Full Text of SR0009 100th 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 Leonard E. Hawthorne of Alton, who passed | 4 | | away on December 21, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne was born in Doddsville, | 6 | | Mississippi to Jessie L. and Hugh H. Hawthorne on November 11, | 7 | | 1945; he grew up in East St. Louis and graduated from Lincoln | 8 | | High School; he served in the United States Army and earned his | 9 | | Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Business Education | 10 | | and his certification in education administration from | 11 | | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; he married Birdia | 12 | | Ruth Woods in 1971 and they settled in Alton; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne began his 32-year career as an | 14 | | educator in Alton Community Unit School District 11; he taught | 15 | | business subjects at Alton High School and the J.B. Johnson | 16 | | Career Development Center; he was a teacher-coordinator for the | 17 | | Distributive Education work-study program, assistant principal | 18 | | at West Junior High School and Alton High School, principal at | 19 | | Lewis & Clark Elementary School, and Title I and Special | 20 | | Services Administrator; he retired in 2003; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne developed, tested, and taught a | 22 | | financial literacy course to Alton High School students, where |
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| 1 | | he stressed the importance of avoiding the common pitfalls | 2 | | students encounter upon graduating; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne was involved with several | 4 | | professional organizations, including the National and State | 5 | | Education Association, the National and State Business | 6 | | Education Association, the National Association of Secondary | 7 | | School Principals, and the Illinois Principals Association; he | 8 | | twice received the "Those Who Excel Meritorious Service Award" | 9 | | from the Illinois State Board of Education, once as Alton High | 10 | | School assistant principal, and again as district level | 11 | | administrator; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne was involved with 100 Black Men | 13 | | of Alton and 100 Black Men Youth 100 W.A.Y.S. Financial | 14 | | Literacy Project; he was also involved with the United Way of | 15 | | Southwest Illinois, the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial, and the | 16 | | Madison County Urban League Board and Guild, where he served as | 17 | | Board Chairman; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne was a lifelong member of Pilgrim | 19 | | Rest Missionary Baptist Church, serving for over 40 years as | 20 | | Trustee Board
Secretary and Finance Committee Chairman; he was | 21 | | a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the NAACP; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne made a difference in the school |
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| 1 | | district and his community; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne was preceded in death by his | 3 | | wife, Birdia; his parents; his brother, John T. Hawthorne; and | 4 | | his sister, Molly Hawthorne (Patton) Robertson; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leonard Hawthorne is survived by his daughter, | 6 | | Melia L. Hawthorne; his son, Antoine (Rebecca) Lawrence; his | 7 | | sister, Ruth H. Clark; his brothers, James (Ruth Ann) | 8 | | Hawthorne, and Hugh H. Hawthorne, Jr.; his mother-in-law, Lovie | 9 | | Woods; his sister-in-law, W. Earnestine Everage; his | 10 | | brother-in-law, Gary D. Woods; his godson, Dirk Johnson, MD; | 11 | | his special friend, Joan Riggs; and a host of nephews, nieces, | 12 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Leonard E. Hawthorne, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Leonard Hawthorne as an expression | 20 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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