Full Text of SR1159 101st 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 Alma Bernadine Taylor Jones of | 4 | | Woodbridge, Virginia, who passed away on April 27, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alma Jones was born to John Henry and Pearl | 6 | | Matthews Taylor in Crenshaw, Mississippi on September 12, 1924; | 7 | | she earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Fisk | 8 | | University in Nashville, Tennessee; she also completed | 9 | | considerable postgraduate studies; Alma married Perkins S. | 10 | | Jones Sr. of Rose Hill, Mississippi, and they had two children | 11 | | together; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Alma Jones enjoyed teaching and was an educator | 13 | | for more than 40 years; she taught in the public schools of | 14 | | Cumberland, Maryland and as a demonstration teacher in the | 15 | | laboratory schools of the Tuskegee Institute and at Alcorn A&M | 16 | | College; she spent more than 20 years as a teacher and reading | 17 | | specialist at Washington Middle School in Springfield; Alma | 18 | | also served two terms as a commissioner of the Education | 19 | | Council; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Alma Jones enjoyed helping | 21 | | others; she volunteered as a literacy tutor at Lawrence | 22 | | Education Center, a St. Johns Hospital Interfaith Caregiver, an |
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| 1 | | A.A.R.P. Lobbyist; an S.I.U. School of Medicine Geriatric | 2 | | Mentor and a Literacy Tutor in Woodbridge, Virginia and for | 3 | | Meals on Wheels; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Alma Jones was a member of Zion Baptist Church | 5 | | prior to relocating to Woodbridge where she united with First | 6 | | Mt. Zion Baptist Church; she was a life member of the | 7 | | N.A.A.C.P. and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Alma was a | 8 | | founding member of the Springfield chapters of the United Negro | 9 | | College Fund and the A.K.A. Sorority; she was also a member of | 10 | | the Springfield Urban League; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alma Jones was preceded in death by her parents; | 12 | | her husband; her two sisters; and her three brothers; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alma Jones is survived by her daughter, Dr. Linda | 14 | | F. 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 | 17 | | nieces, Marva Taylor Salaam and Cecilia Taylor; her nephews, | 18 | | Byron P. Taylor (Georgia), Kermit B. Taylor (Joyce), and Kermit | 19 | | J. Taylor (Bernestine); and her several great nieces, nephews, | 20 | | cousins, and cherished friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 1 | | Alma Bernadine Taylor Jones and extend our sincere
condolences | 2 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be | 3 | | it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 5 | | presented to the family of Alma Jones as an expression of
our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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