Full Text of HR0641 93rd General Assembly
HR0641 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Eleanor | 4 |
| Wilson Travis on January 16, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Eleanor Wilson Travis was affectionately known as | 6 |
| "Mommie"; she was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi on June 6, | 7 |
| 1914, to the union of the late Rev. Daniel Wilson Sr. and the | 8 |
| late Clara Clay Wilson; and
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| WHEREAS, She accepted Christ and was baptized at an early | 10 |
| age; she married Ellis Travis Sr. and to this great union eight | 11 |
| children were born; the two were married for over forty years; | 12 |
| her husband preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Travis believed in education and hard work; | 14 |
| she has a passion for style; she began with earning a | 15 |
| beauticians license from Lydia Adams School of Beauty Cultural; | 16 |
| she owned a beauty school and deli at Wilshire Apartments and | 17 |
| The Press Club Lounge near the Defender Newpaper in Chicago; | 18 |
| she was also one of the first black women to own a lounge, | 19 |
| which was 808 Liquors; for 20 years, her last business venture | 20 |
| was Jason's New and Used Resale Furniture Store in Chatham | 21 |
| where she assisted many families in obtaining affordable | 22 |
| furniture; her last work venture lasted over a span of twenty | 23 |
| years as a member of "God's Victorious Army" under the | 24 |
| leadership of Rev. Morris Cerello; in April of 2002, she earned | 25 |
| the title of Elder; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Eleanor Wilson Travis will be | 27 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her sons, Earl (Linda) Travis, | 28 |
| Ellis (Earlean) Travis, Jr., Thomas James (Carol) Travis, | 29 |
| Curtis Alvin Travis; her daughters, Geraldine (Wilbert) | 30 |
| Hooten, Viralyn Renee McClendon, Rita (Reginald) Marion; her | 31 |
| sisters, Ida Wilson and Ella Dumas; her 26 grandchildren; her |
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| 38 great-grandchildren; her 17 great-great-grandchildren; her | 2 |
| dear friend, Ida Rivers; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, | 3 |
| and other relatives; and other relatives and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to her parents and her husband, she | 5 |
| was preceded in death by her daughter, Alma Jean Harrell; her | 6 |
| granddaughter, Lavonne Travis; her brothers, Daniel and | 7 |
| Solomon Wilson; and her sisters, Rebecca Banks, Ellen Hodges, | 8 |
| Mae Pearl Caulden, and Zenobia Wilson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| mourn the death of Eleanor Wilson Travis along with all who | 12 |
| knew and loved her and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 |
| family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Eleanor Wilson Travis as an | 16 |
| expression of our respect and esteem.
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