Full Text of SR0945 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Celestine "Bunchie" Jakes of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on January 9, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was born in Wabash, Arkansas to | 6 | | Reverend Johnnie James Sr. and Callie Jakes on January 11, | 7 | | 1947; she was the youngest of 10 children and enjoyed being the | 8 | | baby of her family; she graduated from Lakeview High School in | 9 | | Elaine, Arkansas in 1965; she followed many of her siblings and | 10 | | moved to Chicago; she organized, alongside her sisters, a | 11 | | social club called The Socialites; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was deeply committed to her faith; | 13 | | she was a member of the faith family of West Point Missionary | 14 | | Baptist Church in Chicago; formerly, she was a member of | 15 | | Liberty Baptist Church in Chicago and First New Christian | 16 | | Baptist Church in Los Angeles; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was a dedicated mother and modeled | 18 | | her parenting after her own parents; she was loving and | 19 | | compassionate and believed in discipline; she was also a loyal | 20 | | friend, especially to her siblings and her classmates at | 21 | | Lakeview High School; she believed in honesty and was | 22 | | forthright to a fault; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents; her siblings, Betty Chapman, Cora Dandredge, Margaret | 3 | | Sledge, Pastor Paul L. Jakes Sr., and Johnnie James Jakes Jr.; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Celestine Jakes is survived by her children, | 6 | | LaChrisia Nannette Jakes, Dr. LaShawn Bernard (Carole) Jakes, | 7 | | and Davionne Brown Jakes; her grandchildren, Reginald | 8 | | (Sharena) Reed, Brandon Jakes, and Erika Jakes; her siblings, | 9 | | Elizabeth James, Sallie Pearl Sanders, Callie Beatrice Adams, | 10 | | and E. Willie (Lawana) Jakes; and those whom she considered as | 11 | | sons, Quincy B. Banks, Pastor Delbert Earl Wright, Dr. Charley | 12 | | Hames Jr., and Dr. S. Todd Yeary; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Celestine "Bunchie" Jakes and extend our sincere condolences to | 16 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Celestine Jakes as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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