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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Leslie Carter Jackson of Chicago, who 
4passed away on March 5, 2022; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Leslie Jackson was born in
Chicago on July 9, 
61943; she attended Sexton Elementary School,
Hirsch High 
7School, and Rockford College (Rockford
University);  she 
8married George Jackson
in 1963; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Leslie Jackson retired from ComEd
as Manager of 
10Corporate Responsibility; she also had an
early career in 
11adoption and was the first African American
who worked at the 
12corporate office of The Quaker Oats
Company; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Leslie Jackson served as a lifelong member of the 
14Junior
League; she was on the women's board of the Lincoln
Park 
15Zoo and was the president of the South Shore
Cultural Center 
16Advisory Board; her greatest love was
her family, and she set 
17an exemplary example as a wife,
mother, and grandmother; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Leslie Jackson enjoyed
music, playing the piano, 
19reading, and playing tennis; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Leslie Jackson is survived by her husband of 59 
 
 
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1years, George; her daughter, Laura (Jeff) Kenton;
and her 
2granddaughters, Sydney and Ryan; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
5Leslie Carter Jackson and extend our sincere condolences to 
6her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
7further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to  the family of  Leslie Jackson as an expression of 
10our deepest sympathy.