Bill Text: IL SR0142 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Cyrus Johnson of Jackson, Tennessee, formerly of Alton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-03-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0142 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0142-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
Cyrus Johnson of Jackson, Tennessee, | ||||||
4 | formerly of Alton, who passed away on February 27, 2009; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson was born on February 18, 1929 in | ||||||
6 | Alton; his parents were Cyrus Leroy and Jennie Cornelia (Keen) | ||||||
7 | Johnson; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson attended school at Woods School and | ||||||
9 | Foster Township; he continued his education at Lovejoy School | ||||||
10 | and Alton Senior High School; he attended college at Shurtleff | ||||||
11 | College and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, | ||||||
12 | where he earned his bachelor's degree in urban land economics | ||||||
13 | in 1956 and his master's degree in social science in 1959; | ||||||
14 | after graduating, he pursued numerous corporate training | ||||||
15 | opportunities, including stints at the Massachusetts Institute | ||||||
16 | of Technology, the University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard | ||||||
17 | University's Advanced Management Program 69, where he served as | ||||||
18 | class president; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson served in the United States Army | ||||||
20 | from 1950 to 1952, he went through basic training at Fort | ||||||
21 | Leonard Wood, Missouri before serving his tour of duty in | ||||||
22 | Germany during the Korean Conflict; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson was well known for his incredible | ||||||
2 | work ethic, a trait honed on his family's farm; while attending | ||||||
3 | the University of Illinois, he served as head waiter and | ||||||
4 | assistant manager of food services at the Urbana Lincoln Motor | ||||||
5 | Inn; after his graduate studies, he and his family went to | ||||||
6 | Chicago, where Mr. Johnson served for 14 years at the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Bell Telephone Company as the public office manager; he | ||||||
8 | received many promotions during his tenure, ending his career | ||||||
9 | as a district commercial manager; in 1973, he was hired at | ||||||
10 | General Mills Incorporated to serve as the first | ||||||
11 | African-American vice president of the company, a position he | ||||||
12 | occupied for 18 years until his retirement; following his | ||||||
13 | retirement, he became a full-time gentleman farmer; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Cyrus Johnson served his | ||||||
15 | community in leadership positions on numerous local and | ||||||
16 | national nonprofit, professional, corporate, and university | ||||||
17 | boards; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson was preceded in death by parents and | ||||||
19 | his sister, Cora Darden; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Cyrus Johnson is survived by his wife of 54 years, | ||||||
21 | Charlotte E. (Kenniebrew) Johnson; his daughters, Judie | ||||||
22 | Johnson and Renee Johnson; his favorite granddaughter, Jennie |
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1 | M. Johnson McFadden; his sisters and brothers, Virginia Ward | ||||||
2 | (Paul), Lucille Piggott (Bert), Mary Hyndman, Harold Johnson | ||||||
3 | (Evelyn), Robert Darden (husband of Cora), William Johnson | ||||||
4 | (Olivia "Sue"), Lloyd Johnson (Minnie), Alvin Johnson | ||||||
5 | (Thelma), and Adele Carpenter (Willi); his many nieces and | ||||||
6 | nephews; his large extended family; and his friend and mentor, | ||||||
7 | James A. Summer; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
10 | his family and friends, the passing of Cyrus Johnson; and be it | ||||||
11 | further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to the family of Cyrus Johnson as an expression of | ||||||
14 | our sympathy.
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