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1   State of Arkansas
 2   94th General Assembly
 3   Fiscal Session, 2024                                                            HR 1043
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 5   By: Representative C. Fite
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 7                                    HOUSE RESOLUTION
 8                   TO HONOR THELL AND MARGIE ELLISON AS THE LONGEST-
 9                   MARRIED COUPLE IN ARKANSAS.
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13                           TO HONOR THELL AND MARGIE ELLISON AS THE
14                           LONGEST-MARRIED COUPLE IN ARKANSAS.
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17           WHEREAS, Thell Ellison was born on September 14, 1917; and
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19           WHEREAS, Margie Ellison was born Margie Rose on February 12, 1925; and
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21           WHEREAS, Thell and Margie Ellison were married on June 24, 1941; and
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23           WHEREAS, Thell and Margie Ellison currently live on their own in
24   Natural Dam, Arkansas; and
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26           WHEREAS, today the family of Thell and Margie Ellison is made up of
27   over one hundred (100) family members, including Thell and Margie Ellison's:
28                   (1)    Five (5) children;
29                   (2)    Fifteen (15) grandchildren;
30                   (3)    Thirty-seven (37) great-grandchildren; and
31                   (4)    Thirty-one (31) great-great-grandchildren; and
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33           WHEREAS, Thell and Margie Ellison are members of Independence Free Will
34   Baptist Church in Natural Dam, Arkansas, where Brother Thell Ellison
35   continues to:
36                   (1)    Teach an adult Sunday school class that he has taught for
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 1   eighty-one (81) years; and
 2                 (2)   Serve as a deacon as he has for eighty-two (82) years; and
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 4            WHEREAS, Margie Ellison has served as a clerk, song leader, and
 5   custodian for the Independence Free Will Baptist Church in Natural Dam,
 6   Arkansas; and
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 8            WHEREAS, Thell and Margie Ellison have been married for eighty-two (82)
 9   years,
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11   NOW THEREFORE,
12   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
13   ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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15            THAT the House of Representatives honor Thell and Margie Ellison as the
16   longest-married couple in Arkansas.
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18   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution shall be
19   provided to Thell and Margie Ellison by the Chief Clerk of the House of
20   Representatives.
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