Full Text of HR0483 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Karen | 4 | | Jones; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones was born on July 1, 1966; her parents | 6 | | were the late Barbara Ann and Kenneth Jones; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones graduated from Proviso East High | 8 | | School in 1984; as a role model to her daughter, she enrolled | 9 | | in Benedictine University, where she acquired an associate's | 10 | | degree with honors in 2006; she went on to receive a bachelor's | 11 | | degree in 2008 and a master's degree in leadership in May of | 12 | | 2012; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a teenager, Karen Jones joined Second Baptist | 14 | | Church of Maywood and was baptized under the pastorate of | 15 | | Reverend Wallace Sykes; at the time of her passing, she | 16 | | attended New Life Covenant Church under the pastorate of John | 17 | | Hannah; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones was employed at Proviso West High | 19 | | School in an administrative capacity for 14 years; she also | 20 | | sponsored and championed the PIP Dance Ministry and wrote and | 21 | | produced several inspirational plays, which always reached the |
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| 1 | | community with messages of hope and redemption through the | 2 | | ministry of dance and drama; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones founded, supported, sponsored and | 4 | | served numerous organizations, including the Founder of Real | 5 | | Women Ministries, the Beyond Beautiful Young Women's | 6 | | Conference, and the Passion to Praise Production Company; she | 7 | | served as the young women's guidance counselor for the John C. | 8 | | Vaughns Scholarship Fund, a prayer facilitator for the Rock of | 9 | | Ages Foundations of Faith, and a new members facilitator at | 10 | | Victory Cathedral; she was also a member of the Change | 11 | | Community Choir and the James Hamilton Singers; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Karen Jones will be missed dearly by her loving | 13 | | daughter, Rebecca Stenson; her sister, Carlotta Renee Plummer; | 14 | | her nephews, Kevin (Tisha) and Kenneth; her great-nieces and | 15 | | great-nephews, Tyrone, Ashlie, Tierra, and Kamaal; her special | 16 | | nieces, Sonja (Chris) and Tracy; her godchildren, Michael | 17 | | Porter and Janae Curry; her aunts and uncles, Frances, Janet, | 18 | | Pat (Solomon), Richard, Shirley (Ken), and Pearl; her many | 19 | | cousins; her father in the faith, Dr. Copeland, and her mentor, | 20 | | Dr. Tanesha Pittman; and her friends, Arenia, Marcia, Laketha, | 21 | | Talonda, Alisa, Wonderlyn, and Shanna; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 2 | | Karen Jones; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Karen Jones as an expression of our | 5 | | sympathy.
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