Eldorado, became ministers; in
14her later years, she joined the Original Christian Union
15Baptist Church where her eldest son, Reverend Joe Willie
16Claybrooks, serves as Pastor; and
 
17    WHEREAS, In 1931, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks met and married
18Herrod Claybrooks; to this union 12 children were born, Joe
19Willie, Pearlene, Theodore, Leora, Herrod Jr., Frank, Evelyn,
20Barbara, Jacky, James, Eldorado, and Glendora; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks was a mother and

 

 

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1housewife in every sense of the word; she raised her children
2and watched as they left the South one by one for better living
3and economic conditions in the north; eventually, she was
4persuaded by her children to move north; in 1968, she moved to
5Chicago, bringing along her elderly mother; she then served as
6her mother's faithful caretaker, until Mary desired to return
7to Blytheville to reside with her daughter, Gertie, until her
8passing; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks was well known by her
10family and friends for her giant and keen memory, humorous wit,
11and sharp tongue; she was regarded by many as being able to
12read and interpret the Bible better than any theologian; she
13also boasted of her family ancestry and history all the way
14back to her great-great grandparents, who were of Cherokee and
15African descent, and of her family's great longevity; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks was preceded in death by
17her parents; her husband, Herrod; her siblings, LuWillie,
18Corina Selena, Lorenzo, Sylvester, Ella Mac, Gertie, and
19Henrietta; and her children, Leora, Frank, Pearlene, Theodore,
20Herrod Jr., and Barbara; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Arrado Bostic Claybrooks is survived by her
22children, Rev. Joe Willie (Luevne), Evelyn Hinton (Eddie),
23Jackie, Rev. James E., Rev. Eldorado, and Glendora; her 57

 

 

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1grandchildren; her 64 great-grandchildren; her 34
2great-great-grandchildren; and her many other relatives and
3extended friends who called her "Grandma"; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
6her family and friends, the passing of Arrado Bostic
7Claybrooks; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Arrado Bostic Claybrooks as an
10expression of our sympathy.