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This resolution mourns the passing of Mary Aster Bailey, a longtime Chicago resident originally from Grand Junction, Tennessee, who was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and active church member. The resolution highlights her life journey, noting that she worked as a sharecropper, left school after ninth grade, and became a skilled hairstylist and seamstress. Mary Aster Bailey was the eldest member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir for 65 years, and was married to Robert Eugene Bailey for the same duration. She was a mother of four, grandmother of 24, great-grandmother of 36, and great-great-grandmother of 14. The Illinois House of Representatives honors her life by expressing deep sympathy to her family, recognizing her resilience, commitment to community, and spirit, and resolving to present a copy of the resolution to her family as a gesture of condolence.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=347&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HR&SessionID=114&GA=104