Full Text of SR0215 101st 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 Jackie Marie Morris of Kansas City, | 4 | | Kansas, who passed away on February 19, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was born to the late Denver and | 6 | | Onighter (Smith) Morris on October 7, 1955; she earned a | 7 | | Bachelor of Arts in Education and Speech Communication from | 8 | | Monmouth College and a Master of Science in Urban Education | 9 | | from Kansas State University, as well as many other | 10 | | certifications; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was a reading and language arts | 12 | | elementary and secondary teacher in District 500 for 32 years; | 13 | | she rarely sent students to the principal's office for | 14 | | misbehaving and preferred to solve problems inside her | 15 | | classroom; she was passionate about getting parents more | 16 | | involved in educating children; she loved all of her students; | 17 | | she also worked as an adjunct professor at Johnson County | 18 | | Community College; for 40 years, she worked as a part-time | 19 | | bridal consultant for Halls Country Club Plaza and Crown | 20 | | Center; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris spent her time volunteering and | 22 | | working with children in her community; she served on many |
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| 1 | | committees, including the Dr. King Jr. Annual Birthday | 2 | | Celebration; she was a Big Eight and Big Twelve Conference | 3 | | Scholarship Host committee member for 20 years, a cheerleader | 4 | | and drill team sponsor for the District for ten years, a debate | 5 | | coach, an oratorical contest consultant and judge for the | 6 | | Northeast and Rosedale Optimist Clubs, and a summer youth | 7 | | employment counselor for Gear-Up and JPTA; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was strong in her faith; she joined | 9 | | the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church at the age of 11; after | 10 | | leaving Olivet, she attended the First Baptist Church in Kansas | 11 | | City; she later attended and joined the Palestine Missionary | 12 | | Baptist Church, where she volunteered, donated, and worked with | 13 | | the church's ministries, especially those involving children | 14 | | and youth, for 18 years; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jackie Morris was an avid traveler and visited | 16 | | most of the United States, Italy, England, France, Switzerland, | 17 | | Germany, the Caribbean Islands of Jamaica, and Aruba; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Jackie Marie Morris and extend our sincere condolences to her | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jackie Morris as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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