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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Ceola |
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| Crawford, who passed away on October 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was born on August 22, 1914 in |
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| Baton Rouge, Louisiana; her parents are Reverend James and Ann |
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| Andrews; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford completed her education in |
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| Louisiana and Mississippi; she relocated with her cousins to |
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| Chicago in 1941; upon arriving in Chicago in 1941, she joined |
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| the Pilgrim Baptist Church and attended the Light of the World |
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| COGIC; she later attended Wallace Temple COGIC; in 1963, she |
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| joined Robert's Temple COGIC, where she served as the "Big |
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| Sister of the Sunshine Band"; in 1969, she joined Faith Temple |
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| COGIC, where she worked with the street ministry, the prison |
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| ministry, and the Nursing Home Ministry, among others; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford held the distinction of being the |
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| 1st African-American female to be employed with the Campbell's |
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| Soup Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford loved to recite Christian poetry; |
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| one of her favorite poems was "I Have Been Thinking About That |
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| Heaven"; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was a strong believer in God who |
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| reared her children "in the way that they should go"; she was |
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| well known for her "Sunday Soulful meals", which were open to |
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| anyone who came to her home; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford was preceded in death by her son, |
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| James; her daughter, Patricia Brinson; her sisters, Leona, |
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| Mary, and Martha; and her brother, Tom; and
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| WHEREAS, Ceola Crawford is survived by her husband of 60 |
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| years, Elder Jesse Crawford; her sons, Jesse (Lorna) Crawford, |
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| and Thelester (Sheila) Crawford; her daughters, Dorothy Shaw, |
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| Rosemary Dawson, Martha (Winfred) Scott, and Gloria Crawford; |
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| her play daughters, Ardella Dority and Vanessa Wilson; her |
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| God-daughter, R. Simmons Baker; her special friends, Mother |
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| Patherson, Sister Owens, Sister Cox, and Mother White; her 15 |
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| grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren; her brothers-in-law |
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| and sisters-in-law; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and |
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| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Ceola |
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| Crawford; and be it further
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