Full Text of SR0430 96th General Assembly
SR0430 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and
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| 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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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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