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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois learned with regret of the death of Nelma Faye Brown
 4    Moody on July 21, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Moody  was  born  on  February 7, 1943 in
 6    Laurel, Mississippi, to Marie  Brown  and  Leroy  Allen;  she
 7    attended  Alcorn  University  in  Lorman,  Mississippi; State
 8    Community College in East St. Louis;  and  Southern  Illinois
 9    University in Carbondale; she married John E. Moody; and

10        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Moody  worked  as  a  meat processor at a
11    leading food store, as a cashier at Red Fox Grocery Store, in
12    Cahokia/Belleville Headstart Centers, and finally as Director
13    of Helen Davis Headstart Center at SIU-E; and

14        WHEREAS, Mrs. Moody  was  active  in  several  civic  and
15    social  organizations,  including  Order of Eastern Star #68;
16    she served as the Deputy Grand Matron of Ways and Means;  she
17    was  a  former Civil Rights Commissioner, former president of
18    the Lincoln High P.T.A., former president of Assumption  High
19    School  P.T.A,  former  Alderman  Commissioner,  former board
20    member of the N.A.A.C.P., a former member  of  the  East  St.
21    Louis  Women's Club, and a former member of the Urban League;
22    and

23        WHEREAS, Mrs. Moody  was  affiliated  with  the  National
24    Black  Child  Development Institution, Big Brother/Big Sister
25    of St. Clair  County,  Illinois  Headstart  Association,  and
26    Alumni   of   Southern   Illinois  University  -  Carbondale;
27    throughout her life,  she  attended  First  Allen  A.M.E.  in
28    Laurel,  Mississippi,  and St. Luke A.M.E. in East St. Louis,
29    where she was a member of the Senior Angelic Choir, a  former
30    president   of  the  St.  Luke  Usher  Board,  and  a  former
31    supervisor of the Youth Choir; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS, Mrs. Moody was a positive influence on the lives
 2    of many people, especially young people; her passing has been
 3    deeply felt by many, especially her husband, John  E.  Moody;
 4    her  children,  Darryl  Charles  Dennis  (Angie)  Moody, John
 5    Eldred (Debra) Moody, and Akila  Aundranette  (Jerry)  Moody;
 6    her  mother,  Marie Brown White; her father, Leroy Allen; her
 7    sisters, Patricia McGee, Gwen Rogers, and Bantrina  Coe;  her
 8    brother,  Leon  Allen; her grandchildren, Dominique, Charity,
 9    Janelle,   Danielle,   Eldric,   and   Kayla    Moody;    her
10    father-in-law,   John   H.   Moody;  her  sisters-in-law  and
11    brothers-in-law;  her  special  friends,  Vivian  Hannah  and
12    Dorothy Morrison; her Godsons, Michael Graves and Freddie  R.
13    Holmes; and her many nephews, nieces, and other relatives and
14    friends;  her daughter, Donna Charity Denise, preceded her in
15    death; therefore, be it

16        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
17    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
18    of Mrs. Nelma Faye  Brown  Moody  and  extend  our  sincerest
19    condolences  to  her  family,  friends,  and all who knew and
20    loved her; and be it further

21        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
22    presented to the family of Mrs. Moody as an expression of our
23    deepest sympathy.