Bill Text: IL SR1592 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Betty J. (Genous) Price.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1592 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR1592-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Betty J. (Genous) Price of Chicago, who
passed away on September 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Betty Price was born in Yazoo County, Mississippi
to Deacon Lenwood and Sister Fannie Mae Smith Genous on
September 27, 1949; she was educated through Yazoo County and
Holmes County School Districts in Mississippi; she graduated
from high school in Lexington, Mississippi; she later went to
college and earned her Associate Degree in Social Work; she
married Earnest Price; together, they had two daughters, Shelia
and Chanquanta; and
WHEREAS, Betty Price worked in childcare as a teacher and
social worker from 1975 to 1996; and
WHEREAS, Betty Price left her job to begin providing food
and clothing for the less fortunate out of her home; she
founded the mission Feed, Clothe and Help the Needy (FCHN); she
acquired the old meat packing facility at 1234 West 59th Street
and renovated the building to move FCHN out of her home in
1997; her mission fed over 1,000 hungry men, women, and
children each week; she was a strong advocate for the poor and
hungry, and she often appeared on local television to push for

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greater awareness and aide for those in need in her community;
and
WHEREAS, Betty Price was deeply committed to her faith; she
attended St. Luke Church of God in Christ and the True Church
of Holiness before becoming a proud member of the Freedom
Temple Church of God in Christ in 2002; at Freedom Temple, she
worked diligently with the Home and Foreign Missions
Department; she often utilized the church's kitchen, raising
funds for the church whenever there was a need; she was
affectionately known as "Mother Price"; and
WHEREAS, Betty Price was preceded in death by her parents
and her siblings, Doretha Genous Washington, Daniel Genous,
Berneice Genous Parker, Percy Genous, Catherine Genous
Greenwood, and Louise Willingham; and
WHEREAS, Betty Price is survived by her husband of 52
years, Deacon Earnest Price; her eldest daughter, Sheila Price,
and her children and grandchildren, Bobby Tate III, Byron Tate,
Brionca Tate, Brittney Tate, Briasia Tate, and Nariona
Robinson; her great-grandchild, Cateleya Tate; her youngest
daughter, Chanquanta Price, and her children and
grandchildren, Earlenest Morris, Chanteria Morris, Elisha
Morris, Canaan Morris, and Chauncey Price; her godchildren,
Lynette Tanner, Derrick Williams, and Kevin Ship; her siblings,

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Dorothy Price, Henriette Walls, N.T. Genous (Jeanette),
Lenwood Genous Jr. (Aggie), John Genous (Margaret), Grant
Genous (JoAnn), Samuel Genous (Matalie), Wade Cooper III
(Patrica), Esley Cooper (Darnetta), Carolyn Scott (Chevan),
Cathy (Lenard) Jackson, Auntie Orlice, Brandi Green, Carlette
Edwards (Michael), and Betty Mabry; her sister-in-law, Ann
Genous; her aunt, Laretta Horacee; her very special niece, Boo;
her Freedom Temple Church family; her special friends in
sisterhood, Elaine Matthews and Catherine House; and a host of
nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Betty J. (Genous) Price and extend our sincere condolences to
her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Betty Price as an expression of our
deepest sympathy.