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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Orlinda (Hunter) Golliday; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Orlinda was born on October 3, 1911 in Mound
5 Bayou, Mississippi; her parents were Isiah Hunter and Mattie B.
6 Morgan-Hunter; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Orlinda professed Christ at an early age; as a
8 child, she attended a Baptist church with her parents, where
9 she was involved in many activities; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Orlinda attended grade school and high school in
11 Mississippi; she was urged by her mother to further her
12 education and to pray that she would be a public speaker and
13 capture the attention of her audiences; she then attended
14 Campbell Methodist College in Memphis, Tennessee, where she
15 received her teaching certificate for grades one through eight;
16 she then returned to Mississippi and began her teaching career;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Orlinda was united in holy matrimony to Douglas
19 Golliday on February 1, 1937; their 57 years of marriage was
20 blessed with one son; the family later moved to Brooklyn,
21 Illinois, where they joined Southern Tabernacle; in 1944, the

 

 

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1 family moved to East St. Louis; Orlinda then proceeded to join
2 the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of
3 the Choral Ensemble, Voices of Zion, and Golden Tones; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Fulfilling her mother's wish, Orlinda spoke
5 publicly at many Baptist and Methodist conventions, as well as
6 university graduations and other special events; she continued
7 speaking until the age of 92, when she participated in her
8 great-grandchildren's school event "The Person I Most Admire";
9 during the event, the students were captivated by her life
10 stories and gave their undivided attention; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Orlinda is survived by her son, Robert (Delores)
12 Golliday; her sister, Netti Webb; her special nieces, Lee Alice
13 (Golliday) Hammonds and Dorothy (Golliday) Britts; her 4
14 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, 24
15 great-great-grandchildren, and 4
16 great-great-great-grandchildren; and her numerous nieces,
17 nephews, cousins, friends, and Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
18 Church family members; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 her family and friends, the passing of Orlinda (Hunter)
22 Golliday; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Orlinda (Hunter) Golliday as an
3 expression of our sympathy.