Full Text of SR0213 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Glenola Lashley of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on March 30, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born December 31, 1937 in Memphis, | 6 | | Tennessee; her mother was Lena Carr and her stepfather was | 7 | | Tillman Moore; she was married to Lester Lashley and was the | 8 | | devoted mother of ten children; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, She was Born Again at Tabernacle Baptist Church, | 10 | | an event which she considered the greatest thing that ever | 11 | | happened in her life; a deeply religious lady, she also | 12 | | attended several other churches over the years, including New | 13 | | Friendship, Evangelist Hope Church, Monument of Faith, Comfort | 14 | | Ye My People, and Crusaders Church; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She contributed greatly to her community through | 16 | | her work at the S.O.S. House and Brothers Reaching Out, the | 17 | | Garfield Counseling Center, the Chicago Juvenile Advisory | 18 | | Council, Reaching the Mark Foster Care, and other | 19 | | organizations; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, She also served as LSC President, Block Club | 21 | | President, First DAC Chairperson for the 7th District CAPS |
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| 1 | | Program (Chicago Police Department), Director of the New | 2 | | Friendship Junior Choir, and Vice President of the 17th Ward | 3 | | Democratic Organization, and she was one of the founders of the | 4 | | 7th District Pastors of Englewood; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, She was employed at Independence Bank; as an | 6 | | Administrative Assistant and later Chief of Staff for the 17th | 7 | | Ward Alderman; and as Community Specialist and District Manager | 8 | | at the Englewood Office of the Chicago Department of Human | 9 | | Services; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester | 11 | | Lashley; her mother, Lena C. Moore; her brother, Paul; her | 12 | | sisters, Dicie and Irene; her son, Lee; her grandsons, Akeem | 13 | | and Stephen; and her great-grandchild, Zareia; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Glenola Lashley is survived by her children, | 15 | | Robert, Joanie, Joseph (Denise), Lena (Terry), Juanita | 16 | | (Walter), Lester (Pamela), Erick (Theresa), Glenda, and John | 17 | | (Victory); her grandchildren, Andre, Robert Jr., Robin | 18 | | (Darrin), Devin, Rahsaan, Raini, Jerryce (Lee), Jerrita, | 19 | | Joseph, Jasmine, Jamelle, Joseph II, Charmaine, Lateeba, | 20 | | Jamiyla, Brandon, Tyese, Alton, Michael (Tichanti), Rashad, | 21 | | Shadra, Shalah, Rocelia (Demolis), Cornell, Marcus, Rashawn, | 22 | | Malcolm, Walter Jr., Selina, Alexandra, Patricia, Carisha, | 23 | | Latraya, Natasha, Joshua, Ericka, Erin, Erick II, Elden, Samuel |
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| 1 | | III, Shawn, Steven, Kecia, Brijon, Malik, Bridget, and Messiah; | 2 | | her great-grandchildren, Taliah, Faheem, Najah, Devontae, | 3 | | Kayvion, Lee Jr., Aeriyanna, Emmanuel, Jahawn, Joe II, Jayana, | 4 | | Undriya, Jaida, Amiya, Shionta, Dontae, Lamirah, Cameron, | 5 | | Joseph Jr., Jordynn, Alton II, Ra'Jane, Mi''Kiya, Jahnya, | 6 | | Tanya, Tajon, Da'Manise, Da'Mara, Aaliyah, Winter, Zuriyah, | 7 | | Cornell, Arianna, Davion, Jaielle, Lo'Ryan, Epigmenio, Brazil, | 8 | | Jada, Taylar, Jay'Shaun, and Xavion; her brother, Phillip Carr | 9 | | (Cynthia); and a host of other relatives and friends; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | her family and friends, the passing of Glenola Lashley; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Glenola Lashley as a symbol of our | 17 | | sincere sympathy.
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