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90_SR0227
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Audrey LaRue Jones; and
4 WHEREAS, Audrey LaRue Jones was born in Kosiusko,
5 Mississippi on February 7, 1943; her parents were Mr. and
6 Mrs. Henry Curtis Redmond; she gave her life to Christ at an
7 early age and continued to serve Him throughout her life; on
8 December 23, 1966, she married Elmer David Jones; and
9 WHEREAS, Audrey LaRue Jones was a graduate of Tipton
10 Street High School in Kosiusko; she received her Bachelor's
11 degree from Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi
12 and her Master's degree from Indiana State University; and
13 WHEREAS, Audrey LaRue Jones was a Sunday School teacher,
14 Usher Board member, and a faithful member at Wesley Bethel
15 United Methodist Church; she was a member and past officer of
16 Jack and Jill of America; she was a member of the St. Clair
17 County Teachers' Union; she was a participant in the Diabetic
18 Prevention Program at St. Louis Children's Hospital; and
19 WHEREAS, Audrey LaRue Jones taught in the Memphis Public
20 School before her marriage; she then taught at Martin Luther
21 King Jr. High School; she was currently teaching at East St.
22 Louis Sr. High School; Mrs. Jones will be remembered for her
23 love of her students and children; and
24 WHEREAS, Audrey LaRue Jones is survived by her husband,
25 Elmer David Jones; her daughter, Kimberly Annette; her son,
26 Curtis Marquis; her two brothers, Henry Redmond and his wife,
27 Cora, and Jerry Redmond and his wife, Ellen Bessell; her
28 brothers-in-law, Frederick Jones and his wife, Catherine,
29 Charles Jones, Jesse Jones, Robert Jones, and Ronald Jones;
30 her sisters-in-law, Selma Clemons, and Karen Brown and her
31 husband, Robert; her godchildren, Robert D. Bailey, Mitree
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1 Jenkins, and Tikki Austin; her aunts, Annie Ethel Dancy and
2 Samantha Redmond; her adopted family, Lorine N. Purham and
3 family; her many nieces, nephews, cousins, students,
4 co-workers, church family, and friends; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
6 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her
7 family and friends, the death of Audrey LaRue Jones of East
8 St. Louis, Illinois; may they find a measure of comfort in
9 this time of loss; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Audrey LaRue Jones.