Bill Text: IL SR0215 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jackie Marie Morris of Kansas City, Kansas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0215-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 Jackie Marie Morris of Kansas City, | ||||||
| 4 | Kansas, who passed away on February 19, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was born to the late Denver and | ||||||
| 6 | Onighter (Smith) Morris on October 7, 1955; she earned a | ||||||
| 7 | Bachelor of Arts in Education and Speech Communication from | ||||||
| 8 | Monmouth College and a Master of Science in Urban Education | ||||||
| 9 | from Kansas State University, as well as many other | ||||||
| 10 | certifications; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was a reading and language arts | ||||||
| 12 | elementary and secondary teacher in District 500 for 32 years; | ||||||
| 13 | she rarely sent students to the principal's office for | ||||||
| 14 | misbehaving and preferred to solve problems inside her | ||||||
| 15 | classroom; she was passionate about getting parents more | ||||||
| 16 | involved in educating children; she loved all of her students; | ||||||
| 17 | she also worked as an adjunct professor at Johnson County | ||||||
| 18 | Community College; for 40 years, she worked as a part-time | ||||||
| 19 | bridal consultant for Halls Country Club Plaza and Crown | ||||||
| 20 | Center; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris spent her time volunteering and | ||||||
| 22 | working with children in her community; she served on many | ||||||
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| 1 | committees, including the Dr. King Jr. Annual Birthday | ||||||
| 2 | Celebration; she was a Big Eight and Big Twelve Conference | ||||||
| 3 | Scholarship Host committee member for 20 years, a cheerleader | ||||||
| 4 | and drill team sponsor for the District for ten years, a debate | ||||||
| 5 | coach, an oratorical contest consultant and judge for the | ||||||
| 6 | Northeast and Rosedale Optimist Clubs, and a summer youth | ||||||
| 7 | employment counselor for Gear-Up and JPTA; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was strong in her faith; she joined | ||||||
| 9 | the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church at the age of 11; after | ||||||
| 10 | leaving Olivet, she attended the First Baptist Church in Kansas | ||||||
| 11 | City; she later attended and joined the Palestine Missionary | ||||||
| 12 | Baptist Church, where she volunteered, donated, and worked with | ||||||
| 13 | the church's ministries, especially those involving children | ||||||
| 14 | and youth, for 18 years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was an avid traveler and visited | ||||||
| 16 | most of the United States, Italy, England, France, Switzerland, | ||||||
| 17 | Germany, the Caribbean Islands of Jamaica, and Aruba; | ||||||
| 18 | therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Jackie Marie Morris and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 22 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 23 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Jackie Morris as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our deepest sympathy.
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