Full Text of HR0673 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to
learn of the death of Celestine | 4 | | "Bunchie" Jakes of Chicago, who passed away on January 9, 2020; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was born on January 11, 1947 in | 7 | | Wabash, Arkansas to Reverend Johnnie James Sr. and Callie | 8 | | Jakes; she was the youngest of ten siblings and was very close | 9 | | to all of them; she graduated from Lake View High School in | 10 | | 1965, and as an adult, she moved to Chicago where she joined | 11 | | Liberty Baptist Church; while living in Los Angeles, | 12 | | California, she was a member of the First New Christian Church, | 13 | | and she currently was part of the faith family of West Point | 14 | | Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was a loving daughter, a caring | 16 | | sister, and a loyal friend; the true pride and joy of her life | 17 | | was to be a warm, faithful, devoted, compassionate, and | 18 | | dedicated mother, and she was the archetype of how a parent | 19 | | should care for a child; she offered her children the best | 20 | | love, compassion, discipline, devotion, and faithfulness a | 21 | | parent could offer; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes lived her life well and died |
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| 1 | | peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes is preceded in death by her | 3 | | parents, Johnnie James Sr. and Callie Jakes; her sisters, Betty | 4 | | Chapman, Cora Dandredge, and Margaret Sledge; and her brothers, | 5 | | Pastor Paul L. Jakes Sr. and Johnnie James Jakes Jr.; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes is survived by her children, | 7 | | LaChrisia Nannette Jakes, Dr. LaShawn Bernard Jakes (Carole), | 8 | | Davionne Brown Jakes, Quincy B. Banks, Pastor Delbert Earl | 9 | | Wright, Dr. Charley Hames Jr., and Dr. S. Todd Yeary; her | 10 | | grandchildren, Reginald Reed (Sharena), Brandon Jakes, and | 11 | | Erika Jakes; her sisters, Elizabeth James, Sallie Pearl | 12 | | Sanders, and Callie Beatrice Adams; and her brother, E. Willie | 13 | | Jakes; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we mourn the passing of
Celestine "Bunchie" Jakes and extend | 17 | | our sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who | 18 | | knew and loved
her; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 20 | | presented to the family of Celestine Jakes as an expression of
| 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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