Full Text of HR1450 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Iberia | 4 | | Beatrice Hampton, who passed away on October 16, 2016 at the | 5 | | age of 94; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton was born on February 5, 1922 in | 7 | | Haynesville, Louisiana; her parents were Elihue and Lizzie | 8 | | White; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In the 1930s, Iberia Hampton and her husband moved | 10 | | to the Chicago area to find better job opportunities; she | 11 | | stayed home to care for their children while her husband worked | 12 | | at the Corn Products Refining Company in Argo; in 1958, they | 13 | | moved to Maywood; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton began working at Corn Products in | 15 | | 1956 in a quality control position; while there, she served as | 16 | | a union steward, which helped to inspire her children to make | 17 | | the world a better place; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton's kitchen on the 800 block of South | 19 | | 17th Avenue in Maywood was often the scene of philosophical and | 20 | | strategic political conversations, especially after the | 21 | | assassination of her son Fred on December 4, 1969; she would |
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| 1 | | serve many meals to the activists, entertainers, politicians, | 2 | | and everyday people who visited her home; she and her family | 3 | | also produced a list of "progressive people running for office" | 4 | | in the community, so that area voters could "select who they | 5 | | thought were best fit for office"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Iberia Hampton will be dearly missed by all who | 7 | | knew and loved her; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 11 | | Iberia Beatrice Hampton; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Iberia Hampton as an expression of | 14 | | our sympathy.
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