Full Text of SR0461 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ernestine Jackson, who passed away on | 4 | | September 6, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was born to Isaac Humes Sr. and | 6 | | Mary (Washington) Humes in Benoit, Mississippi on June 23, | 7 | | 1940; she married Donald R. Jackson Sr. at the former St. | 8 | | Patrick's Catholic Church in Peoria on January 21, 1961; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was a force for equal | 10 | | opportunity throughout Central Illinois for almost 50 years, | 11 | | beginning her career in equal opportunity and affirmative | 12 | | action at the University of Illinois in the late 1960s; while | 13 | | civil rights activists were in the streets of Peoria, pushing | 14 | | for equal opportunity in jobs, housing, and education, she | 15 | | often found herself inside city hall, pushing to end | 16 | | discriminatory practices; she was the first director of fair | 17 | | employment and housing for the City of Peoria, assistant to | 18 | | the city manager for Champaign, director of diversity for | 19 | | CILCO, a personnel officer for the University of Illinois, and | 20 | | human relations director for Bloomington; she last served as | 21 | | the EEOC director for the City of Bloomington, retiring in | 22 | | 2015 at the age of 75; though her job titles changed from city | 23 | | to city, her duties were always similar; her work meant |
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| 1 | | countless others were hired, promoted, or awarded business | 2 | | contracts; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was active in many | 4 | | organizations, including the Illinois Municipal Human | 5 | | Relations Association, the Illinois Affirmative Action | 6 | | Officers Association, and the Colored Ladies Book Club; she | 7 | | served as an officer or member of several state and local | 8 | | committees of the NAACP; she was elected to the board of Peoria | 9 | | Public Schools District 150 in 2015, representing District 3; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was a founding member of | 12 | | Liberty Church of Peoria; her lifelong love of singing led her | 13 | | to join school and church choirs; she was a founding member of | 14 | | the Heritage Ensemble; she was a 2023 honoree of the Peoria | 15 | | Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta's annual Sisterhood and | 16 | | Legends Celebration; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was most proud of being a wife, | 18 | | mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and | 19 | | great-great-grandmother; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson was preceded in death by her | 21 | | parents; her mother-in-law, Kathlyn (Francis) Williams; her | 22 | | brother, Robert Humes; and her sister, Geneva Jackson-Grant; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ernestine Jackson is survived by her husband of | 3 | | 62 years, Donald R. Jackson Sr.; her sons, Donald Jackson Jr., | 4 | | Dale (Diane Linda) Jackson, and Deric (Hannah Puffer) Jackson; | 5 | | her brothers, Issac (Delores) Humes Jr. and Richard (Gladys) | 6 | | Humes; her sisters, Maggie Jenkins and Tracy (Eugene) Gathers; | 7 | | her grandchildren, Desirae (Duane Simmons) Jackson, Mario | 8 | | Jackson, Sofia Jackson, Lewyn Jackson, Tiffany (Dominique) | 9 | | Hobbs, and Randy Jackson Jr.; 12 great-grandchildren; three | 10 | | great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, | 11 | | family, and friends; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Ernestine Jackson and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Ernestine Jackson as an expression | 19 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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