Bill Text: IL SR0705 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ella Louise Ivy.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0705 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0705-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Ella Louise Ivy, who passed away on April
1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was born on February 1, 1931, in Venice,
Illinois; her parents were Harold Jerome and Helen Louise
Clemons; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy grew up in Venice and attended schools in
the Madison school district before graduating from Dunbar High
School in 1950; as a child, she worked in her family's ice
cream parlor; she was raised to believe in Jesus Christ and, at
the age of 15, was filled with the Holy Ghost in the Church of
God in Christ; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy and her husband, C.B. Ivy, were married
on July 16, 1950; the young newlywed couple subsequently
returned to Mississippi to live for a short period before
becoming a part of the Great Migration of African-Americans
from the South to the North in search of better economic
opportunities; they later settled back in Venice, where they
briefly lived in an apartment converted from a chicken coop
before eventually buying a house at 1232 Cleveland Avenue in
East St. Louis, where she was a faithful and loving wife and

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mother to her husband and her 5 children; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy served as a faithful member of The Church
of Christ the Divine and the Pentecostal Power church
organizations in several capacities, including secretary and
President of the Young People's Department; as leader of the
Young People's Department, she founded the Young People's
Willing Workers ministry, a ministry that is still in service
today; after her husband was called into the ministry, she
began serving in a new capacity as the wife of a District
Elder, Pastor, and Bishop; the couple traveled often to various
churches under their ministry in Robbins and Sledge,
Mississippi, and Oxford, Mississippi, while also maintaining a
ministry at 1433 Gross Street in East St. Louis; she was a
dedicated church mother, whose mission was to teach and guide
women how to conduct themselves as women of God; she was also a
devout speaker, teacher, and counselor, guiding women in the
way of Godliness and virtuous behavior, as well as a singer in
the church's choir; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was preceded in death by her husband,
Bishop C.B. Ivy, and her parents; and
WHEREAS, Ella Ivy is survived by her children, Clarence
(Donis) Ivy, Christopher (Diane) Ivy, Margaret Ivy, Belynda
(Oliver) Hamiliton, and Timothy (Karen) Ivy; her 15

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grandchildren; her 19 great-grandchildren; her siblings,
Harold (Girthal) Clemons, Margaret Clemons, William
(Gwendolyn) Clemons, Lloyd (Inez) Clemons, Anna Ruth
Clemons-Shelton, Charles Clemons, Barbara (Charles) Reid,
Jacqueline (Leon) Glaster, and Arthur Clemons; and her many
nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
her family and friends, the passing of Ella Louise Ivy; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Ella Ivy as an expression of our
sympathy.