Full Text of SR0336 95th General Assembly
SR0336 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
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Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers of | 4 |
| Belleville, who passed away on July 14, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers was born on April | 6 |
| 23, 1949, in St. Louis, Missouri; she was the first born child | 7 |
| of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit (Mildred) Jeffers; and
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| WHEREAS, Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers was a 1967 graduate | 9 |
| of East St. Louis Sr. High School; after attending college at | 10 |
| Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, she returned to | 11 |
| her home in Belleville and became an employee of the Illinois | 12 |
| Department of Public Aid, where she worked with the Aide to | 13 |
| Dependent Children, Child Support, and Nursing/Medical | 14 |
| divisions before her retirement in 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers was able to share | 16 |
| her joy and pride of African American history through her | 17 |
| annual presentations, where she shared literature, art, | 18 |
| pictures, music, poetry, and speeches with many people; the | 19 |
| annual events allowed her to truly shine and use her love for | 20 |
| the arts, history, travel, and photography in her ministry; her | 21 |
| travels took her to Germany, Australia, Africa, and many places | 22 |
| in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers was a life long | 2 |
| member of the Methodist family that is currently known as | 3 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church; her faith was seen in all that | 4 |
| she did as a child, youth, and as an adult; she served as a | 5 |
| liturgist, leader for the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Youth | 6 |
| Choir Director, and as a member of the adult choir, usher | 7 |
| board, Committee on Staff Parish, and the Trustee Board; she | 8 |
| was devoted to the United Methodist Women, where she was a past | 9 |
| president of the group's local unit and served as Chairman of | 10 |
| her local sub-group, Mary; she served as Coordinator of Program | 11 |
| Resource for Trinity United Methodist Women, Secretary of | 12 |
| Resource for the United Methodist Women of the Illinois Great | 13 |
| Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church, and the | 14 |
| Mississippi River District UMW Conference Representative for | 15 |
| the Cunningham Children's Home; and she was a member of the | 16 |
| Board of Directors for the Denverside Housing Complex for the | 17 |
| Illinois Great Rivers Conference; and
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| WHEREAS, Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers is survived by her | 19 |
| parents; her brother, Kermit P. Jeffers; her sister, Portia | 20 |
| (Isaiah) Bell McCrary; her nephew, Kyle C. Jeffers; her nieces, | 21 |
| Whitney E. Bell, Vivica L. McCrary, and Chelsea A. Jeffers; her | 22 |
| aunt, Cleopatra J. Jenkins; the members of the Officer family; | 23 |
| her many cousins, friends, and former co-workers; and the many | 24 |
| members of the Trinity United Methodist Church; therefore, be |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Millicent Joann Brown | 5 |
| Jeffers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Millicent Joann Brown Jeffers as an | 8 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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