Full Text of SR0557 95th General Assembly
SR0557 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
Terri R. Jackson of Springfield, who | 4 |
| passed away on February 20, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was born on April 7, 1957; her | 6 |
| parents were George and Ruth Jackson; and
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was a graduate of Southeast High | 8 |
| School; she received her bachelor's degree from Sangamon State | 9 |
| University and was enrolled in the graduate program at the | 10 |
| University of Illinois at Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was committed to her career with | 12 |
| the University of Illinois at Springfield, where she served as | 13 |
| Director of Multicultural Student Affairs; and
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was a member of many civic | 15 |
| organizations; she was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta | 16 |
| Sorority, Inc., the Springfield Human Rights Commission, the | 17 |
| Springfield Urban League, the Springfield Chapter of NAACP, and | 18 |
| the Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Minority | 19 |
| Services; she was a founding member of Community Working | 20 |
| Together for a Cure and Women United; she was appointed by | 21 |
| Governor Rod Blagojevich to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial |
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was the favorite Delta Simga | 3 |
| Theta Sorority, Inc., Soror of Illinois State Senator Kimberly | 4 |
| A. Lightford; she acted as an older, more mature sister to | 5 |
| Senator Lightford; she was open, friendly, and a great | 6 |
| motivator, encouraging Senator Lightford to pursue her | 7 |
| master's degree in public administration at the University of | 8 |
| Illinois at Springfield and to pursue public office, from her | 9 |
| bid to be a Village Trustee in Maywood through her election as | 10 |
| State Senator; she would spend evenings with Senator Lightford | 11 |
| at the State Capitol while the Senator was carrying her son, | 12 |
| Isaiah; Terri R. Jackson was unbelievable in how she could and | 13 |
| would step up and provide follow through and direction to bring | 14 |
| about the completion of many community and statewide projects; | 15 |
| Senator Lightford will remember Ms. Jackson forever as a true | 16 |
| friend with a warm heart, a beautiful smile, and the passion to | 17 |
| inspire her and countless others; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was a member of Monroe Street | 19 |
| Christian Church; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson was preceded in death by her | 21 |
| sister, Michelle Y. Jackson, and her grandchild, Journee A. | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Terri R. Jackson is survived by her parents; her | 2 |
| son, Damien Jackson; her brothers, George E. Jackson and Eugene | 3 |
| (wife, Tracy) Jackson; her sisters, Jennifer C. Jackson and | 4 |
| Vanessa J. Jackson; her nephew, Adrien Jackson; her niece, | 5 |
| Danielle Jackson; her grandchildren, Camden Jackson, Harmonee | 6 |
| Cunningham, and Ciara Jackson; her aunts, Ada Wolford, Florence | 7 |
| Davis, Maggie Moore, Della Reese, and Maryetta Jackson; her | 8 |
| uncles, Jim, Otis, George, and Tolies Crawford, William | 9 |
| Crawford, Carl Crawford, and Rahman Ali; and her many cousins | 10 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Terri R. Jackson; and be | 14 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Terri R. Jackson as an expression of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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