Full Text of SR0446 94th General Assembly
SR0446 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Carolyn Gloria Hunter | 4 |
| Moody; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moody was born October 3, 1921, in Meridian, | 6 |
| Mississippi, to James Washington Hunter and Esther Evans | 7 |
| Hunter; she attended Talladega and Hunter Colleges and earned a | 8 |
| bachelor's degree froth Tougaloo College with a major in | 9 |
| sociology and minors in music and history; her M.A. in | 10 |
| elementary education, plus 30 hours above, was earned at | 11 |
| Southern University with additional studies at LSU; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1948, she and Horace W. Moody married in | 13 |
| Ruston, Louisiana, and moved to Baton Rouge, where she became a | 14 |
| member of her husband's family church, Bethel AME; prior to her | 15 |
| marriage, she had been an active member of First Congregational | 16 |
| Church of Meridian, Mississippi, from an early age; throughout | 17 |
| the years she was actively involved at both churches in many | 18 |
| capacities, including as a Sunday school teacher, music | 19 |
| director, cherubim choir director, youth advisor, organist and | 20 |
| pianist, chancel choir member, vacation Bible school | 21 |
| coordinator, and president of the Orah N. Evans Women's | 22 |
| Missionary Society; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Moody led with distinction for nearly sixty | 24 |
| years in the numerous social and civic organizations in which | 25 |
| she participated; she was a golden member of the Gamma Eta | 26 |
| Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a member of | 27 |
| The Matrons Club, and the Southern University Chapter of Phi | 28 |
| Delta Kappa International, where in 2000, she was awarded the | 29 |
| National Service Key Award for 25 years of service; she was | 30 |
| also a member of the Board of Directors of the Audubon Girl | 31 |
| Scout Council and the YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge and served as | 32 |
| strategic advisor to the J.K. Haynes Elementary Charter School; |
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| WHEREAS, She was a dedicated and innovative educator; she | 3 |
| taught at Buchanan Elementary for more than 20 years and became | 4 |
| principal at South Blvd Elementary School in the late 1970s; | 5 |
| during her tenure at South Blvd, she initiated for the East | 6 |
| Baton Rouge Parish School System the Extended Day Program, a | 7 |
| program designed to accommodate the needs of working parents, | 8 |
| including before and after school arts enrichment, academic | 9 |
| tutoring, sports activities, and special interest clubs for | 10 |
| children; the program continues today throughout the State of | 11 |
| Louisiana; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Carolyn Gloria Hunter Moody has | 13 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially her daughters, Esther | 14 |
| Moody Collins, Dr. Sarah Moody-Thomas and husband Attorney | 15 |
| Vernon Thomas, and Carolyn Yvette Moody; her sons, Horace | 16 |
| Wesley Moody, Jr., and wife Rhonda Faye Wilcox Moody, Rev. | 17 |
| James Merrick Moody, Sr., and wife Corlis Smith Moody, Charles | 18 |
| Eric Moody, and William Frederick Moody and wife Laura Byrnes | 19 |
| Moody; her sister, Barbara Hunter Williams and husband, Jeff | 20 |
| Williams; her 18 grandchildren; and her 10 | 21 |
| great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her parents; | 22 |
| ten siblings; her husband of 50 years, Horace Wesley Moody, | 23 |
| Sr.; and her grandson, William Frederick Moody; therefore, be | 24 |
| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 26 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 27 |
| Carolyn Gloria Hunter Moody, and we extend our sincere | 28 |
| condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 29 |
| her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 31 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 32 |
| sympathy.
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