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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Doris Louise Jones; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Doris Jones was born on November 10, 1936 in | ||||||
5 | Benton, Mississippi to Willie Hendrix and Bettie Brooks; she | ||||||
6 | graduated from Linwood High School in Yazoo County, | ||||||
7 | Mississippi; as a young adult she loved to sing as a member of | ||||||
8 | the Greengrove Singers, and along with family and friends, the | ||||||
9 | group toured the south and achieved local celebrity status in | ||||||
10 | their home state of Mississippi; she married Calvin Jones in | ||||||
11 | 1956; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Doris Jones worked as a Licensed Practitioner | ||||||
13 | Nurse in the 1970's and managed properties and tenant affairs | ||||||
14 | for the real estate property her husband purchased; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Doris Jones's greatest passion was that of mother | ||||||
16 | and homemaker; she became the "neighborhood mother" and often | ||||||
17 | provided transportation to activities for the community's | ||||||
18 | young people and often supplied employment to the youth in the | ||||||
19 | neighborhood; she was active on the Missionary Board at the | ||||||
20 | Victory Apostolic Faith Church, where she would clean members | ||||||
21 | homes who needed help; she also enjoyed singing with a local | ||||||
22 | gospel group which served the sick and shut-in within the |
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1 | senior citizen homes and centers in her community; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Doris Jones was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
3 | Calvin; her parents; her sisters, Emma Williams, Eamestine | ||||||
4 | Hart, Florence Brown, and Magnolia Bell; and her brother, James | ||||||
5 | Bell; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Doris Jones is survived by her children, Peggie | ||||||
7 | (David Franklin), Eamise, Hilda, Carolyn (Leonard Allain), | ||||||
8 | Calvin B. Jr., Darron (Willnetta), Richard (Noelle), Eric | ||||||
9 | (Carlisa), Carranza, and Marvill; her siblings, Earlene Bell, | ||||||
10 | Gloria Bell, Henry Bell, Jessie Bell, Roosevelt Bell, Thelma | ||||||
11 | (Johnny-B) Bunch, Albertine Hendrix, Barbara A. Hendrix, | ||||||
12 | Clarence C. Hendrix, Cleotha (Eugenia) Hendrix, Earl J. | ||||||
13 | (Estelle) Hendrix, Gloria E. Hendrix, Lloyd M. Hendrix, Porter | ||||||
14 | (Pearl) Hendrix, Travis T. Hendrix, Willie Jr. (Lydia) Hendrix, | ||||||
15 | Dorothy Faye (James) Morris, Sandra (Curtis) Pepper, and Alma | ||||||
16 | (Gary) Spivey; and a host of beloved grandchildren, nieces, and | ||||||
17 | nephews; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
20 | Doris Louise Jones, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
21 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
22 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Doris Jones as an expression of our | ||||||
3 | deepest sympathy.
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