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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Dollie Louise Goodwin, who passed away on |
| 4 | | January 23, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin was born in Hamilton, Mississippi |
| 6 | | to Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Lee Nichols on July 28, 1939; she moved |
| 7 | | to Chicago and joined the Portland Street Church of God in |
| 8 | | Christ in
Chicago Heights; she graduated from high school on |
| 9 | | June 14, 1957 and married Edward Goodwin on June 8, 1958; she |
| 10 | | earned a Bachelor of Arts
in Business Administration in 1976; |
| 11 | | and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin enrolled in a real estate home
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| 13 | | extension course offered by the LaSalle Extension University |
| 14 | | and on January 25,
1977 became a member of the South Suburban |
| 15 | | Board of Realtors; she served on the Women's Council Board of |
| 16 | | the Dearborn Real
Estate Board and become an area
manager for |
| 17 | | HUD, where she managed over 200 hundred properties; she later |
| 18 | | became a broker and opened
Goodwin's Realty; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin continued with her education by |
| 20 | | earning a master's degree in biblical studies in 2011 and
a |
| 21 | | doctorate in 2015; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin served as the National Y.P.W.W. |
| 2 | | President of the President's Wives; on July 12,
1984, she took |
| 3 | | the President's Wives and others to the White House and held a
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| 4 | | luncheon on the White House lawn; she served as First Lady of |
| 5 | | Prayer Tower C.O.G.I.C from
1986 to 2018 and as First Lady at |
| 6 | | Portland Street C.O.G.I.C. from 1993 to 1997; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dollie Goodwin is survived by
her husband of over |
| 8 | | 59 years, Bishop R.D. Edward Goodwin Sr.; her children, Denise |
| 9 | | Wilson
(Tylon), Edward Goodwin (Chandra), Gina Johnson |
| 10 | | (Phillip), and Reuben Goodwin
Sr. (Kimberly); her |
| 11 | | grandchildren, Glenise Wiley (Timothy), Ivan Williams Jr. |
| 12 | | (Naomi),
Ciara Noel (Les III), Reuben Goodwin Jr., Jerlina |
| 13 | | Perkins (Clinton), Kianna Goodwin, Ashley
Goodwin, Dominique |
| 14 | | Hardwrick, Briana Goodwin, Joshua Goodwin, Diamond Goodwin, |
| 15 | | and
Destiny Goodwin; 13 great-grandchildren; her niece, |
| 16 | | Barbara Ann Claxton (Michael);
her nephew, Walter Nichols Jr. |
| 17 | | (Gabrielle); her in-laws, Dr. Bennie Goodwin (Melody), Delores
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| 18 | | Jones, Samuel Goodwin (Gloria) Mable Young, and Cornelius |
| 19 | | Goodwin (Aleda); Prayer Tower
C.O.G.I.C.; Portland Street |
| 20 | | C.O.G.I.C., and numerous other relatives and friends; |
| 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 24 | | Dollie Louise Goodwin, and extend our sincere condolences to |