Full Text of HR0932 102nd 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 Barbara | 4 | | Jean Tatum, who passed away on June 8, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum was born to Willie L. Lee Sr. and | 6 | | Vinney Gillespie Lee in Meridian, Mississippi on November 16, | 7 | | 1938; she attended Dunbar High School, Wilson Junior College, | 8 | | Roosevelt University, and Trinity College and Seminary; she | 9 | | married Reverend B.J. Tatum Sr.; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum worked as a legal secretary in the | 11 | | federal government and an administrative secretary to the | 12 | | former Mayor of Urbana; she served as the director of | 13 | | Christian Education and the administrative secretary at Canaan | 14 | | Baptist Church; she also wrote the weekly religious column | 15 | | Reflections in The Woodlawn Observer, a community-based | 16 | | newspaper; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum held a number of responsibilities | 18 | | in her role as director of Christian Education at Canaan | 19 | | Baptist Church; alongside her husband, she taught classes and | 20 | | seminars on relationships; she taught teacher training | 21 | | classes, training classes on discipleship follow-up for | 22 | | P.A.C.E. (People Available to Encourage), child evangelism, a |
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| 1 | | Sunday school teacher's class on methods and relevancy, a | 2 | | discipleship class on interpersonal relationships, and a | 3 | | Sunday morning women's discipleship class; she conducted | 4 | | seminars and workshops for women on spiritual growth and faith | 5 | | education, and she addressed women's groups in various cities | 6 | | of the United States as well as in Athens and Crete, Greece; | 7 | | she and her husband were facilitators at marriage retreats at | 8 | | various churches throughout the United States, and they also | 9 | | attended a mission trip to Beijing and Hong Kong; she was also | 10 | | director of the Amazing Women Ministry, God's Gems Mosaic, and | 11 | | the Children's Ministry; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum served as president of the Women's | 13 | | Department of the Progressive Baptist District Association of | 14 | | Chicago and Vicinity; she served on the board of directors of | 15 | | the American Cancer Society, the Canaan Development | 16 | | Foundation, and the Canaan Credit Union; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; her daughter, Pamela Jean Tatum; and her siblings, | 19 | | Willie L. Lee Jr., Rosie Mae Johnson, Nathan Henry Lee, John | 20 | | Arnold Lee, and Robert Earl Lee; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Tatum is survived by her husband; her | 22 | | daughters, Yolanda Tatum-Brown and Stephanie Lynne Tatum; her | 23 | | son, Bryant Jay (Jennifer) Tatum; her grandsons, Everett, |
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| 1 | | Supreme, Bryson, Jordan, and Ishine; her sister, Beverly | 2 | | Moore; and a host of other relatives and special friends; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we mourn the passing of
Barbara Jean Tatum and extend our | 7 | | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 8 | | and loved
her; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 10 | | presented to the family of Barbara Tatum as an expression of
| 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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