Full Text of SR0988 99th 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 Helen Burns Jackson, who passed away on | 4 | | September 7, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was born on November 9, 1923 in | 6 | | Greenville County, South Carolina; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson received her early education in the | 8 | | public schools of Greenville and, because of her extraordinary | 9 | | singing voice, earned a music scholarship to attend Talladega | 10 | | College in Alabama; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson earned her license in cosmetology | 12 | | and owned and operated the Helen B. Jackson Beauty Salon for | 13 | | many years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was baptized at an early age at | 15 | | Springfield Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina; she | 16 | | later joined the Long Branch Baptist Church, and then the | 17 | | Piedmont Manor Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir, | 18 | | delighting parishioners with her soprano voice, served on the | 19 | | Missionary Society, and participated in a host of other church | 20 | | ministries; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was a feminist who challenged molds | 2 | | long before the feminist movement became popular; she took an | 3 | | interest in many hobbies, including interior decorating, | 4 | | cosmetology, spending time with her family, and especially | 5 | | serving her community through numerous organizations, | 6 | | including the Boards of Directors of the Phyllis Wheatley | 7 | | Center, the Y.W.C.A., Greenville Technical College, the Trip | 8 | | Advisory Committee, and the Greenville Family Advocate; she was | 9 | | also a member of the Democratic Women's Organization, a | 10 | | founding member of the first Greenville Cosmetology Club, and a | 11 | | member of the 9th District of the South Carolina State | 12 | | Cosmetology Association; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson was preceded in death by her loving | 14 | | husband of 40 years, Charles Henry Jackson, Sr.; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Helen Jackson is survived by her sons, Rev. Jesse | 16 | | L. Jackson, Sr. and his wife, Jacqueline, and Charles Henry | 17 | | Jackson, Jr., and his wife, Cheryl; her grandchildren, Santita, | 18 | | Jesse, Jr. (Sandra), Jonathan (Marilyn), Felicia, Reginald | 19 | | (mother, Evelyn), Yusef (Amaya), Jacqueline, II, Corey | 20 | | (Shanine), Candace, Crystal, Najma, (Chris and Evelyn Hurst), | 21 | | and Ashley; her great-grandchildren, Jocelyn, Jonathan, | 22 | | Jessica, Leah, Noah, Skye, Cali, Jesse, III, Christian, Akemi, | 23 | | Yusef, Cassius, Corey, Chaileal, Evelyn, Atticus, Matthias, | 24 | | Blythe Eden, and Roman; her cousins, Phillip Jossey, Lisa Junco |
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| 1 | | (Al), Maria Owen (Othel, Sr.), Kathleen McCants (Andre), Linda | 2 | | Matuszak (David), Phillip, Lisa, and Lydia; and her many other | 3 | | relatives and special friends; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 6 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Helen Burns Jackson; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Helen Jackson as an expression of | 10 | | our sympathy.
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