Full Text of HR1112 94th General Assembly
HR1112 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives were | 3 |
| deeply saddened to learn of the death of John Lee Johnson of | 4 |
| Champaign on March 23, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, John Lee Johnson was born Aug. 7, 1941, in | 6 |
| Champaign, the son of Thomas and Mamie Carr Johnson; he was | 7 |
| preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and two | 8 |
| sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson was known as an uncompromising civil | 10 |
| rights activist who fought for social justice his entire adult | 11 |
| life; he was instrumental in the construction of the Martin | 12 |
| Luther King subdivision in Champaign and the Eads Street | 13 |
| subdivision in Urbana; he was a leader on fair housing, | 14 |
| affordable housing, and providing health care to the poor;
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson was a member of the Champaign City | 16 |
| Council from 1973 to 1981, and he never stopped attending | 17 |
| council meetings; he ran for City of Champaign Township | 18 |
| supervisor, for the Champaign school board, and for the | 19 |
| Parkland College board of trustees; he served on the Busey Bank | 20 |
| Community Reinvestment Act Advisory Board; he was involved in | 21 |
| Champaign County Health Care Consumers for many years; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson received many awards for civic | 23 |
| involvement, from groups ranging from Citizens Action to the | 24 |
| Champaign-Urbana Ministerial Alliance; in 1999, Mr. Johnson | 25 |
| received the Outstanding Community Service Award from the | 26 |
| National Council of African American Men and the Champaign | 27 |
| County Chamber of Commerce;
in 2003, the ministerial alliance | 28 |
| saluted him for 40 years of activism against bigotry and | 29 |
| prejudice and for removing barriers to achieving the American | 30 |
| dream; he was slated to receive the Champaign County Health | 31 |
| Care Consumers lifetime achievement award this year; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Lee Johnson is felt by all who | 2 |
| knew him, especially his son, John Ore Johnson; his brothers, | 3 |
| Louis H. Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Larry Johnson, and William | 4 |
| Johnson; his sisters, Gertrude Palmer, Ann Marie Johnson, | 5 |
| Fannie Chalk, and Carolyn Johnson; and his longtime girlfriend, | 6 |
| Ruby Taylor; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we mourn the death of John Lee Johnson, and we extend our | 10 |
| sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and community; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of John Lee Johnson as an expression of | 14 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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