Translate
SR0119 - 104th General Assembly
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Jonathan Amir Jackson Sr., who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on January 25, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson was born in Waukegan to Michael | ||||||
| 6 | R. Sr. and Betty M. Jackson on April 19, 1988; he was a member | ||||||
| 7 | of Shiloh Baptist Church of Waukegan, where he attended youth | ||||||
| 8 | Sunday school, was on the youth usher Board, served as a junior | ||||||
| 9 | deacon, and participated in AWANA; he graduated from Waukegan | ||||||
| 10 | High School, where he played football and was an active member | ||||||
| 11 | of the Top Teens of America; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson was a member of Boy Scouts of | ||||||
| 13 | America Troop #601 at Shiloh Baptist Church; one of his | ||||||
| 14 | proudest moments was accomplishing the rank of Eagle Scout; | ||||||
| 15 | his project was collecting new stuffed animals for pediatric | ||||||
| 16 | cancer patients at Vista; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson's goal was to become a renowned | ||||||
| 18 | chef; he loved to cook and try new recipes; most recently, he | ||||||
| 19 | worked with the Ruprecht Company in Mundelein; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson had many friends and shared a | ||||||
| 21 | special relationship with his brother, Michael; he was known | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | as a jokester and was the life of the party; his smile would | ||||||
| 2 | light up the room; he was an avid Batman fan; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 4 | mother, Betty M. Jackson; his brother, Michael R. Jackson Jr.; | ||||||
| 5 | his maternal grandparents, Arthur and Jerlean Mark; his | ||||||
| 6 | paternal grandmother, Betty J. Jackson; and his paternal | ||||||
| 7 | grandfather, William L. Miller; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Jonathan Jackson is survived by his children, | ||||||
| 9 | Antia M. Cornish, Jonathan Amir Jackson Jr., Kiana Amerie | ||||||
| 10 | Marie Jackson, and Kyla Rose Lynne Jackson; his parents, | ||||||
| 11 | Michael and Cynthia Jackson; his brother, Michael R. Jackson | ||||||
| 12 | III; his sister, Trenisa S. Jackson; his sister-in-law, Tristy | ||||||
| 13 | Jackson; his nieces, Jessiya Jackson and Bethanie Jackson; and | ||||||
| 14 | numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Jonathan Amir Jackson Sr. and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 18 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 19 | it further | ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Jonathan Jackson as an expression | ||||||
| 22 | of our deepest sympathy. | ||||||