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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Tardifay | ||||||
| 4 | (Horton) Jackson, who passed away on February 13, 2026; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson was born to Charlie Lee and | ||||||
| 6 | Bessie Jefferson Horton in Chattanooga, Tennessee on January | ||||||
| 7 | 7, 1936; she attended East 5th Street Elementary School in | ||||||
| 8 | Chattanooga and received a bachelor's degree in education from | ||||||
| 9 | Tennessee State University in Nashville, where she pledged | ||||||
| 10 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; she also attended Chicago | ||||||
| 11 | Teachers College, known today as Chicago State University, and | ||||||
| 12 | earned a master's degree from Northeastern Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | University; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson met James Jackson while | ||||||
| 15 | attending Tennessee State University, and they married in a | ||||||
| 16 | chapel at Fort Rucker, Alabama; upon graduation, they moved to | ||||||
| 17 | the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois; through | ||||||
| 18 | their union, they had one child, Adrienne; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson initially taught in the Chicago | ||||||
| 20 | Public Schools on Chicago's West Side and then accepted a | ||||||
| 21 | position at Madison Elementary School in South Holland School | ||||||
| 22 | District 151, where she worked for more than 25 years; during | ||||||
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| 1 | her career, she was a celebrated educator who was known for her | ||||||
| 2 | extraordinary ability in teaching students how to read; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson committed to her faith at an | ||||||
| 4 | early age; in her youth, she and her family attended Tucker | ||||||
| 5 | Baptist Church, and she was baptized in July 1947; as an adult, | ||||||
| 6 | she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church on Chicago's South | ||||||
| 7 | Side, where she served on the Education and Scholarship Board | ||||||
| 8 | and taught Vacation Bible School in the summers; she was also a | ||||||
| 9 | den mother for the Cub Scouts of America; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson loved spending time and | ||||||
| 11 | traveling with her grandson, Quintin, and she was referred to | ||||||
| 12 | as his "taxi-granny" for her willingness to drive him | ||||||
| 13 | everywhere, especially to Burger King; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 15 | parents; her former husband; and her siblings, Ernest and | ||||||
| 16 | Gloria; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Tardifay Jackson is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
| 18 | Adrienne (Michael); her grandson, Quintin; her sister, Doris | ||||||
| 19 | Horton; and a host of relatives and friends; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we mourn the passing of Tardifay (Horton) Jackson and extend | ||||||
| 2 | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 3 | knew and loved her; and be it further | ||||||
| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Tardifay Jackson as an expression | ||||||
| 6 | of our deepest sympathy. | ||||||