Full Text of SR0178 99th 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 Levada Johns of Chicago, who passed away | 4 | | on February 12, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Levada Johns was born in Parkin, Arkansas on April | 6 | | 1, 1935 to Jewel Wynne and Newt Whitaker; she attended Central | 7 | | High School in Parkin; she married Earl Johns and they settled | 8 | | in Chicago in 1957; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Levada Johns was employed as a factory worker; she | 10 | | worked other jobs at various times, including bartending; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Levada Johns was affectionately know as "Vada" and | 12 | | "Gru-ma", and when she was young, as "Pocket"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Levada Johns was preceded in death by her parents; | 14 | | her siblings, Janie Mae, Theopolis, Thomas, Etherean, and | 15 | | Clarence; and her children, Glenda, Betty, and Terry; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Levada Johns is survived by her daughter, Marilyn | 17 | | Johns; her 6 sisters, Edna Scott (Farmer), Helen Freeman, | 18 | | Charlene Wells (Horace), Dorothy Hicks (Jasper), Bettye | 19 | | Bailey, and Eula Nicholas; her 3 brothers, Willie Bailey, Roy | 20 | | Bailey (Thelma), and Courtney Bailey (Sherry); her 14 |
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| 1 | | grandchildren; her 18 great-grandchildren; and a host of | 2 | | nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Levada Johns, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 6 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Levada Johns as an expression of our | 9 | | deepest sympathy.
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