Full Text of HR1448 95th General Assembly
HR1448 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are proud to recognize individuals and | 4 |
| organizations that have contributed to the welfare of the State | 5 |
| of Illinois and its citizens or have distinguished themselves | 6 |
| through significant personal achievement; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives recognize | 8 |
| Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong of Chicago on the occasion of being | 9 |
| recognized as a nonagenarian member of the Women's Missionary | 10 |
| Society during the Annual Conference of the Southeast Missouri, | 11 |
| Illinois, and Wisconsin Region of the Third Episcopal District | 12 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, to be held in August of | 13 |
| 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, The Women's Missionary Society and Missionary | 15 |
| Region President Christine S. Buchanan are saluting all the | 16 |
| pioneering members of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | 17 |
| who have been blessed to live ninety years or more in order to | 18 |
| show God's strength to all the generations that have followed | 19 |
| them, as well as in recognition of the Society's 90th | 20 |
| anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong was born on December 18, 1908; she is | 22 |
| a retired teacher and federal government supervisor; she has |
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| been a loyal and faithful member of the St. Paul CME Church | 2 |
| since 1939; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong is a member of the CME Hall of Fame; | 4 |
| she is also a retired member of the Judicial Council of the | 5 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and an active participant | 6 |
| in her community block club; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong serves as the second President of | 8 |
| Presidents for the Women's Missionary Council of the CME | 9 |
| Church; she holds an Honorary Doctorate from Miles College and | 10 |
| has been the recipient of numerous honors, including Chicago | 11 |
| District Missionary of the Year, Southeast Missouri, Illinois, | 12 |
| and Wisconsin Region Missionary of the Year, Outstanding | 13 |
| Missionary of the Year for the CME Connection, and the Special | 14 |
| Service Recognition Award from Allen Metropolitan CME Church in | 15 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong has also been lavishly honored by the | 17 |
| St. Paul CME Church in Chicago with awards that include the | 18 |
| Missionary of the Year, St. Paul's Local Women's Missionary | 19 |
| Society's 100th Anniversary Special Recognition Award, Steward | 20 |
| of the Year, and Woman of the Year; she was also named the | 21 |
| first female Steward and is a former Director of Christian | 22 |
| Education; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong on the occasion of | 4 |
| being recognized as a nonagenarian member of the Women's | 5 |
| Missionary Society and wish her continued success and happiness | 6 |
| in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong as a symbol of our | 9 |
| esteem and respect.
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