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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mamie Lee Clemons |
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| on the occasion of her 80th birthday on February 27, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons was born to Essie Mae and |
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| Roosevelt Patterson on February 27, 1930, in Birmingham, |
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| Alabama; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons was employed as a domestic in |
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| her earlier years and worked for Sears in Chicago for several |
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| years until her retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons is an elder and recognized |
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| Mother at the Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons married Lonzell Clemons |
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| (deceased); she had 10 children, Doris (deceased), Lorenzo, |
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| Patricia Ann, Esther Mae, Ronald, Donald (deceased), Samuel, |
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| Sharon Marie, Herman, and Theresa Ann; she also has 26 |
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| grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, 35 |
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| great-great-grandchildren, and many godchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Mamie Lee Clemons is well known for her kind and |