Full Text of SR0193 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 Chicago Alderman JoAnn Thompson, who | 4 | | passed away on February 9, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, JoAnn Thompson was born in Chicago on September | 6 | | 18, 1956 to Exlean Gosa and Thomas Fowler; she married Joseph | 7 | | "Ricky" Thompson; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, JoAnn Thompson joined the Cook County Sheriff's | 9 | | Department in 1995 and worked her way up the ranks to | 10 | | Lieutenant; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, JoAnn Thompson was inaugurated as the 54th | 12 | | Alderman of the 16th Ward on May 21, 2007; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, JoAnn Thompson was preceded in death by her | 14 | | husband, Joseph; her parents; and her sisters, Naomi Mayfield, | 15 | | Kitty Mae Ware, and LaRose Ellis; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, JoAnn Thompson is survived by her son, Joseph; her | 17 | | daughters, Melanie and Latrece; her grandchildren, DeVonte | 18 | | Thompson, Jessica Gines, Jerrika Gines, Ernest Gibson, and | 19 | | Maiyah Carlo; her step-father, Birdsee Gosa; her brother, | 20 | | Alfred Ellis; her sisters, Elaine Poole, Janette Henderson |
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| 1 | | (Rev. Clifford Henderson) and Clemteen Hunt; her aunt; and a | 2 | | host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, colleagues; and her | 3 | | 16th Ward family; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Chicago Alderman JoAnn Thompson, and extend our sincere | 7 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 8 | | her; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of JoAnn Thompson as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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