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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mary |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 Louise Hawthorne Jones; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Mary Jones was born to L.C. Hawthorne and Nannie |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Lee Hawthorne on November 16, 1933; she was the oldest |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 daughter of six children; she married John Albert Jones Jr. at |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 the age of 16, and they had eight children; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 WHEREAS, Mary Jones played the piano for her father's |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 church at a young age; she continued playing the piano and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 became the church's first musician when her husband began to |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 serve as pastor, and she served faithfully in ministry with |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 her husband; during her tenure, she aided the church through |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 cooking in the kitchen, planting a church garden, feeding |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 members in her home, and providing housing for many; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Mary Jones was a creative, industrious, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 highly intellectual woman of many talents and skills, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 including sewing, crafting, gardening, and cooking; she was |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 especially known for her biscuits, salmon croquettes, banana |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 pudding, dressing, coconut cake, and peach cobbler; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 WHEREAS, Mary Jones was known as a wise woman who was |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 dedicated, loyal, and loving to her family while exemplifying |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 a life of grace, class, and elegance; she will be remembered |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 for her sweet smile, Sunday dinners, and candid humor, and she |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 will forever be affectionately known as "Mother Rehoboth"; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 WHEREAS, Mary Jones was preceded in death by her children, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 Bruce, John III, and Martha, and her siblings, Willie L. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Hawthorne, James L. Hawthorne, and Harold Hawthorne; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 WHEREAS, Mary Jones is survived by her children, Mirriam |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 (Joseph) Knox, Arthur Jones, Stanley (the late Robin) Jones, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 Eva (Shannon) Curington, and Osmond (Leslie) Jones; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; two |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 great-great-grandchildren; her sisters, Pauline Robinson and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 Eddie Mae Hawthorne; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 friends, and her Rehoboth family; therefore, be it |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 we mourn the passing of Mary Louise Hawthorne Jones and extend |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19 knew and loved her; and be it further |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21 presented to the family of Mary Jones as an expression of our |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22 deepest sympathy. |
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