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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with great sadness of the death of Henrietta Moss of |
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| Harrisburg on Tuesday, September 14, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss was born October 5, 1925 in Metropolis; |
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| her parents were William McKinley and Stella Goodman Motley; |
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| she married Walter T. Moss, Sr. on September 6, 1947 in |
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| Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss was a 1943 graduate of Harrisburg |
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| Township High School; she was employed as a cook at Malan |
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| Junior High School, where she was well known for her recipes, |
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| especially for her divinity recipe; and
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| WHEREAS, At an early age, Mrs. Moss confessed Christ; she |
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| was a member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, where |
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| she served as a member of the Mothers Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss also served on various other |
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| auxiliaries, including the Homemakers Extension Loyalty Unit, |
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| the Lincoln School Alumni Association, and the Community |
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| Helping Hands Club; she was formerly a member of the Saline |
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| County Democratic Women's Organization; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Henrietta Moss will be deeply felt |
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| by many, especially her eleven surviving children, Charlotte |
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| Taborn, Miriam (Delbert) Clingman, Nona (James) Rice, Beverly |
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| Sanders, Winifred Moss, William Moss, Randall Moss, Raymond |
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| Moss, Cecil (Doris) Turner, Elizabeth Jones, and Lowell (Laura) |
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| Moss; her forty-nine grandchildren; her sixty |
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| great-grandchildren; her two great-great-grandchildren; and a |
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| host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her |