Full Text of HR0978 093rd General Assembly
HR0978 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Albretta | 4 |
| Catherine Harris-Hannon on May 17, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Albretta Catherine Harris-Hannon was born in | 6 |
| Alexandria, Louisiana; her parents, Albert Johnson and Mary | 7 |
| Hodges Johnson, local merchants, both preceded her in death; | 8 |
| she attended South Alexandria Elementary School and Lampton | 9 |
| College high school; she was married in 1924 to Calvin C. | 10 |
| Harris, who preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Harris-Hannon was employed as a domestic for | 12 |
| many years until she took a leap of faith and opened her own | 13 |
| business; the motel, "Bretta's Hideaway", was built in 1951 by | 14 |
| her Uncle Willie Hodges and opened in 1955; for many years, she | 15 |
| provided comfortable living conditions for countless hunters | 16 |
| and fishermen; famed singer/entertainer Jackie Wilson visited | 17 |
| "Bretta's Hideaway"; she had superb business skills inherited | 18 |
| from her parents and involved everyone in the family business; | 19 |
| she delegated with the precision of a CEO of a Fortune 500 | 20 |
| company; the motel was her passion as well as working as an | 21 |
| entrepreneur; she was a pioneer and real renaissance woman and | 22 |
| retired in August 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Albretta married Louis S. Hannon in 1955; they | 24 |
| spent many wonderful years together until his death in 1998; | 25 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Harris-Hannon had a zest for life and had | 27 |
| various interests; she enjoyed vacationing in exotic places | 28 |
| like Hawaii and the Caribbean and visiting relatives all over | 29 |
| the U.S., including Los Angeles; she was very civic minded and | 30 |
| was an active member of the Woodlawn Organization; she fought | 31 |
| for social progress and worked with Holy Cross Church to stop |
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| the displacement of persons from the Woodlawn community by the | 2 |
| University of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Harris-Hannon was very active and supportive | 4 |
| of her two churches; in the early days of Indiana Avenue United | 5 |
| Methodist Church (now known as Gorham), where she joined in | 6 |
| 1934, she assisted with fish fries and spaghetti dinners to | 7 |
| help raise funds for the church; she was honored in 2003 by | 8 |
| Gorham for being a Senior Member of the church; she became | 9 |
| interested in new thought teachings when her cousin brought | 10 |
| home a discarded Daily Word and shared the information with | 11 |
| her; she had a strong belief in the power of prayer and firmly | 12 |
| believed that the family that prayed together stayed together; | 13 |
| she was extremely frugal minded and knew the value of a dollar; | 14 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Albretta Catherine Harris-Hannon | 16 |
| has been deeply felt by many, especially her sons, Henry and | 17 |
| Albert; her daughters, Elective and Melloee; her | 18 |
| grandchildren, Mary, Victor, Albert, Jr., Beverly, Calvin, | 19 |
| Darryl, Eugenia, Joseph, Stephanie, and Sherri; her | 20 |
| great-grandchildren, Rodney, Eric, Sonia, Felicia, Nicole, | 21 |
| Christopher, Robert, Brooke, Dawn, Charles IV, Michael, and | 22 |
| Stephen; and her many relatives, friends, neighbors, and others | 23 |
| whose lives she touched; her daughter, Mary, preceded her in | 24 |
| death; therefore, be it | 25 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 26 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 27 |
| mourn the passing of Albretta Catherine Harris-Hannon, and we | 28 |
| extend our sincerest condolences to her family, friends, and | 29 |
| all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 31 |
| presented to the family of Albretta Catherine Harris-Hannon as | 32 |
| an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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