Bill Text: IL SR1337 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Lou "Doll" Glover.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR1337 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR1337-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Mary Lou "Doll" Glover, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on December 15, 2024; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover, the daughter of Tommie Lee Harlan | ||||||
| 6 | Sr. and Viola Patterson, was born in Macon, Mississippi on | ||||||
| 7 | August 20, 1938; she committed to her faith at an early age and | ||||||
| 8 | was baptized at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Macon, | ||||||
| 9 | where she was an active member; she graduated from Noxubee | ||||||
| 10 | County High School in Mississippi in 1958; she relocated to | ||||||
| 11 | Charleston, South Carolina after high school and then to | ||||||
| 12 | Detroit, Michigan in 1959; she married Andrew Lee Glover; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover held several positions while working | ||||||
| 14 | at the Navy Exchange, including as supervisor of the Camera | ||||||
| 15 | Department; during her husband's 27-year career in the U.S. | ||||||
| 16 | Navy, she managed the household when he was stationed | ||||||
| 17 | overseas, including taking care of the finances and | ||||||
| 18 | chauffeuring her children to and from school and other | ||||||
| 19 | activities; she also coordinated packing and relocating to | ||||||
| 20 | various states when it was time to move; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover joined First Baptist Church of North | ||||||
| 22 | Chicago around 1989, where she served as a pastor's aide, a | ||||||
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| 1 | member of the Kitchen Committee, and a deaconess; she also | ||||||
| 2 | coordinated the annual Valentine's Day tea and Women's Day | ||||||
| 3 | choir, and she made many beautiful and delicious cakes and | ||||||
| 4 | meals for various church events and other special occasions; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover was gifted at gardening, being | ||||||
| 7 | recognized with several Yard of the Month awards, and she was a | ||||||
| 8 | skilled seamstress who participated in many fashion shows and | ||||||
| 9 | designed her daughter's wedding dress; she also loved | ||||||
| 10 | photography, cooking, and cake decorating; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover valued her family above everything | ||||||
| 12 | else, and she was known for her dynamic smile and laugh; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 14 | her brothers, Tommie Lee Harlan Jr., Otha L. Harlan Sr., Bobby | ||||||
| 15 | Harlan, and Leon Harlan; and her sisters, Clara (Willie) | ||||||
| 16 | Oliver, Ollie (John) Harlan, and Earlene Harlan; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Mary Glover is survived by her husband, Andrew; | ||||||
| 18 | her children, Andrew (Jan) Glover and Lorraine (Rev. Rick) | ||||||
| 19 | Harris; two grandchildren; her sisters, Pecola Harlan, Marion | ||||||
| 20 | "Mildred" (Earl) Booker, and Bonnie (Julius) Beck; her | ||||||
| 21 | brothers, Levarn (Bonnie) Harlan, Clarence (Rosie) Harlan, and | ||||||
| 22 | Ernest "Red" (Orlena) Harlan; her sister-in-law, Gaynell | ||||||
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| 1 | (Leon) Harlan; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, | ||||||
| 2 | and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 5 | Mary Lou "Doll" Glover and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 6 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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