Bill Text: IL HR0762 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Helen Burns Jackson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0762 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0762-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Helen | ||||||
| 4 | Burns Jackson, who passed away on September 7, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was born on November 9, 1923 in | ||||||
| 6 | Greenville County, South Carolina; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson received her early education in the | ||||||
| 8 | public schools of Greenville and, because of her extraordinary | ||||||
| 9 | singing voice, earned a music scholarship to attend Talladega | ||||||
| 10 | College in Alabama; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson earned her license in cosmetology | ||||||
| 12 | and owned and operated the Helen B. Jackson Beauty Salon for | ||||||
| 13 | many years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was baptized at an early age at | ||||||
| 15 | Springfield Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina; she | ||||||
| 16 | later joined the Long Branch Baptist Church, and then the | ||||||
| 17 | Piedmont Manor Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir, | ||||||
| 18 | delighting parishioners with her soprano voice, served on the | ||||||
| 19 | Missionary Society, and participated in a host of other church | ||||||
| 20 | ministries; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was a feminist who challenged molds | ||||||
| 2 | long before the feminist movement became popular; she took an | ||||||
| 3 | interest in many hobbies, including interior decorating, | ||||||
| 4 | cosmetology, spending time with her family, and especially | ||||||
| 5 | serving her community through numerous organizations, | ||||||
| 6 | including the Boards of Directors of the Phyllis Wheatley | ||||||
| 7 | Center, the Y.W.C.A., Greenville Technical College, the Trip | ||||||
| 8 | Advisory Committee, and the Greenville Family Advocate; she was | ||||||
| 9 | also a member of the Democratic Women's Organization, a | ||||||
| 10 | founding member of the first Greenville Cosmetology Club, and a | ||||||
| 11 | member of the 9th District of the South Carolina State | ||||||
| 12 | Cosmetology Association; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was preceded in death by her loving | ||||||
| 14 | husband of 40 years, Charles Henry Jackson, Sr.; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson is survived by her sons, Rev. Jesse | ||||||
| 16 | L. Jackson, Sr. and his wife, Jacqueline, and Charles Henry | ||||||
| 17 | Jackson, Jr., and his wife, Cheryl; her grandchildren, Santita, | ||||||
| 18 | Jesse, Jr. (Sandra), Jonathan (Marilyn), Felicia, Reginald | ||||||
| 19 | (mother, Evelyn), Yusef (Amaya), Jacqueline, II, Corey | ||||||
| 20 | (Shanine), Candace, Crystal, Najma, (Chris and Evelyn Hurst), | ||||||
| 21 | and Ashley; her great-grandchildren, Jocelyn, Jonathan, | ||||||
| 22 | Jessica, Leah, Noah, Skye, Cali, Jesse, III, Christian, Akemi, | ||||||
| 23 | Yusef, Cassius, Corey, Chaileal, Evelyn, Atticus, Matthias, | ||||||
| 24 | Blythe Eden, and Roman; her cousins, Phillip Jossey, Lisa Junco | ||||||
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| 1 | (Al), Maria Owen (Othel, Sr.), Kathleen McCants (Andre), Linda | ||||||
| 2 | Matuszak (David), Phillip, Lisa, and Lydia; and her many other | ||||||
| 3 | relatives and special friends; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Helen Burns Jackson; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to the family of Helen Jackson as an expression of | ||||||
| 10 | our sympathy.
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