Full Text of SR0720 96th General Assembly
SR0720 96TH 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
Eathel Johnson; and
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| WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson was born on December 14, 1920, in | 5 |
| Shelby, Mississippi; her parents were the late Tommie and | 6 |
| Corrine Johnson; she was raised by her great-grandparents, | 7 |
| George and Elizabeth Henry; she became a mother as a young | 8 |
| woman, then married Allen Spears; she later married L.C. | 9 |
| Melton; and
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| WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson confessed to Christ in 1932 at the | 11 |
| age of 12; she then became a member of Magnolia Baptist Church; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson belonged to numerous churches; she | 14 |
| eventually found a home at the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist | 15 |
| Church in Winstonville, Mississippi, where she was an active | 16 |
| member for 50 years and served on the Usher and Mothers Boards; | 17 |
| after moving to Chicago, she joined the Greater New Birth | 18 |
| Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder Timothy | 19 |
| Dotson; and
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| WHEREAS, Eathel Johnson is survived by her sons, Lamar | 21 |
| (Dessie) Johnson, Roy (Doris) Melton, and Donell (Gayle) |
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| Melton; her stepson, Authur L. (Barbara) Melton; her daughters, | 2 |
| Freda (Ruben) Brown, Julia and Dorothy Spears, Ida (Ward) | 3 |
| Walker, Derotha Melton, Vercy (Lee) Melton Jones, Ella (Marion) | 4 |
| Bryant, and Texas and Paulette Melton; her brother, Robert | 5 |
| Franklin (Eloise); her sister-in-law, Lillie Davis; her | 6 |
| special cousin/sister, Martha Bulter; her 43 grandchildren; | 7 |
| her 48 great-grandchildren; her 6 great-great-grandchildren; | 8 |
| and her many other family members and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Eathel Johnson; and be | 12 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Eathel Johnson as an expression of | 15 |
| our sympathy.
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