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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Haywood Jones Jr. on June |
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| 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jones was born on November 2, 1938, to Haywood |
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| Jones Sr.
and Mentie Fitts in Holly Springs, Mississippi; he |
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| was the eldest son of nine
children; he attended Doolittle |
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| Elementary and Dunbar High School; he married Dorothy Mellon in |
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| 1970 and focused on the upbringing of his five children; his |
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| main goal in life was to always provide and nurture his family |
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| in a righteous manner; and
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| WHEREAS, In the winter of 1981 he began studying the Bible |
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| with Jehovah's Witnesses; after his first study with his |
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| family, he continued leading his family consecutively on a |
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| weekly basis in a family Bible study; one of his greatest |
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| accomplishments was being baptized as a Minister of Jehovah |
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| God's organization; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a man who stood for respect, honor, |
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| dignity, integrity, and for quality of life; he was a very |
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| candid man; his goal was to preach and teach to whomever he |
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| came into contact with about Jehovah's Will; he became a |
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| changed and better person for his family, friends, and for |
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| himself; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Haywood Jones Jr. has been deeply |
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| felt by many, and he will forever and proudly be missed by his |
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| loving and devoted wife, Dorothy; his children, Bernadette, |
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| Delwyn, Patrice, Kimberly, and Rhonda; his grandchildren, |
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| Banisha, Ashley, Taylor, Sandra, Sommer, Tiara, Diamond, |
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| Alexis, Tamron, and Tamyah; his siblings, Verlene, Jane, |
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| Celestine, Martina, and Alvin; his sons-in-law, John and Fred; |
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| and a host of other family, friends, and spiritual brothers and |