Full Text of SR0958 97th 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
Martha Francis Jones, who passed away on | 4 | | October 19, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martha Jones was born on August 31, 1938; her | 6 | | parents were Era and Robert Gavins; she married Harry L. | 7 | | Woodard in 1958; she later married Maurice E. Jones on | 8 | | September 1, 1975; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Martha Jones attended Lockport High School and | 10 | | graduated from Dudley Beauty College as a licensed | 11 | | cosmetologist; in 1996, she graduated from Midwest Apostolic | 12 | | Bible College with a bachelor's degree in Christian education; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Martha was baptized in August of 1980 at the | 15 | | Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church, under the pastorate of | 16 | | Bishop D. Rayford Bell; she received the Holy Ghost that same | 17 | | month and remained a member of Christ Temple Apostolic Faith | 18 | | Church until her passing; she served in many capacities at | 19 | | Christ Temple, including Sunday School teacher, member of the | 20 | | Missionary Choir, director of the Missionary Choir, | 21 | | Amalgamated Choir member, cook, Noon-Day Prayer Chairman, and | 22 | | Pastor's Aide Chairman; she enjoyed coming to the church at 6 |
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| 1 | | AM to prepare breakfast for the saints; she also served as a | 2 | | professor for sign language, hermeneutics, and Romans at | 3 | | Midwest Apostolic Bible College while working as a stylist for | 4 | | saints all over Chicago and Indiana; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martha Jones was preceded in death by her parents; | 6 | | her 2 brothers; and her sister; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Martha Jones is survived by her devoted husband, | 8 | | Elder Maurice E. Jones; her son, Kenneth L. Woodard, Sr.; her | 9 | | daughter-in-law, Delphine A. Woodard; her granddaughter, | 10 | | Akesta (Andrew) Hoskins; her grandsons, Kenneth L. (Gloria) | 11 | | Woodard, Kelly L. (Shawntel) Woodard, and Korey L. Woodard; her | 12 | | 8 great-grandchildren; her step-daughter, Gwendolyn Jackson; | 13 | | her sisters, Eva Polk, Betty Smith, and Betty Hill; her | 14 | | brother, John Phillips; her special daughter, Elaine (Joe) | 15 | | Robison; her goddaughter, Tiffinae Hunt-Reeves; her close | 16 | | friends, Savana Milton, Lourene Miller, and Brenda Jackson; and | 17 | | her many nieces, nephews, other relatives, fellow saints, and | 18 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | her family and friends, the passing of Martha Francis Jones; | 22 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Martha Jones as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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