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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Leon and Mattie
4 Hosley on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Leon and Mattie were married in Roberta, Georgia
6 on December 26, 1954; and
 
7     WHEREAS, They moved to Chicago in 1955, and resided in two
8 southside neighborhoods before buying a home for their family
9 at 63rd and Normal in 1958; they are the proud parents of
10 Linda, Leon, Jr., Wayne, and Lisa; there are 11 grandchildren
11 and 11 great-grandchildren, with twins on the way; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In 1956, Leon started working at People's Iron &
13 Metal; in 1967, he went to Barber College and, in 1970, he
14 purchased his own barber shop located at 8922 S. Cottage Grove,
15 Chicago; after a fire in 1989, he moved his barber shop to 8911
16 S. Cottage Grove, where he works to this day; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mattie started working for Artway Manufacturing
18 in 1970, and retired from there in 1983 and became a homemaker;
19 therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 offer our congratulations to Leon and Mattie Hosley on the
23 occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary and we wish them
24 many more such celebrations; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to Leon and Mattie Hosley and their family as an
27 expression of our respect and esteem.