Full Text of SR0520 95th General Assembly
SR0520 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Jacqueline Hendry, who passed away on | 4 |
| January 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry was born on March 25, 1930 in | 6 |
| Jacksonville, Florida; her parents were Savorhett and Sadie | 7 |
| Morse; she married Leon Hendry on October 13, 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry was educated at Liberty County | 9 |
| in Midway, Georgia; after graduating at the age of 15, she | 10 |
| matriculated at Savannah State College; she later attended the | 11 |
| Brewster School of Nursing, receiving her degree as a | 12 |
| Registered Nurse in 1959; she later earned her bachelor's and | 13 |
| master's degrees in Christian Education from the International | 14 |
| Seminary in Orlando, Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry was raised in the African | 16 |
| Methodist Episcopal faith; when her nursing career relocated | 17 |
| her to Maywood, she united with Canaan AME; she joined | 18 |
| Progressive Church of God in Christ under the pastorate of the | 19 |
| late Dr. James B. Alford Sr. in 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, On July 9, 1995, Jacqueline Hendry was ordained as | 21 |
| one of the first female Elders at Progressive Life-Giving Word |
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| Cathedral under the pastorate of Apostle Donald Alford; as an | 2 |
| Elder, she has served as Secretary of the Women's Department, | 3 |
| Sunday School teacher, nurse, President of the Nurses' Board, | 4 |
| missionary, dean of Progressive Christian Life Enhancement | 5 |
| Program, and counselor; she was an ordained evangelist, who | 6 |
| inspired many with her thorough, unique, spirited, and profound | 7 |
| teaching style; she also co-instructed the first three-year | 8 |
| classes for inspiring ministries at Progressive Life-Giving | 9 |
| Word Cathedral, preparing approximately 30 ministers for their | 10 |
| duties; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry was an avid reader with an | 12 |
| extensive library; she also liked to travel, visiting many | 13 |
| places in North America, Europe, and the Caribbean; and
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry's son Alja was the 6th grade | 15 |
| teacher of Illinois Senator Kimberly A. Lightford and her | 16 |
| siblings, Janon, Carmelita, and Melvin Jr.; he is the friend, | 17 |
| coach, and extended family member of many youth in Maywood, | 18 |
| surely traits which he acquired from his beloved mother; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry was preceded in death by her | 20 |
| parents and her daughter, Gloria Roxanne; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry is survived by her husband of 61 | 22 |
| years, Leon; her children, Mickey (Wesley), Al (Regenia), |
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| Denise, and Deborah (Rudolph) Monroe; her grandchildren, Paul | 2 |
| (Emily), Michal (Aquaris) Jones, Ginger (Justin) White, Debra | 3 |
| Jones, Jason, Joi Friend, Erica Benefield, Ryan, Jonathan, | 4 |
| Rachael, Jordan, Ashley Monroe, and Jackson; her | 5 |
| great-grandchildren, Alijiah, Amariah, Mya, James, Leon, | 6 |
| DeAndre, and Josiah; her daughters-in-law, Barbara (Joe) Jones | 7 |
| and Gwen McNeal; her stepmother, Elaine Morse; her sisters, | 8 |
| Sharon Laws and Gabelynn (Richard) Stevens; her brothers, | 9 |
| Harold Carter, Savorhett / Saif Morse, and Raymond (Mazie) | 10 |
| Morse; her sister-in-law, Mary (Louis) Sams; her godchildren, | 11 |
| Derrick Crawford, Wrasulin Michels, Pastor Ricky Harris; her | 12 |
| faithful and loyal caregiver, Albrida Jackson; her special | 13 |
| friends, Fannie Nuness, Evelyn Brown, Gladys Lloyd, Betty Mims, | 14 |
| and Rose Sherman; and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, | 15 |
| extended family members, and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline Hendry will be remembered by all who | 17 |
| knew and loved her as a loving and pious woman whose generosity | 18 |
| and love for her fellow man was unmatched; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Jacqueline Hendry; and | 22 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Jacqueline Hendry as an expression | 2 |
| of our sympathy.
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