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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Shirley |
| 4 | | Mae Jackson-Higgins, who passed away on May 24, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Jackson-Higgins was born in Bell City, |
| 6 | | Missouri on February 3, 1943 to Willie J. and Rosie Lee |
| 7 | | Jackson; she attended South Mast School and graduated from Bell |
| 8 | | City High School; she was a member of Missionary Baptist |
| 9 | | Church, also in Bell City; she attended Southeast Missouri |
| 10 | | State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, graduated from |
| 11 | | Triton College in River Grove, and attended DePaul University; |
| 12 | | after relocating to Maywood, she was a member of First Baptist |
| 13 | | Church of Melrose Park; she married Albert on December 31, |
| 14 | | 1968; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Jackson-Higgins's work history is long |
| 16 | | and diverse beginning at Miles Square Medical Center of |
| 17 | | Chicago; after relocating to Maywood, she took the position of |
| 18 | | Account Administrator at Allied Van Lines; she also served as |
| 19 | | an Administrative Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly; |
| 20 | | later, she was employed by the Cook County Bureau of |
| 21 | | Technology; upon retirement, she served as Commissioner on the |
| 22 | | Maywood Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and was |
| 23 | | Executive Director of the Maywood Urban Revitalization |
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| 1 | | Corporation; she was a member of The Way Back Inn Board of |
| 2 | | Directors and a member with the Maywood Chamber of Commerce; |
| 3 | | and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Jackson-Higgins acquired numerous |
| 5 | | professional developmental certificates and accolades |
| 6 | | including the Operation Uplift Maywood Hometown Achievement |
| 7 | | Award, the Rosa Parks Heritage Award, and membership in the |
| 8 | | Northeastern University Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society; |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Jackson-Higgins was preceded in death by |
| 11 | | her parents; 2 brothers, Freddie Lee and J.W.; and 5 sisters, |
| 12 | | Barbara Jean, Jessie B., Virginia, Ruthie Jean, and Deborah |
| 13 | | Ann; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Jackson-Higgins is survived by her loving |
| 15 | | husband, Albert; her beloved son, Talbert; precious daughter, |
| 16 | | Angela Shirlene; beautiful grandchildren, Sydney Raymond and |
| 17 | | Taylor Gabrielle Rose; siblings, Willie Lee (Helen), Eddie Lee, |
| 18 | | Jerlean LeSure (Charles, deceased), Earnestine Pullen |
| 19 | | (Charles, deceased), Carl Lee (Loretta), Daniel Lee (Amelia), |
| 20 | | and Ceretha Brown (James, deceased); brother-in-law, J.W. |
| 21 | | Terry; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and |
| 22 | | friends; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 3 | | we mourn the passing of Shirley Mae Jackson-Higgins, and extend |
| 4 | | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who |
| 5 | | knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 7 | | presented to the family of Shirley Jackson-Higgins as an |
| 8 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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