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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Annalicia Davis-Johnson of Chicago, who
4 passed away on September 30, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was born on June 16, 1964
6 in Chicago; her parents were James and Annabell Davis; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was baptized at an early
8 age at the Hopeful Missionary Baptist Church; she later joined
9 the First Church of Deliverance, where she served faithfully
10 until her passing; she loved to sing and participated on
11 various committees and programs in the church, being most proud
12 of singing in the choir; she was well known as the "diva" at
13 her church; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson received her education
15 through the Chicago Public School system, attending John Hope
16 Elementary School and graduating from Tilden High School; she
17 went on to complete her undergraduate studies at Robert Morris
18 College, receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration
19 degree with high scholastic honors, graduating Summa Cum Laude
20 in 2005; she was also a member of Sigma Beta Delta; after
21 receiving her B.B.A., she continued her graduate studies at
22 Robert Morris, receiving her Masters of Business

 

 

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1 Administration degree in 2007; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson worked for the Loyola
3 University Medical Center as an Accounting Supervisor/Auditor
4 and later for the Chicago Housing Authority as a Project
5 Coordinator; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson was preceded in death by
7 her mother and her brother, Johnnie Lee Brown; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson is survived by her
9 beloved father, James Davis (Catherine); her sisters, Sonya
10 Franklin (Kenneth), Rosie McSwain, and Jeanette Hall; her great
11 aunt and uncle, Eliza and Louis Harding; her aunts, Sandra
12 Simpson, Denise Davenport, Brenda Johnson, Frances Mae Davis,
13 Eola Mayfield, and Estelle Williams; her uncles, Spergeon
14 Mitchell, Roosevelt Simpson, and Thomas Davis; her nephews,
15 Craig, Charles, Pierre, and Kendall; and her special adopted
16 grandmother; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Annalicia Davis-Johnson will be remembered by all
18 who knew and loved her as a strong willed, determined, and
19 courageous individual who didn't let anything get in her way to
20 slow her down until she completed what she set out to do;
21 therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Annalicia Davis-Johnson;
4 and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Annalicia Davis-Johnson as an
7 expression of our sympathy.