Full Text of HR0903 095th General Assembly
HR0903 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Joan | 4 |
| Greene, who passed away on January 5, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was born on October 30, 1940 in | 6 |
| Baltimore, Maryland; her parents were John and Edith Distance; | 7 |
| she married Elliotte Emmanuel Greene II in 1959 in Alexandria, | 8 |
| Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene attended public school in Baltimore, | 10 |
| where she discovered and developed her musical and artistic | 11 |
| talents; she was the first African American to be awarded a | 12 |
| full scholarship to the famous Peabody Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was a full-time wife and mother for | 14 |
| many years; she was a loyal employee of the Social Security | 15 |
| Administration for 33 years, being promoted to the position of | 16 |
| Legal Assistant; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene had an extensive background in musical | 18 |
| performance; she performed at the Standard Club and the Chicago | 19 |
| Symphony Orchestra on many occasions; she was a performing | 20 |
| member of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and The Chicago's | 21 |
| Experimental Black Actor's Guild "X-Bag" Theatre; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene was an active member of many civic | 2 |
| organizations, including the Ausar Auset Society, the Temple of | 3 |
| African Community of Chicago, The National Black United Front's | 4 |
| Chicago chapter, Accounters Center of Faith, and Community | 5 |
| Outreach; she was an Elder and board member of Ile Okun Inu, | 6 |
| NFP; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Joan Greene is survived by her daughters, Melanie | 8 |
| Greene, Judith Braynen, and Karen (Bashaan) Prewitt; her sons, | 9 |
| Patrick Greene and Elliotte (Esmerelda) Greene III; her | 10 |
| grandchildren, Erica Braynen, Bianca Greene, Zachary Greene, | 11 |
| Patrick (PJ) Greene Jr., Chloe Braynen, Joshua Braynen, Gianni | 12 |
| Greene, Symone Prewitt, Hayden Braynen, and Jillian Greene; her | 13 |
| spiritual family, Darlene Williams, Talibah Worrill, Victoria | 14 |
| Snow, Billye Wilson, Art Williams, Ron Williams, Carol | 15 |
| Williams, Brooks, Paula Harris, Dawn Roberts, Seeyen Hughley, | 16 |
| Andrea Williams, Koya Odum, Kimberley Aisha King, Nova Smith, | 17 |
| and Jermaine Brooks; and her long-time friends, Martha Lowery | 18 |
| and Elizabeth Frierson; and
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| WHEREAS, Joan Greene will be remembered by all who knew and | 20 |
| loved her as a loving and humorous person with a contagious | 21 |
| smile; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Joan | 3 |
| Greene; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the family of Joan Greene as an expression of our | 6 |
| sympathy.
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