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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Levada Johns of Chicago, who passed away
4on February 12, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was born in Parkin, Arkansas on April
61, 1935 to Jewel Wynne and Newt Whitaker; she attended Central
7High School in Parkin; she married Earl Johns and they settled
8in Chicago in 1957; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was employed as a factory worker; she
10worked other jobs at various times, including bartending; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was affectionately know as "Vada" and
12"Gru-ma", and when she was young, as "Pocket"; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Levada Johns was preceded in death by her parents;
14her siblings, Janie Mae, Theopolis, Thomas, Etherean, and
15Clarence; and her children, Glenda, Betty, and Terry; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Levada Johns is survived by her daughter, Marilyn
17Johns; her 6 sisters, Edna Scott (Farmer), Helen Freeman,
18Charlene Wells (Horace), Dorothy Hicks (Jasper), Bettye
19Bailey, and Eula Nicholas; her 3 brothers, Willie Bailey, Roy
20Bailey (Thelma), and Courtney Bailey (Sherry); her 14

 

 

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1grandchildren; her 18 great-grandchildren; and a host of
2nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Levada Johns, and extend our sincere condolences to her family,
6friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Levada Johns as an expression of our
9deepest sympathy.