Full Text of SR1484 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 Barbara "Barb" Jean Adkins of | 4 | | Bloomington, who passed away on November 7, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins was born to Kaolah (Cross) and Earnest | 6 | | Adkins Sr. in East St. Louis on April 19, 1959; she graduated | 7 | | from East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School in 1977; she | 8 | | graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from | 9 | | Illinois State University in 1961; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins worked for the City of Bloomington for | 11 | | 32 years, starting as a part-time police dispatcher; she became | 12 | | the city community relations coordinator in 1993 and the | 13 | | community affairs specialist in 2000; she retired in 2014, | 14 | | after serving eight years as the deputy city manager; in | 15 | | retirement, she worked as manager of the Route 66 Visitors | 16 | | Center at the Museum of History in Bloomington; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins was very involved in her community; in | 18 | | 1996, she helped organize the first "Not in Our Town" | 19 | | anti-racism march in Bloomington-Normal; she also served as a | 20 | | housing commissioner for the City of Bloomington Housing | 21 | | Authority and as an officer of the Central Illinois Chapter of | 22 | | The Links, an international public service organization; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins was a lifetime member of the NAACP; | 2 | | she was also a member of Loving Missionary Baptist Church; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, Barb Adkins received the YWCA "Woman of | 4 | | Distinction Award"; she was passionate about human rights and | 5 | | was skilled in inviting people into the discussion, offering | 6 | | everyone a chance to learn and an opportunity to grow; she will | 7 | | be remembered especially for her big heart; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins was preceded in death by her father; | 9 | | her mother; her brother, Ernest Jr.; her niece, Sheleese; and | 10 | | her two nephews, Marcus and Darryl; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Barb Adkins is survived by her brothers, Horace | 12 | | (Rene) Adkins and Michael (Wendy) Adkins; her sisters, Diane | 13 | | Adkins and Lucretia Wallace; her fourteen favorite nephews and | 14 | | nieces, Renita (Charles), Narda, Ernest, Patrick (Tru), | 15 | | Karvia, Naunita, LaShon (Anthony), LaToya (Darryl), Donish | 16 | | (Ebony), MaryLou, Zanekqua, Courtney, Bilal, and Diamon | 17 | | (Tre'Quan); her host of grandnieces and grandnephews and | 18 | | great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews; and her special | 19 | | friends, Gwen Donnelly, Trece' Spears, Evelyn Young (C.O.F.), | 20 | | Rhonda Smith, Wanita Smith, Rosie Boyd-Smith, and all of her | 21 | | sisters of the Central Illinois Chapter of The Links, | 22 | | Incorporated; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 3 | | Barbara "Barb" Jean Adkins and extend our sincere
condolences | 4 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be | 5 | | it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 7 | | presented to the family of Barb Adkins as an expression of
our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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