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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Loretta | ||||||
| 4 | H. Griffin, who passed away on December 1, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Loretta Griffin was born in Evergreen, Alabama on | ||||||
| 6 | November 27, 1937 to John Holmes and Eloise Drakeford; she | ||||||
| 7 | married Tom R. Griffin on December 6, 1958; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Loretta Griffin accepted Christ at the age of 12 | ||||||
| 9 | and was baptized at the Pleasant Hill
Missionary Baptist Church | ||||||
| 10 | in Evergreen, Alabama; after relocating to Chicago in 1957, she | ||||||
| 11 | united with the
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, where | ||||||
| 12 | she was involved in
Sunday school, the B.T.U., the Gospel | ||||||
| 13 | Choir, and mission work; she was appointed Chairperson of the | ||||||
| 14 | Deaconess Missionary,
where she served for 15 years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Loretta Griffin and her husband relocated to | ||||||
| 16 | Gautier, Mississippi, where in 1995 they
joined the Greater | ||||||
| 17 | Antioch Missionary Baptist Church; she served at Greater | ||||||
| 18 | Antioch Church from September of 1995 until recently; she | ||||||
| 19 | served
on the following Ministries: Mass-Choir, Sunday School, | ||||||
| 20 | youth teacher, Laymen, and Deaconess
Ministry; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Loretta Griffin was preceded in death by her | ||||||
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| 1 | parents; her sister, Lina McGee; her brother, Ralph
Mallory; | ||||||
| 2 | and her grandson, Aaron Meadows; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Loretta Griffin is survived by her husband of 57 | ||||||
| 4 | years, Tom R.
Griffin; her 2 sons, Gregory (Bonita) Griffin and | ||||||
| 5 | Frederick (Gina) Griffin; her step-daughter, Yvonne (Willie) | ||||||
| 6 | Cockrell; her goddaughter, Dorothy "Coope"; her grandchildren, | ||||||
| 7 | Fatima (Michael) Griffin, Frederick Griffin, Jr., Rebecca | ||||||
| 8 | Cockrell, and Kerwin Cockrell; her 4 great-grandchildren, | ||||||
| 9 | Ayana Meadows, Randall Brocks, Jr., Kerwin Cockrell, Jr., and | ||||||
| 10 | Sarai Griffin; her sister, Evelyn Holmes; her brother-in-law, | ||||||
| 11 | James Griffin; her sister-in-law, Lucille
Sanders; and a host | ||||||
| 12 | of nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 15 | mourn the passing of Loretta H. Griffin, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 16 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 17 | her; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Loretta Griffin as an expression of | ||||||
| 20 | our deepest sympathy.
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