Full Text of HR0607 96th General Assembly
HR0607 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Annie Mae Phipps | 4 |
| Anderson on her 92nd birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born May 4, 1917 in Grenada, Mississippi | 6 |
| to the late Brady and Claudia Phipps, the second of 17 | 7 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, She met and married Melemore Anderson when she was | 9 |
| 17 years old; together they raised 8 children, Emal (deceased), | 10 |
| Margaret (deceased), Robert Earl, Vera Lee (deceased), | 11 |
| Christine, Ollie Faye, Carolyn, and Jerome; and
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| WHEREAS, She has also been blessed with 10 grandchildren, 8 | 13 |
| great-grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren, and 2 | 14 |
| great-great-great grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, She was raised picking cotton, drawing water from | 16 |
| the well, and heating the iron by the fire; she remembers fresh | 17 |
| chicken and vegetables from the yard, walking miles to school | 18 |
| and the community church; she also believes that these | 19 |
| experiences developed her character and made her into a | 20 |
| God-fearing and God-respectful, loving, strong, and courageous | 21 |
| Black woman; and
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| WHEREAS, She has been a resident and faithful voter in the | 2 |
| 27th Ward for 45 years; she attends Herman Baptist Church under | 3 |
| the ministry of Reverend Keith Edwards; she opens her door to | 4 |
| those who need a place to stay, and her home is a place where | 5 |
| people feel comfortable gathering on the holidays; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, She is the entrepreneur who is responsible for | 7 |
| founding, manufacturing, and distributing "Annie's Cha-Cha and | 8 |
| Pickled Peppers"; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Annie Mae Phipps Anderson on this momentous | 12 |
| occasion and wish her the best in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Annie Mae Phipps Anderson as a symbol of our | 15 |
| sincere respect.
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