Full Text of HR0651 094th General Assembly
HR0651 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly was sad to learn of the death | 3 |
| of Jeune Jackson-Thompson on Monday, October 10, 2005; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Jeune Jackson-Thompson was born March 21, 1953 to | 5 |
| Johnny and June Jackson in Chicago, Illinois; she was the | 6 |
| beloved sister of Willard (Chickie) Moody; she was blessed with | 7 |
| a foster grandmother, Elnora Johnson, until the age of | 8 |
| fourteen; in 1967 she became the adopted daughter of J.D. and | 9 |
| Mary Springfield and acquired five loving sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune attended and completed Willard Elementary | 11 |
| and DuSable High School; she furthered her education by | 12 |
| attending nursing school and worked at Park West Medical | 13 |
| Center; when Jeune had the opportunity, she changed careers to | 14 |
| her true passion, entertainment; Jeune was a shining light to | 15 |
| all who entered the doors at Black Entertainment Television | 16 |
| (BET) for the past seven years, and she will be sorely missed | 17 |
| by her co-workers; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune married Sherman Thompson and acquired a | 19 |
| stepdaughter, Tina; to this union, one son, Courtney Thompson, | 20 |
| would be born; Jeune was the kind of mother everyone would | 21 |
| want, loving, understanding, supportive, a good provider and a | 22 |
| best friend to her son Courtney; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune accepted Christ at an early age; during her | 24 |
| early teens, she joined the SCLC Operation Breadbasket Choir | 25 |
| and also united with the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church; | 26 |
| the choir was an intricate part of Jeune's life and was | 27 |
| enriched by her voice and keen ear for music; the Breadbasket | 28 |
| Choir evolved into what is now known as the National | 29 |
| Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Choir; Jeune's activities in the choir | 30 |
| fused her passion for music and social justice, enabling her to | 31 |
| travel the country on behalf of African American people to |
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| picket lines, marches and rallies; emerging from this choir was | 2 |
| a group who call themselves The Ascensions, whose members | 3 |
| included Eric Thomas, Cenita Scott, Kim Steel, Cynthia Rainey, | 4 |
| and Jeune; Jeune could always tell when someone was off key and | 5 |
| in the sweetest of ways, quietly put them back on note; they | 6 |
| achieved huge success as they traveled the country working with | 7 |
| such name artists as Walter Jackson, Gene Chandler, and the | 8 |
| late Reverend Marvin Yancy; even today, they are still | 9 |
| achieving success at the opening act for great artists, | 10 |
| including Jennifer Holliday; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune leaves surviving her husband, Sherman; her | 12 |
| son, Courtney; her stepdaughter, Tina; her mother, June | 13 |
| Jackson; her brother, Willard (Barbara) Moody; her mother, Mary | 14 |
| Springfield; a sister-in-law, Linda Henderson; five sisters: | 15 |
| Tracy (George) Simmons, Cenita (Bill) Scott, Cindy (Dan) | 16 |
| Newhold, Gail Hawkins, and Michael (Reggie) Peterson; an aunt, | 17 |
| Lovana S. Jones; two uncles, Harvey Day and Bradley Walker; 2 | 18 |
| grandchildren, 22 nieces, 19 nephews; numerous cousins | 19 |
| including Toni and Suzette Fitzpatrick; and a host of loving | 20 |
| relatives and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Jeune Jackson-Thompson will be greatly missed, | 22 |
| especially by her friends and family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 24 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 25 |
| we mourn the death of Jeune Jackson-Thompson; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 27 |
| the family of Jeune Jackson-Thompson as an expression of our | 28 |
| deepest sympathy.
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