Full Text of SR0894 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of James M. Bailey Sr. of Alton, | 4 | | who died on August 10, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. was born on May 5, 1915, in | 6 | | Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee, to James A. and Rachel | 7 | | Ophelia (Midgett) Bailey; he married Mary Louise Simmons on | 8 | | October 30, 1938, in Marshall, Missouri; they were married for | 9 | | 73 years and had 2 sons, Dr. James "Jimmy Joe" M. Bailey Jr. | 10 | | and Judge Duane L. Bailey; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. graduated from Vashon High School | 12 | | in St. Louis in June 1935 and was later inducted into their | 13 | | hall of fame; he graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson | 14 | | City, Missouri in 1939, with a bachelor of science degree in | 15 | | education; he was the first person to pledge the Eta Sigma | 16 | | Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at Lincoln University and | 17 | | was later inducted into their hall of fame and received their | 18 | | Distinguished Alumni Award; he received a masters of science | 19 | | degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in | 20 | | 1948; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. began his career in education as | 22 | | a teacher and coach at Garfield High School in Mexico, |
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| 1 | | Missouri; he served the Alton school district for 3 years as a | 2 | | teacher, coach, junior high school assistant principal, junior | 3 | | high school principal, and administrative supervising | 4 | | principal of elementary schools; he served 10 years with the | 5 | | district as the assistant principal of Alton High School and | 6 | | assistant to the superintendent of schools; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, the library at the new Alton High School | 8 | | was named the James M. Bailey Library; he was elected to the | 9 | | city council as the first African-American alderman for the | 10 | | city of Alton, which he served for 10 years; he was appointed | 11 | | as Alton's first African-American comptroller, in which | 12 | | capacity he served for 6 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. was active in many organizations | 14 | | throughout his lifetime; he was co-founder of the Elijah P. | 15 | | Lovejoy Memorial, organizer and first chairman of the board of | 16 | | the Madison County Equal Economic Opportunity Commission, | 17 | | organizer for the Madison County Headstart Program, and board | 18 | | member and chairman for the Hayner Public Library Board; he was | 19 | | a member of the Alton-Wood River chapter of the American Red | 20 | | Cross, the St. Louis Metro-East Higher Education Coordinating | 21 | | Council Advisory Committee, East-West Gateway Advisory | 22 | | Committee, the ad hoc committee to promote legislation to | 23 | | establish Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, the ad | 24 | | hoc committee to organize and promote the referendum to |
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| 1 | | establish Lewis and Clark Community College-Godfrey; he was a | 2 | | past chairman of the Selective Service Board of Appeals of | 3 | | Southern Illinois and past member of St. Joseph's Hospital | 4 | | Advisory Committee; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. was a charter member of the Unity | 6 | | Fellowship Church and was a former member of Allen Chapel AME | 7 | | Church, where he served as a trustee and treasurer; he received | 8 | | many awards for his community service, including the Alton | 9 | | Human Relations Award, Brotherhood Award, Alton Community | 10 | | Citizens Award, Lovejoy Human Rights Award, NAACP's | 11 | | Outstanding Citizen Award, Madison County Urban League Award, | 12 | | 100 Black Men Award, Illinois Association Club Women, Inc. "Man | 13 | | of the Year" Award, and the Kimmel Leadership Award; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. was preceded in death by his | 15 | | parents, James A. and Rachel Ophelia Bailey; his brothers, | 16 | | Raymond, Gilbert, and Robert Bailey; and his sisters, Gladys | 17 | | Ellis, Claris Burnett, and Claudine Lewis; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, James Bailey Sr. is survived by his wife, Mary | 19 | | Louise; his sons, Dr. James (Michelle) Bailey and Judge Duane | 20 | | L. (Lois M. Holmes) Bailey; his granddaughters, Tori R. Bailey, | 21 | | Laruen T. Bailey, and Carmen L. Bailey; his grandson, James M. | 22 | | Bailey III; his great-granddaughters, Sacha N. Brown and Elona | 23 | | M. Williams; his brother and sisters-in-law, Jasper Simmons, |
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| 1 | | Richard (Sallie) Simmons, and Martha A. Green; and a host of | 2 | | cousins, nieces, nephews, friends, and a special niece, Nancy | 3 | | Clark; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | James Bailey Sr., and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of James Bailey Sr. as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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