Full Text of SR0023 95th General Assembly
SR0023 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Charlotte M. Brown of Alton, who passed | 4 |
| away on January 4, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Benjamin A. Brown on November 23, | 6 |
| 1963; she was a proud graduate of Alton High School and | 7 |
| attended SIU-Alton to study business and nursing courses; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Brown was active in many organizations, | 9 |
| including her family music group, the Jones Sisters Ensemble; | 10 |
| she was a member of the Alton Jubilee Mass Community Choir and | 11 |
| a former member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Brown and her sister, the late Irma J. | 13 |
| Jones, organized a Federated Girls Club under the National | 14 |
| Association of Colored Women's Club (NACWC); the sisters and | 15 |
| other members later formed Tri Del Federated Club Women and the | 16 |
| Clovette Civic Girls Club; she served as supervisor of the | 17 |
| Clovettes for more than 40 years; as part of NACWC she served | 18 |
| in various offices at both regional and State levels, working | 19 |
| with young people to help improve their lives; and
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| WHEREAS, She was actively involved at Campbell Chapel and | 21 |
| later St. Paul AME St. Louis, serving in the young people's |
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| department, steward board, Sunday School, choir, and other | 2 |
| auxiliaries; and she served as church secretary at Campbell | 3 |
| Chapel for a number of years; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked at the YWCA as a receptionist for many | 5 |
| years, at the Alton School Systems for 30 years, and as an | 6 |
| independent Mary Kay consultant for 27 years; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Brown's life was one of service, | 8 |
| inspiration, strength, and beauty; she used her life to | 9 |
| positively touch the lives of countless young people and | 10 |
| friends; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Brown was preceded in death by her | 12 |
| parents, Reverend Damon and Willie Ann Jones; her brother, the | 13 |
| Reverend Damon Jones; her sisters, Irma and Doris Jones; her | 14 |
| godson, Patrick Jones; and her nephews, Lawrence Gray and Gary | 15 |
| Saunders; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The memory of Charlotte Brown will be cherished by | 17 |
| her husband, Benjamin; her daughter, Sharla (Ky) Ajayi; her | 18 |
| granddaughters, Dayo and Sade Ajayi; her sisters, Reverend Jean | 19 |
| (Oscar) Gatewood and Janie Rainey; her brothers, Raymond | 20 |
| (Josie) Jones, Ronald Jones, and Joseph Jones; her sisters, | 21 |
| Waleen Jones, Joyce Jones, Gwen Barrett, and Willie Delores | 22 |
| (Linwood) Elliott; her nieces, nephews, cousins, close |
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| friends, and club sisters; her godsons, Michael Gray, and | 2 |
| Delaney Seales; her goddaughter, Kametra Elliott; and her | 3 |
| special niece, Ranetta Jones; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew her, the passing of | 7 |
| Charlotte Brown; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Charlotte Brown as a symbol of our | 10 |
| deepest sympathy.
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