Full Text of HR0903 96th General Assembly
HR0903 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Beverly A. Hardeway | 4 |
| Johnson for her years of service to others; and
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| WHEREAS, She spends two to four hours every Friday with 15 | 6 |
| to 25 residents at Heather Manor Nursing Home in Harvey, | 7 |
| sharing the Bible, receiving decisions for individuals | 8 |
| accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior, conducting Pokeno | 9 |
| games, conducting one or two raffles for non-players, and | 10 |
| bringing flowers and treats; and
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| WHEREAS, She celebrated her 73rd birthday on October 12, | 12 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition, she drives the church van for her | 14 |
| church, The King's Community Church in South Holland; she helps | 15 |
| seniors, in need, running errands, providing transportation, | 16 |
| and helping with paper work; and
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| WHEREAS, She is a graduate of Thornton Township High School | 18 |
| and received a B.S. Degree in Commerce (Business | 19 |
| Administration) from Roosevelt University in Chicago; she | 20 |
| worked in the corporate world from 1956 to 1962; and she wrote | 21 |
| lyrics to a song entitled, "Forgive", recorded by the Mercury |
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| Label in 1959; and
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| WHEREAS, She attended Manhattan Bible Institute in New York | 3 |
| City and was ordained a Missionary-Evangelist by the late | 4 |
| Arturo Skinner of Deliverance Ministries; she taught | 5 |
| elementary school and adult evening school in Atlanta, Georgia | 6 |
| from 1962 to 1964; she taught at Emerson Elementary School in | 7 |
| Harvey from 1967 to 1979; she owned and operated a neighborhood | 8 |
| food store, Sister Beverly's Foods in Harvey from 1974 to 1997; | 9 |
| and she registered over 60 people to vote in the last | 10 |
| presidential election;
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| WHEREAS, She married Arbyle Johnson on August 8, 1967 and | 12 |
| together they have a daughter, Lovely Joslyn; Beverly Johnson | 13 |
| is presently employed with Harvey-Dixmoor School District 147, | 14 |
| as an eighth grade math teacher at Rosa L. Parks Middle School; | 15 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| honor Beverly A. Hardeway Johnson for all her work with the | 19 |
| community and her dedication to others; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Beverly Hardeway Johnson as a symbol of our | 22 |
| respect and esteem.
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