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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor Beverly A. Hardeway | ||||||
| 4 | Johnson for her years of service to others; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She spends two to four hours every Friday with 15 | ||||||
| 6 | to 25 residents at Heather Manor Nursing Home in Harvey, | ||||||
| 7 | sharing the Bible, receiving decisions for individuals | ||||||
| 8 | accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior, conducting Pokeno | ||||||
| 9 | games, conducting one or two raffles for non-players, and | ||||||
| 10 | bringing flowers and treats; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, She celebrated her 73rd birthday on October 12, | ||||||
| 12 | 2009; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In addition, she drives the church van for her | ||||||
| 14 | church, The King's Community Church in South Holland; she helps | ||||||
| 15 | seniors, in need, running errands, providing transportation, | ||||||
| 16 | and helping with paper work; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, She is a graduate of Thornton Township High School | ||||||
| 18 | and received a B.S. Degree in Commerce (Business | ||||||
| 19 | Administration) from Roosevelt University in Chicago; she | ||||||
| 20 | worked in the corporate world from 1956 to 1962; and she wrote | ||||||
| 21 | lyrics to a song entitled, "Forgive", recorded by the Mercury | ||||||
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| 1 | Label in 1959; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, She attended Manhattan Bible Institute in New York | ||||||
| 3 | City and was ordained a Missionary-Evangelist by the late | ||||||
| 4 | Arturo Skinner of Deliverance Ministries; she taught | ||||||
| 5 | elementary school and adult evening school in Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| 6 | from 1962 to 1964; she taught at Emerson Elementary School in | ||||||
| 7 | Harvey from 1967 to 1979; she owned and operated a neighborhood | ||||||
| 8 | food store, Sister Beverly's Foods in Harvey from 1974 to 1997; | ||||||
| 9 | and she registered over 60 people to vote in the last | ||||||
| 10 | presidential election;
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| 11 | WHEREAS, She married Arbyle Johnson on August 8, 1967 and | ||||||
| 12 | together they have a daughter, Lovely Joslyn; Beverly Johnson | ||||||
| 13 | is presently employed with Harvey-Dixmoor School District 147, | ||||||
| 14 | as an eighth grade math teacher at Rosa L. Parks Middle School; | ||||||
| 15 | therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | honor Beverly A. Hardeway Johnson for all her work with the | ||||||
| 19 | community and her dedication to others; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Beverly Hardeway Johnson as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 22 | respect and esteem.
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