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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are proud to recognize individuals and | ||||||
| 4 | organizations that have contributed to the welfare of the State | ||||||
| 5 | of Illinois and its citizens or have distinguished themselves | ||||||
| 6 | through significant personal achievement; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives recognize | ||||||
| 8 | Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong of Chicago on the occasion of being | ||||||
| 9 | recognized as a nonagenarian member of the Women's Missionary | ||||||
| 10 | Society during the Annual Conference of the Southeast Missouri, | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois, and Wisconsin Region of the Third Episcopal District | ||||||
| 12 | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, to be held in August of | ||||||
| 13 | 2008 in St. Louis, Missouri; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Women's Missionary Society and Missionary | ||||||
| 15 | Region President Christine S. Buchanan are saluting all the | ||||||
| 16 | pioneering members of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | ||||||
| 17 | who have been blessed to live ninety years or more in order to | ||||||
| 18 | show God's strength to all the generations that have followed | ||||||
| 19 | them, as well as in recognition of the Society's 90th | ||||||
| 20 | anniversary; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong was born on December 18, 1908; she is | ||||||
| 22 | a retired teacher and federal government supervisor; she has | ||||||
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| 1 | been a loyal and faithful member of the St. Paul CME Church | ||||||
| 2 | since 1939; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong is a member of the CME Hall of Fame; | ||||||
| 4 | she is also a retired member of the Judicial Council of the | ||||||
| 5 | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and an active participant | ||||||
| 6 | in her community block club; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong serves as the second President of | ||||||
| 8 | Presidents for the Women's Missionary Council of the CME | ||||||
| 9 | Church; she holds an Honorary Doctorate from Miles College and | ||||||
| 10 | has been the recipient of numerous honors, including Chicago | ||||||
| 11 | District Missionary of the Year, Southeast Missouri, Illinois, | ||||||
| 12 | and Wisconsin Region Missionary of the Year, Outstanding | ||||||
| 13 | Missionary of the Year for the CME Connection, and the Special | ||||||
| 14 | Service Recognition Award from Allen Metropolitan CME Church in | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Birdsong has also been lavishly honored by the | ||||||
| 17 | St. Paul CME Church in Chicago with awards that include the | ||||||
| 18 | Missionary of the Year, St. Paul's Local Women's Missionary | ||||||
| 19 | Society's 100th Anniversary Special Recognition Award, Steward | ||||||
| 20 | of the Year, and Woman of the Year; she was also named the | ||||||
| 21 | first female Steward and is a former Director of Christian | ||||||
| 22 | Education; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong on the occasion of | ||||||
| 4 | being recognized as a nonagenarian member of the Women's | ||||||
| 5 | Missionary Society and wish her continued success and happiness | ||||||
| 6 | in the future; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Dr. Zelda Quarles Birdsong as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 9 | esteem and respect.
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