MEMORIAL-JACQUALINE F.G. SCOTT

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HR0587
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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Jacqualine Florence Griffin Scott, who passed away on November
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7, 2025; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott was born to Jack and Geneva
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Griffin in Cairo on July 7, 1935; she graduated from Sumner
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High School; she attended Tennessee State University and
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graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign in
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1958, where she became a member of the Gamma Chapter of Alpha
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Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; after her graduation, she moved to
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Chicago to begin her career and married Donald Crumble; she
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later married Herbert "Herb" Scott Jr.; during the 1970s, she
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attended Governors' State University to further her education;
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and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott taught for Chicago Public
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Schools and the Joliet Public Schools District; she later
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worked as a post-secondary investigator in the Office for
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Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott was a lifelong member of the
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African Methodist Episcopal Church, finally as a member of
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Mayo A.M.E. Church, where she served as president of the local

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Women's Missionary Society; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott led the Community
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Educational Service Center, and she was a founding member of
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the Far South Suburban chapter of the N.A.A.C.P; she served on
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a variety of boards, including Aunt Martha's Social Service
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Agency, the University of Illinois Black Alumni Association,
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and the Advisory Board of the Illinois State Board of
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Education; she was a charter member of the Lambda Tau Omega
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Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., where she led in
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founding its charitable arm, the Twenty Pearls Foundation,
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Inc., and she served as a mentor to many younger members; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott had a lifelong passion for
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reading and learning about Black history; she loved traveling
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with her friends and grandchildren, visiting Senegal, the
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Grand Canyon, New York City's Broadway, Alaska, Montana, and
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the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, as well as partaking in a
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Disney Cruise; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott served as a second mother to
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many of the children in her life, encouraging them to
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participate in educational opportunities, community
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involvement, political activism, and extracurricular
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activities; she leaves behind a legacy of love, advocacy, and
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commitment to education and community service; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott was preceded in death by her
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husband, Herbert; her parents; her siblings, Donald (Ruth)
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Griffin, Toussaint Griffin, Brian Griffin, Aquanetta Polley,
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and Angela Griffin; her sisters-in-law, Martha Griffin and
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Ruth Griffin; and her sister-cousin, Jennine Hightower; and

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WHEREAS, Jackie Griffin Scott is survived by her children,
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Dana (Wilber Stuart II) Scott-Person and Charles (Phillippa)
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Scott; her stepdaughters, Kathryn Scott and Maria Scott; four
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grandchildren; her former son-in-law, Timothy (Prenness)
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Person Jr.; her siblings, Jack (Martha) Griffin III, Robert
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(Patty) Griffin, Pierre (Gina) Griffin, and Makeda (James)
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Clayton; her brother-in-law, Daniel (Aquanetta) Polley Sr.;
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her sister-in-law, Cynthia (Toussaint) Griffin; and a host of
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nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; therefore,
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be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we mourn the passing of Jacqualine Florence Griffin Scott and
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extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all
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who knew and loved her; 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 Jackie Griffin Scott as an

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expression of our deepest sympathy.

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