Full Text of HR1100 93rd General Assembly
HR1100 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The love of family is at the center of the African | 3 |
| tradition, and also has been the religious, economic, and | 4 |
| political unit encompassing a wide circle of extended kinship; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Families and their legacies of struggling with | 7 |
| adversity, pursuing their dreams, and persevering through | 8 |
| trials and tribulations are an integral part of the character | 9 |
| and diversity of Illinois history; and
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| WHEREAS, It is fitting that the members of this General | 11 |
| Assembly should pause to pay tribute to those families who | 12 |
| embody those values and who, through their good works, have | 13 |
| contributed to the growth and development of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, A family with a singularly rich history is the | 15 |
| Dismuke family, which has hailed from Arkansas for generations; | 16 |
| over the years, the family has spread its roots to Illinois, | 17 |
| Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, California, and Missouri, to name a | 18 |
| few states; and
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| WHEREAS, The first known member of the Dismuke family, | 20 |
| Wiley Dismuke, was African-American and lived in Columbia | 21 |
| County, Arkansas; and
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| WHEREAS, It is known that a gravesite in Ouachita County, | 23 |
| Arkansas bears the name of "Good Hope Cemetery", and it is also | 24 |
| known that there are other ancestors of the current Dismuke | 25 |
| family line buried therein; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, A determined and industrious family, the members | 27 |
| of the Fricks family made their living as farmers and | 28 |
| sharecroppers; and
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| WHEREAS, Wiley Dismuke and his wife, the former Tyann | 2 |
| Collins, were well-known and respected in the community for | 3 |
| their values of hard work and Christian love for their fellow | 4 |
| neighbors; and
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| WHEREAS, Florence Dismuke Hamilton, Bessie Dismuke Fricks, | 6 |
| Annie Dismuke Sims, Floyd Dismuke, Roy Dismuke, Dortha Dismuke, | 7 |
| Rollie Dismuke, Dee Willie Dismuke, Lee Willie Dismuke, and | 8 |
| Artis "Suga" Dismuke continued the legacy of the Dismuke | 9 |
| family; as a result, the Dismuke family has flourished and | 10 |
| extended itself across the entire United States; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, It is fitting that we should pay tribute to the | 12 |
| Dismuke family, a model of family values and integrity; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| honor the ongoing legacy of the Dismuke family, commend their | 17 |
| love for each other and their pride in the family's heritage, | 18 |
| and extend to them best wishes for future reunions and | 19 |
| historical research; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the Dismuke family.
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