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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Salome Bobbie Matthews Wallace of | ||||||
| 4 | Richmond Heights, Florida, who passed away on July 16, 2022; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Salome Wallace was born to Lee Matthews and | ||||||
| 7 | Corrine Cottle-Matthews in Buenavista, Georgia on September | ||||||
| 8 | 15, 1931; she graduated from George Washington Carver High | ||||||
| 9 | School in 1951; she married Emery Lee Wallace, and they moved | ||||||
| 10 | to Richmond Heights in 1952; she attended Nova University and | ||||||
| 11 | Florida International University, where she earned her | ||||||
| 12 | master's degree in Social Work and Early Childhood Education; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Early in her career, Salome Wallace served the | ||||||
| 15 | South Miami community through the Economic Opportunity Program | ||||||
| 16 | Inc. (E.O.P.I.) neighborhood center that provided food and | ||||||
| 17 | clothing to low-income families; she later created the Teen | ||||||
| 18 | Center, where she was able to employ the youth in the community | ||||||
| 19 | and train them to enter the workforce; she went on to direct | ||||||
| 20 | Head Start programs across Dade County; she taught and led in | ||||||
| 21 | Florida City, Homestead, Perrine, Brownsville, Little Haiti, | ||||||
| 22 | and Opa Locka; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Salome Wallace was known as a "village mom" in | ||||||
| 2 | Richmond Heights, serving as a mother to anyone who needed | ||||||
| 3 | one; she will be remembered for being a pillar and a pioneer of | ||||||
| 4 | her community for over 70 years; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Salome Wallce was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 6 | parents; her sister; and her oldest daughter, Vanessa Wallace | ||||||
| 7 | Maultsey; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Salome Wallace is survived by her sons, Emery Lee | ||||||
| 9 | Wallace Jr., Keith Dale Wallace, and Mark (Rosie) Johnathan | ||||||
| 10 | Wallace; her son-in-law, Willie "Turk" Hayward; her surrogate | ||||||
| 11 | son, Elmo Dotson; her daughter, Ellery Wallace Hayward; her | ||||||
| 12 | surrogate daughters, Dot Lee and Jackie Wright; her grandsons, | ||||||
| 13 | Antwuan Tremayne Wallace, Emery Lee Wallace III, Bernard | ||||||
| 14 | (Theresa) Larry Hudson Jr., Mark Johnathan Hudson, Willie | ||||||
| 15 | (Keisha) George Hayward Jr., and Aja (Kayontae) Kareem | ||||||
| 16 | Hayward; her granddaughters, Amber (Robert) Lanay Hayward-Carr | ||||||
| 17 | and Katie Lee Maultsby; her great-grandsons, Bernard Hudson | ||||||
| 18 | III, Emery Wallace IV, Dariyus Maultsby, Robert Carr III, Siah | ||||||
| 19 | Hayward, Zane Wallace, Mark Hudson Jr., Julius Telfair Jr., | ||||||
| 20 | Akachi Hayward, and Azziah Hudson; her great-granddaughters, | ||||||
| 21 | Charkyla D., Tahlaya Hudson, Vanessa Hudson, Ni'Kiyah Hudson, | ||||||
| 22 | Erin Wallace, Briell Robinson, Nala Hayward, Aobrie Carr, | ||||||
| 23 | Damariah Hudson, and Skylar Hudson; her great-great-grandsons, | ||||||
| 24 | Jayceon Smith, Dion Hill III, Diondre Hill, and Di'Anthony | ||||||
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| 1 | Hill; her great-great-granddaughter, Journey Smith; and a host | ||||||
| 2 | of nieces, nephews, cousins, and village children; therefore, | ||||||
| 3 | be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | Salome Bobbie Matthews Wallace and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 7 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 8 | her; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Salome Wallace as an expression of | ||||||
| 11 | our deepest sympathy.
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