HR1040 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara Jones Green of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Tennessee State University in 1965; she earned her Master of Science degree in Social Work from Spertus College in 1999; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green served with distinction as the Executive Director of the Lakeside Community Committee, a multi-faceted, nationally accredited child welfare, youth delinquency prevention, and family stabilization agency which provides a variety of services to at-risk teens and needy adults of all ages in the Greater Grand Boulevard and other Southside communities of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder and President/CEO of Jonette Products Enterprise, Ltd., a diverse concession management and management systems corporation that has provided its services for many local and State organizations; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of the Golfing Friends of Chicago, a charitable organization that has provided over $400,000 in educational scholarships to needy students throughout the Chicago area in a single year; she was also involved with such worthy causes as United Way, AfriCare, Vision of Freedom, Southern University, Xavier University, and Haven House; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was an active member in her community; she served as the chairperson of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee for Historic Preservation of Bronzeville; she served on the Board of Directors of the Halfway House for Girls of Crestwood, Illinois; she served as Vice Chairman of the Chicago Board of Appeals from 1983 until 1990; she was also involved in the Illinois Public Aid Advisory Council, The Links, Incorporated, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, The Moles, Incorporated, and The Carousels, Incorporated; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the recipient of many awards in honor of her civic accomplishments, including a 2005 T.W.O. Business Leader Award, a 2005 Phenomenal Woman Award, a 2003 HANS Foundation Award, a 1998 Cook County Women's Commission Unsung Heroine Award, a nomination for a 1992 Dollars and Sense Magazine's America's Best and Brightest Award, a 1992 Illinois DCFS Clara Muhammad Foundation Award, a Chicago Housing Authority Central Advisory Council's Meritorious Service Award in 1992, a Woodson North and South Schools Partnership with Youth Outstanding Leadership Award in 1992, a Beasley Academic Center's Commitment to Education Award in 1991, and a National Council of Negro Women Lena Walker Outstanding Businessman's Award in 1984; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green's love of life and ability to live it to the fullest endeared her to her family members, friends, and all who knew her, and enabled her to enrich their lives in ways they will never forget; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Barbara Jones Green; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Barbara Jones Green as an expression of our sympathy.