Bill Text: IL SR1188 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of John Henry Crawford Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1188 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1188-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 John Henry Crawford Jr. of Oak Park, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on February 1, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was born in Round Pond, Arkansas | ||||||
6 | to John Henry and Essie Crawford on July 8, 1939; he was the | ||||||
7 | oldest of fourteen children; he graduated from Paul Laurence | ||||||
8 | Dunbar High School in Chicago; he later joined the U.S. Army, | ||||||
9 | where he became a medic and received honors; and
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10 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. married Beulah White in 1961; | ||||||
11 | together, they had five children, Jonathan T. Crawford, Zina | ||||||
12 | (James) Crawford-Lott, Yvonne C. (Archie) Burston, Malcolm S. | ||||||
13 | (Stacia) Crawford, and Cheryle (Ujana) Robinson; he also had | ||||||
14 | two other sons, LeJon Crawford and Vernon Crawford; and
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15 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was nicknamed "Big John"; he was | ||||||
16 | known as one of the four founders of the West Side Organization | ||||||
17 | (WSO), which advocated on behalf of the black community for | ||||||
18 | civil rights in the early 1960s; he organized many meaningful | ||||||
19 | marches, meetings, and events, which led him to be asked to | ||||||
20 | protect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in Chicago; and
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21 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. committed to his faith at an |
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1 | early age and was licensed to minister in the early 1970s; he | ||||||
2 | created F.A.I.T.H., INC., an advocacy organization for the | ||||||
3 | rights of ex-offenders in 1987; and
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4 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. met Patty Stewart in 1993, and | ||||||
5 | they were married in 1995; they had five children, Djwan, | ||||||
6 | Jackie, Leah, Ziara (Ted) Copper, and Jonathan McDonald; their | ||||||
7 | family grew to include 25 grandchildren, 12 | ||||||
8 | great-grandchildren, with one more expected soon, one | ||||||
9 | great-great-grandson, and two godsons, Derrick Reeves and | ||||||
10 | Solomon Robinson; and
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11 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
12 | son, Djwan; his brothers Vernon, Herman, Lester, Harold, | ||||||
13 | Menard, and Cordell Crawford; and his sister, Carolyn (Henry) | ||||||
14 | Johnson; and
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15 | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. is survived by his loving wife | ||||||
16 | of 25 years, Patty Crawford; his brothers, Arnold (Beatrice) | ||||||
17 | and Kenneth (Vinnie) Crawford; his sisters, Dorothy, Erna | ||||||
18 | (Henry), Cheryle (Jesse), and Joan (Johnnie); his | ||||||
19 | brother-in-law, Thomas Stewart; his sister-in-law, Irma | ||||||
20 | (Grant) Dobson; his sons and daughters; and his many special | ||||||
21 | nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and loved ones; therefore, | ||||||
22 | 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 | John Henry Crawford Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; 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 John Crawford Jr. as an expression | ||||||
8 | of our deepest sympathy.
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