Full Text of SR0691 93rd General Assembly
SR0691 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with great sadness of the death of Henrietta Moss of | 4 |
| Harrisburg on Tuesday, September 14, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss was born October 5, 1925 in Metropolis; | 6 |
| her parents were William McKinley and Stella Goodman Motley; | 7 |
| she married Walter T. Moss, Sr. on September 6, 1947 in | 8 |
| Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss was a 1943 graduate of Harrisburg | 10 |
| Township High School; she was employed as a cook at Malan | 11 |
| Junior High School, where she was well known for her recipes, | 12 |
| especially for her divinity recipe; and
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| WHEREAS, At an early age, Mrs. Moss confessed Christ; she | 14 |
| was a member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, where | 15 |
| she served as a member of the Mothers Board; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moss also served on various other | 17 |
| auxiliaries, including the Homemakers Extension Loyalty Unit, | 18 |
| the Lincoln School Alumni Association, and the Community | 19 |
| Helping Hands Club; she was formerly a member of the Saline | 20 |
| County Democratic Women's Organization; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Henrietta Moss will be deeply felt | 22 |
| by many, especially her eleven surviving children, Charlotte | 23 |
| Taborn, Miriam (Delbert) Clingman, Nona (James) Rice, Beverly | 24 |
| Sanders, Winifred Moss, William Moss, Randall Moss, Raymond | 25 |
| Moss, Cecil (Doris) Turner, Elizabeth Jones, and Lowell (Laura) | 26 |
| Moss; her forty-nine grandchildren; her sixty | 27 |
| great-grandchildren; her two great-great-grandchildren; and a | 28 |
| host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her |
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| husband; her son, Walter T. Moss, Jr.; her daughter, Debra | 2 |
| Wilkins; her sister, Beatrice Medlock; and six grandchildren; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 6 |
| Henrietta Moss along with all who knew and loved her and extend | 7 |
| our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Henrietta Moss as an expression of | 11 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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