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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Joan |
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| Greene, who passed away on January 5, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was born on October 30, 1940 in |
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| Baltimore, Maryland; her parents were John and Edith Distance; |
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| she married Elliotte Emmanuel Greene II in 1959 in Alexandria, |
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| Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene attended public school in Baltimore, |
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| where she discovered and developed her musical and artistic |
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| talents; she was the first African American to be awarded a |
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| full scholarship to the famous Peabody Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was a full-time wife and mother for |
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| many years; she was a loyal employee of the Social Security |
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| Administration for 33 years, being promoted to the position of |
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| Legal Assistant; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene had an extensive background in musical |
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| performance; she performed at the Standard Club and the Chicago |
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| Symphony Orchestra on many occasions; she was a performing |
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| member of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and The Chicago's |
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| Experimental Black Actor's Guild "X-Bag" Theatre; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was an active member of many civic |
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| organizations, including the Ausar Auset Society, the Temple of |
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| African Community of Chicago, The National Black United Front's |
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| Chicago chapter, Accounters Center of Faith, and Community |
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| Outreach; she was an Elder and board member of Ile Okun Inu, |
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| NFP; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene is survived by her daughters, Melanie |
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| Greene, Judith Braynen, and Karen (Bashaan) Prewitt; her sons, |
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| Patrick Greene and Elliotte (Esmerelda) Greene III; her |
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| grandchildren, Erica Braynen, Bianca Greene, Zachary Greene, |
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| Patrick (PJ) Greene Jr., Chloe Braynen, Joshua Braynen, Gianni |
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| Greene, Symone Prewitt, Hayden Braynen, and Jillian Greene; her |
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| spiritual family, Darlene Williams, Talibah Worrill, Victoria |
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| Snow, Billye Wilson, Art Williams, Ron Williams, Carol |
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| Williams, Brooks, Paula Harris, Dawn Roberts, Seeyen Hughley, |
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| Andrea Williams, Koya Odum, Kimberley Aisha King, Nova Smith, |
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| and Jermaine Brooks; and her long-time friends, Martha Lowery |
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| and Elizabeth Frierson; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene will be remembered by all who knew and |
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| loved her as a loving and humorous person with a contagious |
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| smile; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |