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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the passing of Margie 
4Gavin Woods of Joliet, who passed away on January 29, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Margie Woods lived in Joliet where she raised her 
6six children with her husband of 36 years, Floyd Woods; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Margie Woods served as a County Commissioner 
8representing District 8 from 1980 until her retirement in 2008; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Margie Woods was the first Black woman to become 
11Minority Speaker of the Will County Board; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Margie Woods worked at Caterpillar in the Machine 
13Shop and  was  a career-long member of the Machine Shop Coalition 
14of Black Trade Unionists;  later in life, she attended Lewis 
15University's College of Business to advance her career; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Margie Woods served St. Paul Missionary Baptist 
17Church in the kitchen ministry, as Chairwoman of the Building 
18Fund Committee, and as President of the Senior Usher Ministry; 
19she also served in the Joliet Branch of the NAACP, as Deputy 
20Registrar for Black Women Hook Up, as Precinct Committeewoman, 
 
 
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1and as Vice-President of the Will County Democrats; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Margie Woods was a community leader, trailblazer, 
3and mentor, and those who knew her described her as being 
4long-serving, dutiful, and  involved; therefore, be it

  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
6HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
7we mourn the passing of
Margie Gavin Woods and extend our 
8sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew 
9and loved
her; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

11presented to the family of Margie Woods as an expression of
our 
12deepest sympathy.