Full Text of SR1188 101st 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 John Henry Crawford Jr. of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on February 1, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was born in Round Pond, Arkansas | 6 | | to John Henry and Essie Crawford on July 8, 1939; he was the | 7 | | oldest of fourteen children; he graduated from Paul Laurence | 8 | | Dunbar High School in Chicago; he later joined the U.S. Army, | 9 | | where he became a medic and received honors; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. married Beulah White in 1961; | 11 | | together, they had five children, Jonathan T. Crawford, Zina | 12 | | (James) Crawford-Lott, Yvonne C. (Archie) Burston, Malcolm S. | 13 | | (Stacia) Crawford, and Cheryle (Ujana) Robinson; he also had | 14 | | two other sons, LeJon Crawford and Vernon Crawford; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was nicknamed "Big John"; he was | 16 | | known as one of the four founders of the West Side Organization | 17 | | (WSO), which advocated on behalf of the black community for | 18 | | civil rights in the early 1960s; he organized many meaningful | 19 | | marches, meetings, and events, which led him to be asked to | 20 | | protect Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in Chicago; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. committed to his faith at an |
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| 1 | | early age and was licensed to minister in the early 1970s; he | 2 | | created F.A.I.T.H., INC., an advocacy organization for the | 3 | | rights of ex-offenders in 1987; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. met Patty Stewart in 1993, and | 5 | | they were married in 1995; they had five children, Djwan, | 6 | | Jackie, Leah, Ziara (Ted) Copper, and Jonathan McDonald; their | 7 | | family grew to include 25 grandchildren, 12 | 8 | | great-grandchildren, with one more expected soon, one | 9 | | great-great-grandson, and two godsons, Derrick Reeves and | 10 | | Solomon Robinson; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. was preceded in death by his | 12 | | son, Djwan; his brothers Vernon, Herman, Lester, Harold, | 13 | | Menard, and Cordell Crawford; and his sister, Carolyn (Henry) | 14 | | Johnson; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, John Crawford Jr. is survived by his loving wife | 16 | | of 25 years, Patty Crawford; his brothers, Arnold (Beatrice) | 17 | | and Kenneth (Vinnie) Crawford; his sisters, Dorothy, Erna | 18 | | (Henry), Cheryle (Jesse), and Joan (Johnnie); his | 19 | | brother-in-law, Thomas Stewart; his sister-in-law, Irma | 20 | | (Grant) Dobson; his sons and daughters; and his many special | 21 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and loved ones; therefore, | 22 | | be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | John Henry Crawford Jr. and extend our sincere condolences to | 4 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of John Crawford Jr. as an expression | 8 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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