Full Text of SR0447 94th General Assembly
SR0447 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Haywood Jones Jr. on June | 4 |
| 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jones was born on November 2, 1938, to Haywood | 6 |
| Jones Sr.
and Mentie Fitts in Holly Springs, Mississippi; he | 7 |
| was the eldest son of nine
children; he attended Doolittle | 8 |
| Elementary and Dunbar High School; he married Dorothy Mellon in | 9 |
| 1970 and focused on the upbringing of his five children; his | 10 |
| main goal in life was to always provide and nurture his family | 11 |
| in a righteous manner; and
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| WHEREAS, In the winter of 1981 he began studying the Bible | 13 |
| with Jehovah's Witnesses; after his first study with his | 14 |
| family, he continued leading his family consecutively on a | 15 |
| weekly basis in a family Bible study; one of his greatest | 16 |
| accomplishments was being baptized as a Minister of Jehovah | 17 |
| God's organization; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a man who stood for respect, honor, | 19 |
| dignity, integrity, and for quality of life; he was a very | 20 |
| candid man; his goal was to preach and teach to whomever he | 21 |
| came into contact with about Jehovah's Will; he became a | 22 |
| changed and better person for his family, friends, and for | 23 |
| himself; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Haywood Jones Jr. has been deeply | 25 |
| felt by many, and he will forever and proudly be missed by his | 26 |
| loving and devoted wife, Dorothy; his children, Bernadette, | 27 |
| Delwyn, Patrice, Kimberly, and Rhonda; his grandchildren, | 28 |
| Banisha, Ashley, Taylor, Sandra, Sommer, Tiara, Diamond, | 29 |
| Alexis, Tamron, and Tamyah; his siblings, Verlene, Jane, | 30 |
| Celestine, Martina, and Alvin; his sons-in-law, John and Fred; | 31 |
| and a host of other family, friends, and spiritual brothers and |
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| sisters; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Haywood Jones Jr., and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 5 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 9 |
| sympathy.
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