Full Text of SR0205 098th General Assembly
SR0205 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0205 | | LRB098 11618 GRL 44012 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Robbie Jean Mangum Sykes; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes was born on August 29, 1940, in | 5 | | Memphis, Tennessee; her parents were Deacon Robert and Julia | 6 | | Hess Mangum; she married Dr. Reginald Sykes in 1963; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes attended Memphis Public Schools and | 8 | | the famous Booker T. Washington High School; she then earned a | 9 | | full 4-year scholarship to the University of Arkansas at Pine | 10 | | Bluff, where she earned her bachelor's degree in education; she | 11 | | was active in many social and academic clubs on campus and | 12 | | served as one of the soloists in the college's renowned Vesper | 13 | | Choir; she was chosen for Who's Who in American Colleges and | 14 | | Universities and later went on to attend Chicago State | 15 | | University; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes began her teaching career in Memphis; | 17 | | she later began a four-decade long teaching career at Betsy | 18 | | Ross Elementary in Chicago; she subsequently taught primary | 19 | | grades at Bryn Mawr School (later Bouchet Math and Science | 20 | | Academy); she retired from Bouchet in 2005 after many years of | 21 | | service; following her retirement, she enjoyed teaching her | 22 | | grandchildren in the basement of her home; and
|
| | | SR0205 | - 2 - | LRB098 11618 GRL 44012 r |
|
| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes was a greatly demanded and highly | 2 | | regarded soloist throughout Chicago and Memphis; her | 3 | | wide-ranging repertoire included classical and gospel | 4 | | selections; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes was an active and dedicated member of | 6 | | Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as a | 7 | | trustee, assistant treasurer, and treasurer; she was a member | 8 | | of the Gospel Chorus, the Beautifying Club, Sunday School, and | 9 | | the Pinkie Reid Mission Circle of Senior Mission #2; she was | 10 | | also a member of the Love Ensemble, a non-profit musical group, | 11 | | and participated in numerous civic and community activities; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes was preceded in death by her | 14 | | siblings, Ernest, Mary Lillie, Vivian Nell, Louis, and James; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Robbie Sykes is survived by her loving husband, | 17 | | Reginald; her children, Regina Sykes-Hawkins (Stephen), Rhonda | 18 | | Sykes-Willis (Gregory) and Reginald Sykes II (Renee); her | 19 | | grandchildren, Robbie, Raven, Imani, Robynn, and Reginald III; | 20 | | her sisters, Julia Ward (Elder Lee Ward) and Verna Jones; her | 21 | | brother-in-law, Larry Sykes; and her many other relatives, | 22 | | friends, neighbors, former students, adopted children, and her |
| | | SR0205 | - 3 - | LRB098 11618 GRL 44012 r |
|
| 1 | | beloved W.H.G. Sisters; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 | | her family and friends, the passing of Robbie Jean Mangum | 5 | | Sykes; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Robbie Sykes as an expression of our | 8 | | sympathy.
|
|