SR0561 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara Jones Green; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Tennessee State University; she earned her Master of Science degree in Social Work from Spertus College in 1999; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green founded the Lakeside Community Committee, a licensed child welfare authority which provides for the social and recreational needs of at-risk children and teens, in 1964; under her leadership, the organization grew to administer a variety of programs and services, including Substance Abuse Awareness, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Unwed Mothers Parenting, Literacy Enhancement, Reading and Math Clinics with tutoring, Referral Services, Teen Reach, Foster Parent Recruitment, Visitation Programs, Employment Assistance Counseling, and Welfare-to-Work Programs; she also joined forces with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the Illinois Department of Human Services to expand her company's outreach; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of Jonette Products Enterprise, Ltd., a diverse concession management and management systems corporation; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the founder of the Golfing Friends of Chicago, a charitable organization that has provided over $400,000 in educational scholarships to needy students; she was also involved in fundraising efforts to benefit United Way, AfriCare, Vision of Freedom at Southern University, Xavier University, and Haven House; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was an active presence in her community; she was a tireless worker on the Illinois Public Aid Advisory Council; she served as the chairperson of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee for Historic Preservation of Bronzeville; she served on the Board of Directors of the Halfway House for Girls of Crestwood, Illinois; she served as Vice Chairman of the Chicago Board of Appeals from 1983 until 1990; she was also a member in The Links, Incorporated, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Moles, Incorporated, Carousels, Incorporated, and Metropolitan Clusters; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was the recipient of many awards in honor of her many accomplishments, including a 2006 ETA Theatre Outstanding Business Woman award, a 2005 T.W.O. Business Leader Award, a 2005 Phenomenal Woman Award, a 2003 HANS Foundation Award, a 1998 Cook County Women's Commission Unsung Heroine Award, a nomination for a 1992 Dollars and Sense Magazine's America's Best and Brightest Award, a 1992 Illinois DCFS Clara Muhammad Foundation Award, a Chicago Housing Authority Central Advisory Council's Meritorious Service Award in 1992, a Woodson North and South Schools Partnership with Youth Outstanding Leadership Award in 1992, a Beasley Academic Center's Commitment to Education Award in 1991, and a National Council of Negro Women Lena Walker Outstanding Businessman's Award in 1984; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green was preceded in death by her parents and her brother; and

WHEREAS, Barbara Jones Green is survived by her sisters, Gertha Estill (John) and Betty Robertson (Cleveland); her sister-in-law, Rosalyn Jones; her nieces, Ruby Boatner (Ronnie), Jan Blair (Ray), Gwen Holt (Will), Cassandra Shead (Ken), Vanessa Adkins Ed.D. (Floyd), Nedra Patterson (Lew), Carolyn Burkes (Michael), and Nicole Patterson Eades (Joseph); her nephews, Charlie Gatson, Michael Williams, Jerry Wheeler, Robert (Scoop) Jackson, Randall (Jack) Jackson, Anthony Jones (Morticia), and Frederick Jones; her godmother, Gloria Bynum; her loving friend, Joe Chu; her special friends, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, Jr., and Lula Ford; and her many other relatives and extended families she claimed, as well as her many friends throughout the City of Chicago, the United States, and abroad; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Barbara Jones Green; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Barbara Jones Green as an expression of our sympathy.