Bill Text: IL SR1983 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gladys Patsy Murray of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR1983 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1983-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Gladys Patsy Murray of Chicago, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on May 24, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was born in Shreveport County, | ||||||
| 6 | Louisiana to Ed and Ida Birdsong on October 10, 1924; during | ||||||
| 7 | her childhood, one of her greatest joys was playing with her | ||||||
| 8 | nieces and nephews, who were close to her in age; she attended | ||||||
| 9 | the Old Greenwood Baptist Church with her parents and siblings; | ||||||
| 10 | education was very important to her, and she studied at the | ||||||
| 11 | one-room schoolhouse within her parish; she married Johnnie | ||||||
| 12 | Murray in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 13, 1939; after a short | ||||||
| 13 | stay in Shreveport, she and her husband moved to Oakland, | ||||||
| 14 | California; they moved to Chicago in 1947; the mother of ten | ||||||
| 15 | children, she emphasized the importance of an education; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray was a member of Holy Temple Baptist | ||||||
| 17 | Church, where her husband served as a deacon; later in life, | ||||||
| 18 | she attended the churches of her children; she was known as a | ||||||
| 19 | stylish dresser and the life of the party; she became a loving | ||||||
| 20 | second mother to many of her children's friends, and she will | ||||||
| 21 | be missed by all who knew her; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Gladys Murray is survived by her children, Jim, | ||||||
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| 1 | Marion, Ruby, Willie, Glynn, Phillip, Errol, and Desiree; her | ||||||
| 2 | daughters-in-law, JoAnn, Denise, and Kim; her sons-in-law, | ||||||
| 3 | Theophilus and Cedric; her 15 grandchildren; her 49 | ||||||
| 4 | great-grandchildren; and her five great-great-grandchildren; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 8 | Gladys Patsy Murray and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 9 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Gladys Murray as an expression of | ||||||
| 13 | our deepest sympathy.
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