Full Text of SR0577 094th General Assembly
SR0577 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 Jeune Thompson of Chicago | 4 |
| on October 10, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune was born March 21, 1953, to Johnny and June | 6 |
| Jackson in Chicago; in 1965, she became the adopted daughter of | 7 |
| J.D. and Mary Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune attended and completed Willard Elementary | 9 |
| and DuSable High School; her high school friends knew she was | 10 |
| beautiful both inside and out and elected her Homecoming Queen; | 11 |
| Jeune furthered her education by attending nursing school and | 12 |
| worked at Park West Medical Center; when she had the | 13 |
| opportunity, Jeune changed careers to her true passion, | 14 |
| entertainment, working for the past 7 years at Black | 15 |
| Entertainment Television (BET); and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune accepted Christ at an early age; she joined | 17 |
| the SCLC Operation Breadbasket Choir and united with the | 18 |
| Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church during her early teens; | 19 |
| her activities in the choir fused her passion for music and | 20 |
| social justice, enabling her to travel the country on behalf of | 21 |
| African American people to picket lines, marches, and rallies; | 22 |
| Jeune was sweet, kind, and considerate, the epitome of what a | 23 |
| Christian should be; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Jeune Thompson has been deeply felt | 25 |
| by many, especially her husband, Sherman Thompson; her son and | 26 |
| stepdaughter, Courtney and Tina; her mother, June Jackson, her | 27 |
| brother, Willard (Barbara) Moody; her mother, Mary | 28 |
| Springfield; her sister-in-law, Linda Henderson; her 5 | 29 |
| sisters, Tracy (George) Simmons, Cenita (Bill) Scott, Cindi | 30 |
| (Danny) Newbold, Gail Hawkins, and Michael (Reggie) Peterson; | 31 |
| her aunt, Lovana S. Jones; her uncles, Harvey Day and Bradley |
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| Walker; her 2 grandchildren, 22 nieces, and 19 nephews; | 2 |
| numerous cousins, including Toni and Suzette Fitzpatrick and | 3 |
| Tim Walker; some very special friends, Athens, Bathsheba, | 4 |
| Deborah, Eric, John, Kim, Pam, and Sharon; and a host of loving | 5 |
| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Jeune Thompson, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 13 |
| sympathy.
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