Bill Text: IL HR0892 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wendell Allen Jackson Sr. of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0892 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0892-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Wendell | ||||||
| 4 | Allen Jackson Sr. of Chicago, who passed away on July 25, 2020; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson was born to Eula Mae and Lawrence | ||||||
| 7 | Robert Jackson in 1938; he studied at Tilden Technical High | ||||||
| 8 | School, Loop
College (Harold Washington College), Chicago | ||||||
| 9 | State University, and Roosevelt University, where
he earned a | ||||||
| 10 | Bachelor of Arts in Social Work; he married civil rights | ||||||
| 11 | activist Ruby Jackson in the late 1960s; he later married | ||||||
| 12 | Chicago artist and educator Eleanor Powell Jackson; he was a | ||||||
| 13 | longtime resident of the Hyde Park neighborhood; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson retired as a child
specialist for | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson was a legendary actor, orator, and | ||||||
| 17 | singer; he was loved by scholars and entertainers across | ||||||
| 18 | genres; he recently published a volume of original poetry | ||||||
| 19 | entitled Poems of My Life; he also recently wrote and sang the | ||||||
| 20 | new CD, Slowbreakers, and narrated the CD, the Paul Robeson | ||||||
| 21 | Story; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson performed for the opening of the | ||||||
| 2 | Rald Institute's Art Exhibition Fundraiser at the Chicago
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| 3 | Theological Seminary on February 18, 2020; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson was a delightful talent with a | ||||||
| 5 | strong
presence; he was a generous, loving friend; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson was a faithful church servant and | ||||||
| 7 | served first at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Lilydale | ||||||
| 8 | Missionary Baptist, where his dad was the founder; he then | ||||||
| 9 | served many years at
Macedonia Tabernacle M.B. Church under his | ||||||
| 10 | brother; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson was preceded in death by his first | ||||||
| 12 | wife, Ruby; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Wendell Jackson is survived by his children, Sauda | ||||||
| 14 | Azizza Jackson,
Wendell Jackson Jr., Lawrence Jackson, and Emon | ||||||
| 15 | Samarra; his sisters, Dorothy Smith, Loretta Jackson, Myrna | ||||||
| 16 | McWhite, Arzetta Askew, and Dr. Uletta Butler; and his | ||||||
| 17 | brothers, Robert Jackson Sr., Rev. Maurice Jackson, William | ||||||
| 18 | Jackson Sr., and Rev. Dr. Fredrick G. Jackson Sr.; therefore, | ||||||
| 19 | be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 21 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | we mourn the passing of Wendell Allen Jackson Sr. and extend | ||||||
| 2 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 3 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Wendell Jackson as an expression of | ||||||
| 6 | our deepest sympathy.
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