Bill Text: IL HR0607 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Annie Mae Phipps Anderson on her 92nd birthday.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-10-14 - Resolution Adopted [HR0607 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0607-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 8 | 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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| 12 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 1 | 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
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| 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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| 9 | 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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| 13 | 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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