Full Text of HR1557 94th General Assembly
HR1557 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to | 4 |
| the family and friends of Leroy Percy Jones, of Waukegan, | 5 |
| Illinois, who passed away on July 25, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Leroy Percy Jones was born January 22, 1916 in | 7 |
| Blanton, Mississippi, to Benjamin Franklin Jones II and | 8 |
| Virginia Jones; he was the youngest of eight children; he | 9 |
| accepted Christ at an early age under the ministerial | 10 |
| leadership of his grandfather, Benjamin F. Jones I, Pastor of | 11 |
| Jones Chapel Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his early education in Blanton | 13 |
| schools; after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the | 14 |
| United States Army, where he served in World War II and | 15 |
| continued to serve until he received an honorable discharge on | 16 |
| February 4, 1946; following his tour in the military he | 17 |
| enrolled at Alcorn State University where he received his | 18 |
| Bachelor of Science degree; later he received his Master of | 19 |
| Science degree from Jackson State University; and
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| WHEREAS, On September 11, 1948, he married his college | 21 |
| sweetheart, Dorothy Rose Caldwell; and
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| WHEREAS, Leroy Jones held his first teaching job in Leland, | 23 |
| Mississippi; there he became a member of St. James Methodist | 24 |
| Church and served faithfully until he moved to Arcola, | 25 |
| Mississippi due to a job promotion; in Arcola, he joined the | 26 |
| local A.M.E church where he served as Sunday School | 27 |
| Superintendent; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, He worked as a school principal in Jonestown, | 29 |
| Mississippi, until he retired in 1978; and |
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| WHEREAS, He spent his entire life serving his community; he | 2 |
| was a lifetime member of the National Association for the | 3 |
| Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he served as | 4 |
| treasurer and secretary; he was a member of Phi Beta Sigma | 5 |
| Fraternity, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the | 6 |
| Alcorn Alumni Association, and served on the Board of | 7 |
| Director's of the Coahoma County HeadStart program; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, He was dedicated to the cause of civil rights;
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| was also a faithful member of Haven United Methodist Church, | 10 |
| Clarksdale, Mississippi, for over fifty years, where he served | 11 |
| as Sunday School teacher, a member of the finance committee, a | 12 |
| class leader, and a member of the Board of Trustees; he later | 13 |
| joined Grace United Methodist Church after moving to Memphis, | 14 |
| Tennessee to live with his son, and finally Shiloh Baptist | 15 |
| Church in Waukegan, where he was a faithful member of the | 16 |
| Timothy Sunday School class; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, After his move to Waukegan he continued his | 18 |
| involvement with the NAACP and joined the Waukegan Exchange | 19 |
| Club; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his siblings, | 21 |
| Benjamin, William, Inez, and Emma, as well as his wife, Lela | 22 |
| Jones; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Leroy Percy Jones is survived by his former wife | 24 |
| and mother of his children, Dorothy Armsted; his children, | 25 |
| Russell (Alice) Jones, Gregory Jones, and Patricia Jones; his | 26 |
| three sisters, Beulah Sanifer, Elizabeth Pollard, and Lucille | 27 |
| Cunningham; his brother-in- Law, Robert Miles; his | 28 |
| sister-and-law, Alberta Jones; his grandchildren, Rushelle | 29 |
| Jones-Cyrus (Carlos), Russell Jones II (Asata), Nakia Milot, | 30 |
| Marc Jones, and Rushen Jones; his great-grandchildren; and a | 31 |
| host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 4 |
| Leroy Percy Jones; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Leroy Percy Jones.
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