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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Mary Lee Fleming on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her 90th birthday on July 20, 2024; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming was born in Camden, Mississippi on | ||||||
| 6 | July 20, 1934; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming moved to the City of Chicago Heights | ||||||
| 8 | in 1955 and has been a dedicated member of St. James CME Church | ||||||
| 9 | in Chicago Heights since that time; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming has been happy to see her family | ||||||
| 11 | grow to include six children, 15 grandchildren, and one | ||||||
| 12 | great-great-grandchild; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming worked in nursing at St. James | ||||||
| 14 | Hospital in Chicago Heights for over 30 years prior to her | ||||||
| 15 | retirement; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming worked as a foster grandparent for | ||||||
| 17 | Chicago Heights School District 170; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming has worked as an election judge and | ||||||
| 19 | poll worker for several years, and she also enjoys her | ||||||
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| 1 | hobbies, attending to her flower garden and solving word | ||||||
| 2 | search puzzles; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming has received many church and | ||||||
| 4 | community awards and recognitions; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming received the 2019 Beacon Hill Family | ||||||
| 6 | Reunion Pioneer Award for her outstanding contributions to the | ||||||
| 7 | Beacon Hill community; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming was the invited guest of U.S. | ||||||
| 9 | Congresswoman Jahana Hayes at the White House in January 2023; | ||||||
| 10 | and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming was married to the late K.D. Fleming | ||||||
| 12 | Sr. for 49 years before his passing in 2002; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Mary Fleming still resides in the house that she | ||||||
| 14 | and her late husband purchased 52 years ago in the Beacon Hill | ||||||
| 15 | subdivision of Chicago Heights; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate Mary Lee Fleming on her 90th birthday and wish | ||||||
| 19 | her many more wonderful years; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Mary Fleming as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 3 | esteem. | ||||||