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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Teresa M. Johnson of Chicago, who passed 
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away on October 4, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on December 6, 1966 to Michael C. 
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Johnson and Corethea Johnson Davis,  in Oklahoma; the family 
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later moved to Chicago; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She accepted Christ at an early age and later 
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re-accepted him; she attended Eisenhower High School in 
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Chicago; she worked for the Unicare Insurance Company Claims 
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Department; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was a writer and a rapper, known in circles as 
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"Lady T", "Big T", and "Cha-Cha"; she gave up her microphone 
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but continued to write lyrics and poetry over the years; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Teresa Johnson is survived by her sister, Alderman 
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Latasha R. Thomas (Timothy); her brothers, Justin Johnson, 
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Aubrey J. Davis, and Michael H. Davis; her aunts, Starlina 
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Floyd, Imani Miller, and Larnetrice Bush; her uncle, Rayfield 
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Watkins, Jr.; her niece, Victoria O.N. Thomas; her nephew, 
 


 






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Timothy Thomas, III; her love and fiance, John Gardner, Jr.; 
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her close friends, Krishna Millsapp Pilmore (friend and 
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cousin), Janece Tousson, LaTonya Mitchell, Marie Linzy Black, 
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and Napoleon Black; and a host of other relatives and friends; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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family and friends, the passing of Teresa Johnson; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Teresa Johnson as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.