Full Text of SR1100 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Florida Hayden, who passed away on | 4 | | July 4, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden was born to Climmie Sanders Sr. | 6 | | and Malissa Page-Sanders in Bolton, Mississippi on March 14, | 7 | | 1934; she attended St. Thomas School for her primary education | 8 | | and graduated from Campbell College High School in Jackson, | 9 | | Mississippi; she received her college degree from Morris Brown | 10 | | College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1956; she married Robert | 11 | | Alexander Hayden Jr. at Second Baptist Church in Maywood in | 12 | | 1960, and they had two children, Robert A. "Bobby" Hayden III | 13 | | and Gina L. Hayden; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden began her career as a teacher at | 15 | | Washington Elementary School in Maywood in 1963; she taught | 16 | | third grade for over 25 years, providing a strong base for her | 17 | | students to learn, mature, and become good citizens; she was | 18 | | known as a strong disciplinarian with a loving and good heart, | 19 | | and she treated her students as if they were her own children; | 20 | | she spent her remaining five or six years in education in the | 21 | | upper grades, even spending time as a student coordinator; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden committed to her faith at a young |
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| 1 | | age; she was baptized at Saint Thomas Missionary Baptist | 2 | | Church; after moving from Mississippi to Illinois, she joined | 3 | | the Second Baptist Church in Maywood in 1958; she faithfully | 4 | | served the church, including offering travel and support to | 5 | | the Young People's Choir; she was also a member of the Women's | 6 | | Day Committee, where she served as both a co-chairman and | 7 | | chairman over the years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden's pastimes included maintaining | 9 | | her lawn and flowers and keeping a well-manicured look to her | 10 | | home; she enjoyed former students stopping by her home for | 11 | | conversation and to reminisce; she will be remembered for her | 12 | | deep faith, her love for molding minds, and the wisdom she | 13 | | offered to share; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden was preceded in death by her | 15 | | parents; her brothers, Walter Albert "Jack", David, and | 16 | | Climmie Jr.; and her sister, Florence Funchess; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Florida Hayden is survived by her husband, | 18 | | Robert; her son, Bobby; her daughter, Gina; her grandson, | 19 | | Justin (Heather); her great-grandson, Landon; a host of | 20 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; and many students; therefore, be | 21 | | it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Florida Hayden and extend our sincere condolences to her | 3 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Florida Hayden as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy.
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