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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF MARY MAGDALENE HOLCOMB ON THE OCCASION OF HER 95TH BIRTHDAY
WHEREAS, Mary Magdalene Holcomb was born October 10, 1926, in D'Lo, Mississippi, to the parents of Willie and Linnie Barnes; and,
WHEREAS, Mrs. Holcomb's mother and father did grueling work as field hands picking cotton in the 1930's. Tragically, her father died of heat stroke when she was 13 years old; and,
WHEREAS, Mrs. Holcomb's mother, Ma Linnie, re-married to Mr. James Burrows. Mrs. Holcomb had 4 siblings, Mr. Estus Barnes, Mrs. Gertrude Stenhouse, Mr. Lonnie Barnes, and Mrs. Gertis Anderson; and,
WHEREAS, Mary Magdalene Holcomb met and married Herbert Holcomb in her hometown of D'Lo, Mississippi in 1940 while he was on leave from the U.S. Army. She then moved to Oak Grove, Louisiana until he finished his tour of duty with the military in World War II. They later migrated to Chicago, to be near other family and friends; and,
WHEREAS, Mrs. Holcomb is a woman of faith and was baptized at the age of 13 while living in D'Lo, Mississippi. When she moved to Chicago, she joined the Union Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Little and has remained a lifelong faithful member of the church. She has a favorite scripture, Psalms 34, that she can still recite from memory to this day; and,
WHEREAS, Mary Holcomb was a full-time mother and homemaker while raising her children. Following the death of her husband, she worked various jobs including as a nurse's aide until she retired in 1990 from Oak Park Oasis Skilled Nursing Facility; and,
WHEREAS, Mrs. Holcomb is the mother of eight children Eloise Betty Jefferson, Herbert Holcomb Jr., William Holcomb, Sherry Smith, Mary Holcomb, Billy Holcomb, Bessie Holcomb, and Patricia Huggins. Being the sole surviving child to Mary, Patricia who now resides in Texas travels regularly and faithfully to Chicago to care for her mother. Mary Holcomb is the grandmother of 22 grandchildren including...
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