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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
Annalicia Davis-Johnson of Chicago, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on September 30, 2008; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was born on June 16, 1964 | ||||||
| 6 | in Chicago; her parents were James and Annabell Davis; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was baptized at an early | ||||||
| 8 | age at the Hopeful Missionary Baptist Church; she later joined | ||||||
| 9 | the First Church of Deliverance, where she served faithfully | ||||||
| 10 | until her passing; she loved to sing and participated on | ||||||
| 11 | various committees and programs in the church, being most proud | ||||||
| 12 | of singing in the choir; she was well known as the "diva" at | ||||||
| 13 | her church; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson received her education | ||||||
| 15 | through the Chicago Public School system, attending John Hope | ||||||
| 16 | Elementary School and graduating from Tilden High School; she | ||||||
| 17 | went on to complete her undergraduate studies at Robert Morris | ||||||
| 18 | College, receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration | ||||||
| 19 | degree with high scholastic honors, graduating Summa Cum Laude | ||||||
| 20 | in 2005; she was also a member of Sigma Beta Delta; after | ||||||
| 21 | receiving her B.B.A., she continued her graduate studies at | ||||||
| 22 | Robert Morris, receiving her Masters of Business | ||||||
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| 1 | Administration degree in 2007; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson worked for the Loyola | ||||||
| 3 | University Medical Center as an Accounting Supervisor/Auditor | ||||||
| 4 | and later for the Chicago Housing Authority as a Project | ||||||
| 5 | Coordinator; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was preceded in death by | ||||||
| 7 | her mother and her brother, Johnnie Lee Brown; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson is survived by her | ||||||
| 9 | beloved father, James Davis (Catherine); her sisters, Sonya | ||||||
| 10 | Franklin (Kenneth), Rosie McSwain, and Jeanette Hall; her great | ||||||
| 11 | aunt and uncle, Eliza and Louis Harding; her aunts, Sandra | ||||||
| 12 | Simpson, Denise Davenport, Brenda Johnson, Frances Mae Davis, | ||||||
| 13 | Eola Mayfield, and Estelle Williams; her uncles, Spergeon | ||||||
| 14 | Mitchell, Roosevelt Simpson, and Thomas Davis; her nephews, | ||||||
| 15 | Craig, Charles, Pierre, and Kendall; and her special adopted | ||||||
| 16 | grandmother; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson will be remembered by all | ||||||
| 18 | who knew and loved her as a strong willed, determined, and | ||||||
| 19 | courageous individual who didn't let anything get in her way to | ||||||
| 20 | slow her down until she completed what she set out to do; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 3 | her family and friends, the passing of Annalicia Davis-Johnson; | ||||||
| 4 | and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Annalicia Davis-Johnson as an | ||||||
| 7 | expression of our sympathy.
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