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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Alma Bernadine Taylor Jones of
4Woodbridge, Virginia, who passed away on April 27, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Alma Jones was born to John Henry and Pearl
6Matthews Taylor in Crenshaw, Mississippi on September 12, 1924;
7she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Fisk
8University in Nashville, Tennessee; she also completed
9considerable postgraduate studies; Alma married Perkins S.
10Jones Sr. of Rose Hill, Mississippi, and they had two children
11together; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Alma Jones enjoyed teaching and was an educator
13for more than 40 years; she taught in the public schools of
14Cumberland, Maryland and as a demonstration teacher in the
15laboratory schools of the Tuskegee Institute and at Alcorn A&M
16College; she spent more than 20 years as a teacher and reading
17specialist at Washington Middle School in Springfield; Alma
18also served two terms as a commissioner of the Education
19Council; and
 
20    WHEREAS, After retirement, Alma Jones enjoyed helping
21others; she volunteered as a literacy tutor at Lawrence
22Education Center, a St. Johns Hospital Interfaith Caregiver, an

 

 

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1A.A.R.P. Lobbyist; an S.I.U. School of Medicine Geriatric
2Mentor and a Literacy Tutor in Woodbridge, Virginia and for
3Meals on Wheels; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Alma Jones was a member of Zion Baptist Church
5prior to relocating to Woodbridge where she united with First
6Mt. Zion Baptist Church; she was a life member of the
7N.A.A.C.P. and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Alma was a
8founding member of the Springfield chapters of the United Negro
9College Fund and the A.K.A. Sorority; she was also a member of
10the Springfield Urban League; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Alma Jones was preceded in death by her parents;
12her husband; her two sisters; and her three brothers; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Alma Jones is survived by her daughter, Dr. Linda
14F. Jones-Turner (C.A.); her son, Dr. Perkins S. Jones Jr.
15(Sheila); her step-granddaughter, Kelisha Turner-Taylor
16(William); her two great-grandchildren, Amarria and Liam; her
17nieces, Marva Taylor Salaam and Cecilia Taylor; her nephews,
18Byron P. Taylor (Georgia), Kermit B. Taylor (Joyce), and Kermit
19J. Taylor (Bernestine); and her several great nieces, nephews,
20cousins, and cherished friends; therefore, be it
 
21    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
22ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Alma Bernadine Taylor Jones and extend our sincere condolences
2to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be
3it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Alma Jones as an expression of our
6deepest sympathy.