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SJ0066
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, Fannie Gwendolyn Jones was born in East St. Louis
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on November 22, 1922, the youngest of six children born to the
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union of Henry and Rosie McGee Jones; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was a life long resident of East St.
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Louis; she attended elementary and high school in School
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District 189 and received a bachelor's degree at Tuskegee
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University in Tuskegee, Alabama and her master's degree from
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Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was one of the first Black
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substitute teachers in District 189 and one of the youngest;
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she taught first grade at Franklin Elementary School for many
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years before joining the administrative staff of the district;
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she later became program coordinator of the district's Title I
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program until her retirement after 33 years; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was the first African American to
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run on a statewide ticket for an elected office as the Clerk of
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the Illinois Supreme Court; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was part of many civic and religious
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groups in an effort to serve her community, including the
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, the East St. Louis Board of Election

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Commissioners, the Democratic National Convention (1968), the
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National Baptist Convention, the Women's Baptist General State
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Convention, the Baptist General State Convention of Illinois,
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the East St. Louis Cable Board, the Junior and Senior Red
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Circle and the Young Women's League at Truelight Baptist
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Church, Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Paramount Democratic
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Women, the Illinois State Board of Education Library Systems,
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the Ethele Scott Section of the National Council of Negro
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Women, and the East St. Louis Library Board; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was recognized for her service by
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numerous groups, including the Pro Eight Club, the East St.
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Louis Park District, the St. Clair County Democratic Party,
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the Greater New Hope Baptist Church, the East St. Louis
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Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Southern
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Illinois University, the New Salem District Association, the
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Alpha Upsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, and
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the Illinois State Senate of the 90th General Assembly; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones served as church clerk at Truelight
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Baptist Church for over 25 years before she joined Greater New
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Hope Baptist Church in 1974; and

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WHEREAS, Fannie Jones will be remembered for her life's
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work, her dedication to humanity, and all the people whose
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lives she touched and impacted with her wisdom; therefore, be

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it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
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REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare Illinois
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Route 15 in East St. Louis to its intersection with Interstate
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64 as the "Fannie Gwendolyn Jones Memorial Highway"; and be it
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further

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RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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giving notice of the name "Fannie Gwendolyn Jones Memorial
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Highway"; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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presented to the family of Fannie Jones, the Mayor of East St.
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Louis, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
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Transportation.

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