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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dollie Louise Goodwin, who passed away on
4January 23, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin was born in Hamilton, Mississippi
6to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lee Nichols on July 28, 1939; she moved
7to Chicago and joined the Portland Street Church of God in
8Christ in Chicago Heights; she graduated from high school on
9June 14, 1957 and married Edward Goodwin on June 8, 1958; she
10earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1976;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin enrolled in a real estate home
13extension course offered by the LaSalle Extension University
14and on January 25, 1977 became a member of the South Suburban
15Board of Realtors; she served on the Women's Council Board of
16the Dearborn Real Estate Board and become an area manager for
17HUD, where she managed over 200 hundred properties; she later
18became a broker and opened Goodwin's Realty; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin continued with her education by
20earning a master's degree in biblical studies in 2011 and a
21doctorate in 2015; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin served as the National Y.P.W.W.
2President of the President's Wives; on July 12, 1984, she took
3the President's Wives and others to the White House and held a
4luncheon on the White House lawn; she served as First Lady of
5Prayer Tower C.O.G.I.C from 1986 to 2018 and as First Lady at
6Portland Street C.O.G.I.C. from 1993 to 1997; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin is survived by her husband of over
859 years, Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin Sr.; her children, Denise
9Wilson (Tylon), Edward Goodwin (Chandra), Gina Johnson
10(Phillip), and Reuben Goodwin Sr. (Kimberly); her
11grandchildren, Glenise Wiley (Timothy), Ivan Williams Jr.
12(Naomi), Ciara Noel (Les III), Reuben Goodwin Jr., Jerlina
13Perkins (Clinton), Kianna Goodwin, Ashley Goodwin, Dominique
14Hardwrick, Briana Goodwin, Joshua Goodwin, Diamond Goodwin,
15and Destiny Goodwin; 13 great-grandchildren; her niece,
16Barbara Ann Claxton (Michael); her nephew, Walter Nichols Jr.
17(Gabrielle); her in-laws, Dr. Bennie Goodwin (Melody), Delores
18Jones, Samuel Goodwin (Gloria) Mable Young, and Cornelius
19Goodwin (Aleda); Prayer Tower C.O.G.I.C.; Portland Street
20C.O.G.I.C., and numerous other relatives and friends;
21therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
23ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
24Dollie Louise Goodwin, and extend our sincere condolences to

 

 

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1her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Dollie Goodwin as an expression of
5our deepest sympathy.