Bill Text: IL HR0180 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Marjorie Mae Dutton Perry on her 100th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0180 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0180-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | ||||||
3 | members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to | ||||||
4 | congratulate Marjorie Mae Dutton Perry on the occasion of her | ||||||
5 | 100th birthday; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The first child of Ralpheal and Virginia Dutton, | ||||||
7 | was born on November 10, 1908 in Patterson, Louisiana; her | ||||||
8 | father, Ralpheal, worked in the saw mill in Patterson and later | ||||||
9 | the sugar mill in Franklin, Louisiana; her mother, Virginia, | ||||||
10 | was a housewife who took care of Marjorie, her sister, and four | ||||||
11 | brothers; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Dutton home was one of love, togetherness, and | ||||||
13 | prayer; as a family, her father insisted that the family sit | ||||||
14 | down to supper together after he got home from work; they had a | ||||||
15 | long wooden table that would seat the whole family; the family | ||||||
16 | also prayed together every night before they went to bed; the | ||||||
17 | Dutton family always attended Sunday School, and Marjorie Mae | ||||||
18 | was smart even then; as a very young child, she memorized the | ||||||
19 | 23rd Psalm; her father was so proud of her that he would have | ||||||
20 | her recite it often for everyone who came to visit; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Marjorie Mae attended Dunbar and Bruce Elementary | ||||||
22 | School in Huston, Texas; she then moved back to Louisiana to |
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1 | attend New Orleans University; while majoring in English | ||||||
2 | Literature at New Orleans University she wrote a poem entitled, | ||||||
3 | "Africa, My Native Country"; her poem won second prize in the | ||||||
4 | English Literature Contest; and
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5 | WHEREAS, While the Dutton children were growing up, the | ||||||
6 | girls would play cooking and the boys would play ball, and | ||||||
7 | shoot marbles to entertain themselves; they didn't have video | ||||||
8 | games, television, or computers; later, as a young woman, | ||||||
9 | Marjorie Mae Dutton met Forrest Perry and they were married in | ||||||
10 | 1927; to this union, three children were born, Raymond T. | ||||||
11 | Perry, Forrest Mae Perry, and LaRone T. Perry; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Marjorie Mae, like her mother before her, did not | ||||||
13 | work outside the home; she chose instead to guide her children | ||||||
14 | in Christian ethics; she taught them to obey adults, respect | ||||||
15 | their elders, and pray every day; she has always let her light | ||||||
16 | shine; after accepting Christ and being baptized at the age of | ||||||
17 | nine, she has continued her Christian journey throughout her | ||||||
18 | life; and
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19 | WHEREAS, As one of the original members of Mt. Ararat | ||||||
20 | Missionary Baptist Church she was an invaluable asset over the | ||||||
21 | years; she was Sunday School teacher of the Beginners Class for | ||||||
22 | over thirty years; she served as President of the Mission | ||||||
23 | Society at Mt. Ararat and 2nd Vice President of the Missionary |
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1 | Society with the Independent Missionary Baptist Association of | ||||||
2 | Texas; in later years she also served as the Coordinator of the | ||||||
3 | Mission, overseeing the Senior Mission, the Junior Mission, and | ||||||
4 | the Youth Auxiliaries; she also sang in the Senior Choir as a | ||||||
5 | soprano until 1990; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Forrest and Marjorie Perry often traveled by car | ||||||
7 | during segregation; when they went north to Chicago they were | ||||||
8 | able to eat in the restaurants, but when they traveled in the | ||||||
9 | South they were turned away from most restaurants and were also | ||||||
10 | denied lodging at motels; there were times when they had to | ||||||
11 | sleep in their car, even after segregation they would sit in | ||||||
12 | restaurants for a long time and still not be served; although | ||||||
13 | Marjorie Mae Dutton Perry was not involved in the civil rights | ||||||
14 | movement, she did her part by encouraging others to vote and by | ||||||
15 | being a precinct worker at the polls; and
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16 | WHEREAS, She was a loving and dedicated wife to Forrest | ||||||
17 | Perry for 53 years when he left to be with his Heavenly Father; | ||||||
18 | she has six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one | ||||||
19 | great-great-grandchild; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
21 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
22 | congratulate Marjorie Mae Dutton Perry on this momentous | ||||||
23 | occasion and wish her the best for years to come; and be it |
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1 | further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to Marjorie Mae Dutton Perry as a symbol of our | ||||||
4 | respect and esteem.
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