Bill Text: IL HR0852 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Price.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0852 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0852-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 saddened to learn of the death of
Mary | ||||||
| 4 | Price, who passed away on March 3, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Mary Price was born on February 23, 1911, in | ||||||
| 6 | Meridian, Mississippi; she was adopted by Archie and Clarinda | ||||||
| 7 | Barnes; she married the love of her life, Jack Robert Price, on | ||||||
| 8 | February 23, 1967; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Mary Price was employed at the Woodmill Hotel on | ||||||
| 10 | 46th and Woodlawn during the 1960s; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Mary Price joined the Progressive Baptist Church | ||||||
| 12 | in 1943 under the leadership of the late Rev. T. E. Brown; she | ||||||
| 13 | was an active member of the church and served on several | ||||||
| 14 | stewardships within the church, including Sunday School Class | ||||||
| 15 | #19, the Unity Club, the Senior Citizens Club, and the Bessie | ||||||
| 16 | Sanford Mission; "Sister or Mother Price", as she was | ||||||
| 17 | affectionately known, was a faithful member of the church for | ||||||
| 18 | 69 years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Mary Price enjoyed gardening, her pets, and her | ||||||
| 20 | church; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Mary Price was preceded in death by her loving | ||||||
| 2 | husband, Jack Price, and her brother, John T. Barnes; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Mary Price is survived by her daughter, LaToya | ||||||
| 4 | Price-Childs; her son-in-law, Daniel K. Childs; her grandsons, | ||||||
| 5 | Daniel and Kevin; her cousin, Lillie Mae Shack; her | ||||||
| 6 | sisters-in-law, Ruby Barnes and Adeline Washington; her | ||||||
| 7 | goddaughter, Theresa Johnson; her best friends, Mylee Funches, | ||||||
| 8 | Hillman Francisco, Fannie Perry, Nick Childs, Andro Childs, and | ||||||
| 9 | Blondell Ferrell; and her many other extended family members | ||||||
| 10 | and friends; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Mary Price; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Mary Price as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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