Full Text of SR1983 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Gladys Patsy Murray of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on May 24, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was born in Shreveport County, | 6 | | Louisiana to Ed and Ida Birdsong on October 10, 1924; during | 7 | | her childhood, one of her greatest joys was playing with her | 8 | | nieces and nephews, who were close to her in age; she attended | 9 | | the Old Greenwood Baptist Church with her parents and siblings; | 10 | | education was very important to her, and she studied at the | 11 | | one-room schoolhouse within her parish; she married Johnnie | 12 | | Murray in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 13, 1939; after a short | 13 | | stay in Shreveport, she and her husband moved to Oakland, | 14 | | California; they moved to Chicago in 1947; the mother of ten | 15 | | children, she emphasized the importance of an education; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was a member of Holy Temple Baptist | 17 | | Church, where her husband served as a deacon; later in life, | 18 | | she attended the churches of her children; she was known as a | 19 | | stylish dresser and the life of the party; she became a loving | 20 | | second mother to many of her children's friends, and she will | 21 | | be missed by all who knew her; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray is survived by her children, Jim, |
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| 1 | | Marion, Ruby, Willie, Glynn, Phillip, Errol, and Desiree; her | 2 | | daughters-in-law, JoAnn, Denise, and Kim; her sons-in-law, | 3 | | Theophilus and Cedric; her 15 grandchildren; her 49 | 4 | | great-grandchildren; and her five great-great-grandchildren; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Gladys Patsy Murray and extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Gladys Murray as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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