Bill Text: IL SR1595 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Carrie Lou Jones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1595 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1595-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 Carrie Lou Jones of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on July 16, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones was born in Oxford, Mississippi to | ||||||
6 | Elijah Vaughn and Mandy Ella Vaughn on January 24, 1931; she | ||||||
7 | was the second of eight children; she attended Oxford Training | ||||||
8 | School; she married John McEwen in 1949, and he preceded her in | ||||||
9 | death; together, they had 10 children; she earned her | ||||||
10 | Associate's in Early Childhood Education from Loop Junior | ||||||
11 | College, now known as Harold Washington College; she married | ||||||
12 | Joe Jones, and he preceded her in death; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones worked at the University of | ||||||
14 | Mississippi before moving to Chicago in 1953; after earning her | ||||||
15 | associate's degree, she worked as an educator for many years | ||||||
16 | and loved working with children; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones committed to her faith at an early | ||||||
18 | age at Second Baptist Church in Oxford, Mississippi; she became | ||||||
19 | a member of Old Ship of Zion Church in 1973; she became a | ||||||
20 | member of the Cathedral Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago in | ||||||
21 | 1975, where she served as president of the Pastor's Aide, the | ||||||
22 | Missionary Board, and the Mother's Board; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones was an active member of the United | ||||||
2 | American Progress Association; she enjoyed board games, card | ||||||
3 | games, dominoes, and solving crossword puzzles; she loved | ||||||
4 | spending time and creating memories with her family; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
6 | her husbands; her daughter, Mary Jean; her sisters, Lillie | ||||||
7 | Ruffin, Dorothy Pratt, Betty Martin, and Alfreda Walker; her | ||||||
8 | brother, Eddie Vaughn; and three grandchildren, Tyler McEwen, | ||||||
9 | Samuel Thomas, and Nacole Nieto; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Carrie Jones is survived by her children, Robert | ||||||
11 | (Brender), Shirley (Gary), Idella (Elias), Doris (Orius), | ||||||
12 | John, James (Linda), Carolyn, Cedric (Juanita), and Erwin | ||||||
13 | (Debee); her 29 grandchildren; her 51 great-grandchildren; her | ||||||
14 | nine great-great-grandchildren; her brother, Judge Ivy Jr.; | ||||||
15 | her sister, Dilcy Ivy; her sister-in-law, Cecilia Vaughn; a | ||||||
16 | host of nieces, nephews, and cousins; and her lifelong friends, | ||||||
17 | Annie Bell Wilson and Virgie Lee Maylor; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
20 | Carrie Lou Jones and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
21 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
22 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Carrie Jones as an expression of our | ||||||
3 | deepest sympathy.
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