Bill Text: IL SR0206 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Genevieve Range Brown.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0206 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0206-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 Genevieve Range Brown, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | February 12, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown was born to Charles and Estella | ||||||
6 | Evans on December 22, 1938; she committed to her faith and | ||||||
7 | began her Christian ministry as a Sunday school teacher; her | ||||||
8 | love for teaching grew, and she eventually served as a vacation | ||||||
9 | bible school director, a Sunday school superintendent, a | ||||||
10 | SpiritLed Women director, and a Bible study leader; she was | ||||||
11 | ordained into the gospel ministry on May 16, 1993; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown was the first African American | ||||||
13 | cheerleader at Joliet Township High School and the first | ||||||
14 | African American woman to run for the school board in Joliet; | ||||||
15 | in the 1970s, she became the first African American female | ||||||
16 | wrestling referee in the State of Illinois; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown was an advocate for all; she | ||||||
18 | created the Genevieve Brown Scholarship for high school teen | ||||||
19 | mothers; she volunteered at the Salvation Army, read to | ||||||
20 | children at the local school, and served as the president of | ||||||
21 | the PTA and the band boosters; after her first heart bypass | ||||||
22 | surgery, she founded the support group Mended Hearts; for the |
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1 | last three years, she was a member of Leap of Faith Ministries | ||||||
2 | under the leadership of her oldest son; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown received many awards for her | ||||||
4 | community work, including the Joliet NAACP Phenomenal Women | ||||||
5 | Award, the Woman of Distinction Award from the Midwest | ||||||
6 | Christian Women's Conference, the Vivian Pennymon Community | ||||||
7 | Service Award from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the | ||||||
8 | Community Service Award from the National Hook-Up of Black | ||||||
9 | Women; she was also recognized by Mothers Against Gangs; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown was preceded in death by her | ||||||
11 | parents and her siblings, Charles Evans Jr. and Ethel Mae | ||||||
12 | Bankston; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Genevieve Brown is survived by her children, | ||||||
14 | Bishop-Elect Steven (Alicia) Evans, R. Dale (Valerie) Evans, | ||||||
15 | Dr. Tammy (Willie) Alexander, Rhonda (Neal) Lockhart, and Elder | ||||||
16 | David (Sidonia) Range; her sister-in-love, Margaret Lively; | ||||||
17 | her godchildren, DonnaRae Spivey, Troy Cicero Jr., Taylor | ||||||
18 | Cicero, and Kemyra Genny-Johnay Davis; her cousins, friends, | ||||||
19 | and the next generation of trailblazers, servant leaders, and | ||||||
20 | community advocates; her 16 grandchildren; her 20 | ||||||
21 | great-grandchildren; and her two great-great-grandchildren; | ||||||
22 | therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | Genevieve Range Brown and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
4 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
5 | further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Genevieve Brown as an expression of | ||||||
8 | our deepest sympathy.
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