Bill Text: IL SR0426 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Juliette Marie Ferguson.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR0426 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0426-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Juliette Marie Ferguson, who passed away
on October 1, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson was born on January 15, 1965, in
Chicago; she was the third daughter of Henry Wordsworth
Ferguson and Gwendolyn Roddy Ferguson; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson attended John T. Pirie and
Arthur Dixon Elementary Schools; she then attended Whitney
Young High School, where she graduated with honors in 1981;
after high school, she attended Northwestern University, where
she earned her undergraduate degree with distinction in 1986,
and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she earned
her juris doctorate degree in 1989; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson participated in numerous
extracurricular activities during her academic career; she was
a co-captain of the cheerleading team, a member of the Student
Government Association and the National Honor Society, and the
vice-president of the Honors Club; she was voted Homecoming
Queen and Most Ambitious during her senior year of high school;
she won the Miss Black Chicago Beauty Pageant in 1986; she also
served as National Vice-President of the Black American Law

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Students Association at the University of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson worked for noted black
journalist Vernon Jarrett during the early days of her career;
in 2003, she became the Associate General Counsel for the City
Colleges of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson was very passionate about
theater and the performing arts; she appeared in productions of
the Buffalo Theater Ensemble, The African Company, and the ETA
Creative Arts Association; she earned a Jefferson Citation
nomination in 1991 for her performance as Corky in Stoops; she
participated in dance classes at the Lou Conte and Joel Hall
dance studios; she performed in numerous voice-overs and
television commercials; in 2008, she starred in the independent
film Self Determination, which was shown at film festivals in
Milwaukee and Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson is survived by her mother,
Gwendolyn; her sister, Melanie Ferguson Lobdell; her
brother-in-law, Willie Lobdell; her aunt, Harriette Roddy
Brown; her nieces, Nicole Parrott, R'Mani Gamble, and Wendy
Lobdell; her nephews, David Moss and Willie Lobdell; her
cousins, Madelynne Brown, Sharmon Wilkinson, Brian and
Christopher Wilkinson, Lisa Brown Tribbett, Charles Tribbett,
Jillian Tribbett, Charles Tribbett, Jr., Jason Tribbett, Bert

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Roddy III, Bert Roddy IV, Sydney Roddy, Sharon Gill, Tonese
Gill-Woodie, Amber Woodie, Tshaye Taylor, Lauretta Travis,
Albert Travis III, Albert Travis IV, Adam Travis, Allison
Travis, Mariana Mason, and Sister Mary Annunciata; and
WHEREAS, Juliette Ferguson will be remembered by all who
knew and loved her as a warm, nurturing, articulate,
compassionate, and inspiring person who enriched the lives of
everyone she met; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
her family and friends, the passing of Juliette Marie Ferguson;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Juliette Ferguson as an expression
of our sympathy.