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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Levada Johns of Chicago, who passed away 
4on February 12, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was born in Parkin, Arkansas on April 
61, 1935 to Jewel Wynne and Newt Whitaker; she attended Central 
7High School in Parkin; she married Earl Johns and they settled 
8in Chicago in 1957; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was employed as a factory worker; she 
10worked other jobs at various times, including bartending; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was affectionately know as "Vada" and 
12"Gru-ma", and when she was young, as "Pocket"; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was preceded in death by her parents; 
14her siblings, Janie Mae, Theopolis, Thomas, Etherean, and 
15Clarence; and her children, Glenda, Betty, and Terry; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Levada Johns is survived by her daughter, Marilyn 
17Johns; her 6 sisters, Edna Scott (Farmer), Helen Freeman, 
18Charlene Wells (Horace), Dorothy Hicks (Jasper), Bettye 
19Bailey, and Eula Nicholas; her 3 brothers, Willie Bailey, Roy 
20Bailey (Thelma), and Courtney Bailey (Sherry); her 14 
 
 
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1grandchildren; her 18 great-grandchildren; and a host of 
2nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
5Levada Johns, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
6friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Levada Johns as an expression of our 
9deepest sympathy.