Full Text of SR1184 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Sandra Jean Booker, who passed away on | 4 | | August 13, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker was born to Judge A. Booker and | 6 | | Wynona (Bea) Williams-Booker in Coatopa, Alabama on August 19, | 7 | | 1960; she graduated from North Chicago Community High School | 8 | | in 1979; she enrolled in the College of Lake County's Basic | 9 | | Nurse Assistant Training Program in August 1983, earning her | 10 | | CNA license in October 1983; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker began her healthcare career as a | 12 | | CNA at Winchester House in 1983; she then served as a medical | 13 | | assistant at the Chicago Medical School, known today as the | 14 | | Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine; she later served at the | 15 | | Lake County Health Department from 1991 to 2013, where her | 16 | | roles included home health nursing assistant, community health | 17 | | associate, and senior public health assistant; through these | 18 | | positions, she made lasting, impactful relationships with teen | 19 | | mothers at Stepping Together, senior citizens at Home Health, | 20 | | and countless others in the community; after leaving the | 21 | | county, she continued her advocacy as a home-based specialist, | 22 | | a respite care provider, and a self-employed caregiver; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Beyond her professional work, Sandra Booker | 2 | | volunteered as an adult probation officer of Lake County for | 3 | | over 20 years and worked as a mentor to young teenagers through | 4 | | My Father's Business; she also remained an active and beloved | 5 | | member of the Lake County Sarcoidosis Support Group; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker committed to her faith at an early | 7 | | age, joining First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in | 8 | | 1970 and again in 1995; she served on the Junior Usher Board | 9 | | and later became a preschool-kindergarten Sunday school | 10 | | teacher, a role she held until 2012; she then joined the Way | 11 | | Through the Word Ministry in 2013; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker was a pillar of the Lake County | 13 | | community, possessing a vibrant personality, a dedication to | 14 | | helping others, and the ability to bring people together; she | 15 | | was affectionately known as "Moo", "San", "Ms. B", "Ms. | 16 | | Booker", "Ms. Waukegan", "Ms. G.L.", and "TeTe San"; her | 17 | | legacy of love, service, and unwavering faith will continue to | 18 | | inspire all who had the privilege of knowing her; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker was preceded in death by her | 20 | | mother; her maternal grandparents, Jack and Elsie Williams; | 21 | | her paternal grandparents, Alberta Hobbs-Caldwell and Eugene | 22 | | Booker; her brothers, Don Brown, Matt Brown, and Mark D. | 23 | | Booker; her sisters, Linda "Ann" Miller-Quinn, Brenda J. |
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| 1 | | Black-Glover, and Sharon Davis; her godmother, Candace Martin; | 2 | | two uncles; four aunts; and many cousins; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Sandra Booker is survived by her father; her | 4 | | children, Natisha Booker and Samuel D.A. Gray; her daughter of | 5 | | love, Adrienne (Jamar) Simmons; her sisters, Barbara (Walter) | 6 | | Branch, Sandra Booker, Alice (Sam) Pope-Baker, Cathy (Warren) | 7 | | Roseborough, Angela Patterson, Josie Starks, Johnnie Mitchell, | 8 | | and Charlene Miller; her brothers, Michael Booker and Ernest | 9 | | Booker; her siblings-in-law, Wanda Brown, Julie Booker, John | 10 | | W. Black, and Anthony "Tony" Glover; her aunts, Ruth Jackson, | 11 | | Gloria Rice, Barbara Bush, Ikie Jackson, Billeye Shelton, and | 12 | | Mary Ross Cunningham; her uncles, Lorenza (Jennifer) Belville | 13 | | and Preston (Joe) Wiggins; her bonus grandchildren, Olivia and | 14 | | Jacob Simmons; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other | 15 | | relatives; her special niece, Arlene Sawyer; her special | 16 | | cousins, Pastor Kathy Moton and Sheila Miller; her | 17 | | godchildren, Ericka Morris, Mia Waites, Jalen Morris Desmond | 18 | | Roseborough, Yammile Estrada, and LaMar Black Jr.; her special | 19 | | friends, Lydia Sawyer, Michele McBride, Eugene Jones, Celester | 20 | | Rodney, Debra Choc, Doris Wilburn, Brenda MacDonnell, Sharon | 21 | | Doney, Darlene Kennard, Rosalind Davis, and Orlando and Bertha | 22 | | Warner; and the Old Lake County Family Life Education Team; | 23 | | therefore, be it | 24 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Sandra Jean Booker and extend our sincere condolences to her | 3 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 4 | | further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Sandra Booker as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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