Full Text of SR0019 98th General Assembly
SR0019 98TH 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 Josephine Armstead-Bowman of Dixmoor, who | 4 | | passed away on January 7, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman was born on December 3, | 6 | | 1935, in Chicago; her parents were the late Mr. Korandus and | 7 | | Mrs. Annie Bee Lax-Armstead; she married Benjamin Bowman Sr. on | 8 | | December 28, 1958; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman received her general | 10 | | education from the Chicago Public School System; she later | 11 | | undertook training to become a cosmetologist and beauty | 12 | | professional; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a young woman, Josephine Armstead-Bowman | 14 | | joined the St. James Church of God in Christ and acknowledged | 15 | | and received Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior; for | 16 | | many years, she participated in numerous church activities, | 17 | | including the Sunday School Ministry, Young Peoples' Willing | 18 | | Workers (YPWW), and the Youth Choir; she later sang with a | 19 | | chorale called the Jubilee Five; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In the winter of 1970, Josephine Armstead-Bowman | 21 | | became the first lady of the Revival Center Church of God In |
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| 1 | | Christ, supporting her husband's calling into the ministry as | 2 | | Senior Pastor of a newly established congregation; for 25 | 3 | | years, she served the people of God untiringly, teaching in | 4 | | multiple areas of the church, including the Sunday School | 5 | | Department, the YPWW, Bible Band, and the Voices of Revival | 6 | | Center Choir; she also acted as a surrogate mother to many of | 7 | | the parishioners attending and joining the ministry; in 1996, | 8 | | she decided to move her fellowship and joined the Tabernacle | 9 | | Church of God In Christ, where she served on the Mother's | 10 | | Board; she also served in the Women's Ministry, taught young | 11 | | women how to knit and crochet, engaged in Bible study, and | 12 | | played the piano during her time at the church; in 2002, she | 13 | | joined the charismatic ministry of the Abounding Life Church of | 14 | | God In Christ in Posen and faithfully served on the Mother's | 15 | | Board until her health prevented her from active ministry; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman is survived by her | 17 | | children, Lolita Bowman-Butts (Pastor Walter James Butts), | 18 | | Brenda Faye Bowman-Harris (Napoleon Harris, Jr., deceased), | 19 | | Benjamin Bowman. Jr. (Cynthia Delores Jackson-Bowman), Pastor | 20 | | Raymond Bowman (Nancee Brantly-Bowman), Hazel Ann Bowman, | 21 | | Kenneth Jerome Bowman (Rhonda Rene Lockett-Bowman), Regina | 22 | | Elaine Bowman-Batiste (Anthony Batiste), Pastor Nathaniel | 23 | | Bowman, Sr. (Natasha Pleshita Campbell-Bowman), Josephine | 24 | | Bowman-McDonald (Michael McDonald), Elijah Bowman (Chymica | 25 | | Laminer-Bowman), Emmanuel Bowman (Cedeliah LaShone |
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| 1 | | Tatum-Bowman), and Kelvin Bowman (Dominique Thompson-Bowman); | 2 | | her siblings, Ida Bell Armstead-Scott, Frances Rosamound | 3 | | Armstead-McDonald, Shirley Mae Armstead, and Henry Lee | 4 | | Armstead; her sisters-in-law, Ruth Johnson, Ruby Baker, | 5 | | Marleen Bowman, and Ola (Mary) Armstead; her cousins, Melvin | 6 | | and Susie Armstead; her faithful friend, Evangelist Earlene | 7 | | Travis; her 38 grandchildren, including Illinois State Senator | 8 | | Napoleon Harris, III; her 6 great-grandchildren; and her many | 9 | | nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman will be remembered | 11 | | fondly by all who knew her as a devoted and loving wife, an | 12 | | unselfish and nurturing mother, and a loyal friend whose piety | 13 | | and caring nature endeared her to everyone she met; therefore, | 14 | | be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 | | her family and friends, the passing of Josephine | 18 | | Armstead-Bowman; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Josephine Armstead-Bowman as an | 21 | | expression of our sympathy.
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