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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Mary Ella Clayborne Spires of East St. 
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Louis, who passed away on July 5, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, "Aunt Mary" or "Mary Tee", as she was 
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affectionately referred to by her nieces and nephews, was born 
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on November 5,
1916, the eighth child born to the union of 
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Indiana (Stennis) and Jesse Clayborne in Dekalb, Mississippi; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ella Clayborne confessed a hope in Christ at 
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an early age; she was 18 when her family moved to East St. 
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Louis, where she joined the Mount Zion Church in 1937 under the 
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Pastorate of Rev. R. B. Haney; she was a faithful member for 70 
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years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1940 Mary graduated from Lincoln High School in 
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East St. Louis and went on to Cosmetology College; she met the 
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love of her life, Albert Spires and united in holy matrimony on 
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February 3, 1942; Mary was a member of the Greater Beauticians 
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Association of East St. Louis for many years; she was an avid 
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fisherwoman and loved introducing the sport to her nieces and 
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nephews, and great nieces and great nephews; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Mary Tee had a loyal companion named Spot, who 
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died nine days prior to her death on July 5, 2007; her mother, 
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father, husband, and twelve siblings also preceded her in 
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death; and

 
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    WHEREAS,   She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish her 
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memory her sister, Mamie
Clayborne Bolden; her brother, Calvin 
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Clayborne; her sister-in-law, Edna Clayborne; her aunt, Ruth 
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Ulmer; her devoted nieces, Barbara Clayborne King (Johnny) and 
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Dorothy Owensby; her devoted nephew, James
Clayborne; her 
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special friend/niece, Brenda Staples; and many more nieces, 
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nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and a host of cousins
and 
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friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ella Clayborne 
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Spires; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Mary Ella Clayborne Spires as a 
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symbol of our sympathy.