Bill Text: IL SR0720 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Eathel Johnson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR0720 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0720-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
Eathel Johnson; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson was born on December 14, 1920, in | ||||||
5 | Shelby, Mississippi; her parents were the late Tommie and | ||||||
6 | Corrine Johnson; she was raised by her great-grandparents, | ||||||
7 | George and Elizabeth Henry; she became a mother as a young | ||||||
8 | woman, then married Allen Spears; she later married L.C. | ||||||
9 | Melton; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson confessed to Christ in 1932 at the | ||||||
11 | age of 12; she then became a member of Magnolia Baptist Church; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson belonged to numerous churches; she | ||||||
14 | eventually found a home at the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist | ||||||
15 | Church in Winstonville, Mississippi, where she was an active | ||||||
16 | member for 50 years and served on the Usher and Mothers Boards; | ||||||
17 | after moving to Chicago, she joined the Greater New Birth | ||||||
18 | Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder Timothy | ||||||
19 | Dotson; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson is survived by her sons, Lamar | ||||||
21 | (Dessie) Johnson, Roy (Doris) Melton, and Donell (Gayle) |
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1 | Melton; her stepson, Authur L. (Barbara) Melton; her daughters, | ||||||
2 | Freda (Ruben) Brown, Julia and Dorothy Spears, Ida (Ward) | ||||||
3 | Walker, Derotha Melton, Vercy (Lee) Melton Jones, Ella (Marion) | ||||||
4 | Bryant, and Texas and Paulette Melton; her brother, Robert | ||||||
5 | Franklin (Eloise); her sister-in-law, Lillie Davis; her | ||||||
6 | special cousin/sister, Martha Bulter; her 43 grandchildren; | ||||||
7 | her 48 great-grandchildren; her 6 great-great-grandchildren; | ||||||
8 | and her many other family members and friends; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
11 | her family and friends, the passing of Eathel Johnson; and be | ||||||
12 | it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Eathel Johnson as an expression of | ||||||
15 | our sympathy.
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