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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Teresa M. Johnson of Chicago, who passed
4 away on October 4, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on December 6, 1966 to Michael C.
6 Johnson and Corethea Johnson Davis, in Oklahoma; the family
7 later moved to Chicago; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She accepted Christ at an early age and later
9 re-accepted him; she attended Eisenhower High School in
10 Chicago; she worked for the Unicare Insurance Company Claims
11 Department; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She was a writer and a rapper, known in circles as
13 "Lady T", "Big T", and "Cha-Cha"; she gave up her microphone
14 but continued to write lyrics and poetry over the years; and
 
15     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Teresa Johnson is survived by her sister, Alderman
17 Latasha R. Thomas (Timothy); her brothers, Justin Johnson,
18 Aubrey J. Davis, and Michael H. Davis; her aunts, Starlina
19 Floyd, Imani Miller, and Larnetrice Bush; her uncle, Rayfield
20 Watkins, Jr.; her niece, Victoria O.N. Thomas; her nephew,

 

 

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1 Timothy Thomas, III; her love and fiance, John Gardner, Jr.;
2 her close friends, Krishna Millsapp Pilmore (friend and
3 cousin), Janece Tousson, LaTonya Mitchell, Marie Linzy Black,
4 and Napoleon Black; and a host of other relatives and friends;
5 therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 family and friends, the passing of Teresa Johnson; and be it
9 further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Teresa Johnson as a symbol of our
12 sincere sympathy.