Full Text of SR0847 096th General Assembly
SR0847 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
Sylvia Lorene Johnson Allen of North | 4 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen was born on December 30, 1953, in | 6 |
| Monticello, Arkansas; her parents were the late Sudie (Carr) | 7 |
| Johnson and the late Earl Johnson, Sr.; she was united in holy | 8 |
| matrimony to Bobby Allen in 1977 in Monticello, Arkansas; and
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| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen graduated from Monticello High | 10 |
| School in 1972; she then earned her bachelor's degree in | 11 |
| elementary education from the University of Arkansas at | 12 |
| Monticello and her master's degree in administration and | 13 |
| supervision from Loyola University in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen had a long and distinguished career | 15 |
| in education; she began her teaching career in Dermott, | 16 |
| Arkansas and worked in the Waukegan Illinois Public Schools for | 17 |
| 33 years; she continued to serve her students, parents, and | 18 |
| community humbly at Carman-Buckner Elementary School until | 19 |
| just recently; and
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| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen professed her faith in Jesus Christ | 21 |
| at an early age at the Pilgrim Rest A.M.E. Church in |
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| Monticello, where she served in the choir, the youth | 2 |
| department, and the Sunday School as secretary before moving to | 3 |
| Illinois; after marrying and moving north, she joined and | 4 |
| served the Eternal Flame A.M.E. Church faithfully as a steward, | 5 |
| Sunday School Superintendent, and Sunday School teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen was a member of the Martha Chapter #1 | 7 |
| Order of the Eastern Star and served as the organization's | 8 |
| secretary and treasurer; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Sylvia Allen is survived by her devoted husband, | 10 |
| Bobby Allen; her daughters, Andrea (David) Hudson and Beverly | 11 |
| Allen; her grandchildren, Janay and David II; her brother, Earl | 12 |
| Johnson, Jr.; her sisters, Vivian (Charles) Lincoln and Luwanda | 13 |
| (Thedrick) Franklin; her nephews, Matthew Trotter and T.J. | 14 |
| Franklin; her nieces, Jennifer Franklin, Melissa Trotter, and | 15 |
| Jessica Franklin; her great nephew, Jae'lyn Trotter; her great | 16 |
| niece, Kayla Franklin; and her special cousin, Katie Elease | 17 |
| Daniels; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Sylvia Lorene Johnson | 21 |
| Allen; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Sylvia Allen as an expression of our | 2 |
| sympathy.
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