Full Text of SR1532 100th 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 Jerome Samuel Johnson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Johnson was born to Milton P. and Katherine
| 5 | | Goolsby Johnson on November 25, 1946; he attended Kozminski | 6 | | Elementary School and Hyde Park High School; he served in the | 7 | | United States Army in Vietnam, where he
achieved the rank of | 8 | | 1st Lieutenant and served as commanding officer of his platoon; | 9 | | his leadership
was widely publicized by former United States | 10 | | Senator and Secretary of Defense, Charles Hagel,
who served | 11 | | under Jerome; he earned two Silver Stars for his service; he | 12 | | married Laura Meriweather on September 6, 1969; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Johnson retired from Commonwealth Edison | 14 | | and embarked on a second career as a funeral director; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Johnson was affectionately known as | 16 | | "Rome"; he was a part-time comedian, part-time biblical
| 17 | | scholar, part-time philosopher, and full-time man of leisure; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Johnson was preceded in death by his | 20 | | parents; his mother-in-love,
Anna Ruth Meriweather; his | 21 | | siblings, Milton Jr., Ronald/Jason, Joyce, Alice, Melvin, |
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| 1 | | Jerrel, and John;
his nephew, David Heard, and his niece, | 2 | | Katrice Johnson; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jerome Johnson is survived by his wife, Laura; his | 4 | | sons, Joel (Karla), Justin, and Joshua; his grandsons, Khalil | 5 | | and
Hasan; his siblings, Marla Jean, Marvin, Perry, Karen, | 6 | | Janice Webb, and Jeffery; and numerous nieces,
nephews, | 7 | | cousins, extended family, friends, and colleagues; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Jerome Samuel Johnson, and extend our sincere condolences to | 12 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Jerome Johnson as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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