Full Text of HR1420 94th General Assembly
HR1420 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Vernice | 4 |
| (Taylor) Brownlee on Wednesday, August 16, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Vernice (Taylor) Brownlee, affectionately known | 6 |
| as "Lady Brownlee" was born on August 15, 1935, in Prichard, | 7 |
| Mississippi, to Luke and Isabella C. Taylor; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended public schools in Memphis, | 9 |
| Tennessee, and graduated from Douglas High School; she moved to | 10 |
| Chicago in 1956 and graduated with a license in cosmetology | 11 |
| from the famed Madam C.J. Walker School of Beauty Culture; and
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| WHEREAS, She was united in marriage to Thomas O. Brownlee | 13 |
| Sr. on September 6, 1958, in Chicago; they shared 47 wonderful | 14 |
| years of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Brownlee joined the Independence Blvd | 16 |
| Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Chicago in 1961, where she | 17 |
| remained a very active member until her death; she served as a | 18 |
| Board member, a Home and School Leader, Ingathering | 19 |
| Coordinator, Sabbath School Superintendent, Community Service | 20 |
| Assistant Director, Investment Leader, and a member of the | 21 |
| Society of Christian Ladies; she was proud and honored to have | 22 |
| coordinated the church's current educational fundraising | 23 |
| project; and
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| WHEREAS, She began her professional career in 1965 with the | 25 |
| Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunities, now known as the | 26 |
| Chicago Department of Human Services, where she was a Human | 27 |
| Resource Specialist for more than 26 years; she retired from | 28 |
| the Chicago Department of Human Services in 1991; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to working and raising a family, Mrs. |
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| Brownlee attended night school, earning a Bachelor of Science | 2 |
| degree in communications from Roosevelt University and a Master | 3 |
| of Social Work degree from Governor State University; in 2003, | 4 |
| she joined the exciting world of entrepreneurship and began her | 5 |
| own business, Vernice's Culinary Delights; and
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| WHEREAS, Even in retirement, Mrs. Brownlee stayed very | 7 |
| active with various community and civic organizations; she was | 8 |
| a board member of the Better Boys Foundation, serving actively | 9 |
| as President of the Parent Council Auxiliary; a member of the | 10 |
| Westside Association of Community Action (WACA); President of | 11 |
| the 2200-2300 Block Club Kildare Avenue; and a member of the | 12 |
| Friends of Bobbie L. Steele Organization; with her soul mate | 13 |
| and daughters, she founded the Care and Share Bus Tour which | 14 |
| organized annual trips to Hot Springs, Arkansas; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Vernice (Taylor) Brownlee has been | 16 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her husband, Thomas 0. | 17 |
| Brownlee, Sr.; her children, Yolanda Maria Brownlee, Thomas | 18 |
| Oliver Brownlee, Jr., and Melva Latrice Brownlee; her mother, | 19 |
| Isabella C. Taylor; her grandchildren, Christian and Catrell | 20 |
| Brownlee; her siblings, Calvin Taylor (Sonia), Lee Dale Taylor | 21 |
| (Louise), Marjorie Taylor James, Hosea Taylor, C.L. Taylor | 22 |
| (Irene), Doretha Taylor Walker, Eunice Taylor Hobbs, and Melvin | 23 |
| Taylor (Renee); her aunt, Ora Mae Rushing; her sister-in-law, | 24 |
| Geraldine Bender; her spiritual godmother, Marie Daggs; and her | 25 |
| many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; she was preceded in | 26 |
| death by her father, Luke Taylor, and her sister, Montrose T. | 27 |
| Hall; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 29 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 30 |
| we mourn the passing of Vernice (Taylor) Brownlee, and we | 31 |
| extend our deepest sympathy to her family, her friends, and all | 32 |
| who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincerest | 3 |
| condolences.
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