Full Text of SR0767 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Julia Louise Yarbrough, who passed away | 4 | | on December 28, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Julia Yarbrough was born on September 22, 1953; | 6 | | her parents were Rayford Maye and Louise Johnson; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Julia Yarbrough confessed her belief in Christ at | 8 | | an early age and joined Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Coatopa, | 9 | | Alabama; after leaving Alabama, she met Rayfield Yarbrough Sr. | 10 | | in the early 1970s; she later joined a loving fellowship with | 11 | | the Gideon Missionary Baptist Church in Waukegan for 43 years, | 12 | | where she served and was a faithful and loyal member of the | 13 | | Christian Education Ministry, the First Aide Ministry, the | 14 | | Youth Ministry, and the Deaconess Board; she and her husband | 15 | | later moved to Florence, Alabama, where she served as a mother | 16 | | at Ekklesia Ministries; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Julia Yarbrough worked for Abbott Laboratory for | 18 | | 32 years until her retirement in 2005; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Julia Yarbrough was preceded in death by her | 20 | | father; her grandmother, Addie B. Harris; her aunts, Katie Mae | 21 | | Moore and Renissa Miller; her uncle, William Miller; her |
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| 1 | | grandparents, Johnnie Miller, Sr. and Katie Miller; her | 2 | | sister-in-law, Rosie Lee Yarbrough; her nephew, Michael | 3 | | Spears; and her sister, Ruthie Maye; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Julia Yarbrough is survived by her husband of 42 | 5 | | years, Rayfield Yarbrough, Sr.; her son, Rev. Rayfield | 6 | | Yarbrough, Jr. (Qiana); her daughters, Porsha Edwards | 7 | | (Michael) and Candra Yarbrough (Kendrid); her mother; her | 8 | | brothers, Roy Green, James Finch, Mack Miller, Larry Miller, | 9 | | Marshall Johnson, Mark Johnson, Rodney Maye, Keenan Maye, and | 10 | | Shay Maye; her sisters, Gail Johnson, Judy Johnson, Lisa | 11 | | Ramsey, Tasha Stevenson, Egypt Johnson, Regina Maye, Rayeanne | 12 | | Cunningham, Ratanya Wiker, and Bonnie Santiago; her | 13 | | grandchildren, Jalen Yarbrough, Jordan Yarbrough, Raven | 14 | | Edwards, Jeremiah Wheeler-Yarbrough, and Brooklyn Edwards; her | 15 | | dearest cousins, Josephine Woods, Min. Carrie Moore, Ruby Mae | 16 | | West, William Miller, Rev. Richard Miller, and Louis Sellers; | 17 | | her dearest friends, Thelma Williams, Dora King and Cassie | 18 | | Gray, Verner Duty, Cecilia Pryor, and Annie White; and her | 19 | | adopted children, Carla Baldwin, Keyosha Emerson, Apostle and | 20 | | Pastor Fitzgerald and their daughters, Willie (Kendra) | 21 | | Rounsaville, Robert (Sharlett) James, Alvin (Seren) Young, and | 22 | | Theo Allen; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 24 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her |
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| 1 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Julia Louise | 2 | | Yarbrough; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Julia Yarbrough as an expression of | 5 | | our sympathy.
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