Bill Text: IL SR0705 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ella Louise Ivy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [SR0705 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0705-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Ella Louise Ivy, who passed away on April | ||||||
4 | 1, 2012; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was born on February 1, 1931, in Venice, | ||||||
6 | Illinois; her parents were Harold Jerome and Helen Louise | ||||||
7 | Clemons; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy grew up in Venice and attended schools in | ||||||
9 | the Madison school district before graduating from Dunbar High | ||||||
10 | School in 1950; as a child, she worked in her family's ice | ||||||
11 | cream parlor; she was raised to believe in Jesus Christ and, at | ||||||
12 | the age of 15, was filled with the Holy Ghost in the Church of | ||||||
13 | God in Christ; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy and her husband, C.B. Ivy, were married | ||||||
15 | on July 16, 1950; the young newlywed couple subsequently | ||||||
16 | returned to Mississippi to live for a short period before | ||||||
17 | becoming a part of the Great Migration of African-Americans | ||||||
18 | from the South to the North in search of better economic | ||||||
19 | opportunities; they later settled back in Venice, where they | ||||||
20 | briefly lived in an apartment converted from a chicken coop | ||||||
21 | before eventually buying a house at 1232 Cleveland Avenue in | ||||||
22 | East St. Louis, where she was a faithful and loving wife and |
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1 | mother to her husband and her 5 children; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy served as a faithful member of The Church | ||||||
3 | of Christ the Divine and the Pentecostal Power church | ||||||
4 | organizations in several capacities, including secretary and | ||||||
5 | President of the Young People's Department; as leader of the | ||||||
6 | Young People's Department, she founded the Young People's | ||||||
7 | Willing Workers ministry, a ministry that is still in service | ||||||
8 | today; after her husband was called into the ministry, she | ||||||
9 | began serving in a new capacity as the wife of a District | ||||||
10 | Elder, Pastor, and Bishop; the couple traveled often to various | ||||||
11 | churches under their ministry in Robbins and Sledge, | ||||||
12 | Mississippi, and Oxford, Mississippi, while also maintaining a | ||||||
13 | ministry at 1433 Gross Street in East St. Louis; she was a | ||||||
14 | dedicated church mother, whose mission was to teach and guide | ||||||
15 | women how to conduct themselves as women of God; she was also a | ||||||
16 | devout speaker, teacher, and counselor, guiding women in the | ||||||
17 | way of Godliness and virtuous behavior, as well as a singer in | ||||||
18 | the church's choir; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
20 | Bishop C.B. Ivy, and her parents; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Ella Ivy is survived by her children, Clarence | ||||||
22 | (Donis) Ivy, Christopher (Diane) Ivy, Margaret Ivy, Belynda | ||||||
23 | (Oliver) Hamiliton, and Timothy (Karen) Ivy; her 15 |
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1 | grandchildren; her 19 great-grandchildren; her siblings, | ||||||
2 | Harold (Girthal) Clemons, Margaret Clemons, William | ||||||
3 | (Gwendolyn) Clemons, Lloyd (Inez) Clemons, Anna Ruth | ||||||
4 | Clemons-Shelton, Charles Clemons, Barbara (Charles) Reid, | ||||||
5 | Jacqueline (Leon) Glaster, and Arthur Clemons; and her many | ||||||
6 | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
9 | her family and friends, the passing of Ella Louise Ivy; and be | ||||||
10 | it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the family of Ella Ivy as an expression of our | ||||||
13 | sympathy.
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