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SJ0066LRB104 22043 MST 38127 r

1SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Fannie Gwendolyn Jones was born in East St. Louis 

3on November 22, 1922, the youngest of six children born to the 

4union of Henry and Rosie McGee Jones; and

5 WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was a life long resident of East St. 

6Louis; she attended elementary and high school in School 

7District 189 and received a bachelor's degree at Tuskegee 

8University in Tuskegee, Alabama and her master's degree from 

9Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri; and

10 WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was one of the first Black 

11substitute teachers in District 189 and one of the youngest; 

12she taught first grade at Franklin Elementary School for many 

13years before joining the administrative staff of the district; 

14she later became program coordinator of the district's Title I 

15program until her retirement after 33 years; and

16 WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was the first African American to 

17run on a statewide ticket for an elected office as the Clerk of 

18the Illinois Supreme Court; and

19 WHEREAS, Fannie Jones was part of many civic and religious 

20groups in an effort to serve her community, including the 

21Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, the East St. Louis Board of Election 

SJ0066- 2 -LRB104 22043 MST 38127 r

1Commissioners, the Democratic National Convention (1968), the 

2National Baptist Convention, the Women's Baptist General State 

3Convention, the Baptist General State Convention of Illinois, 

4the East St. Louis Cable Board, the Junior and Senior Red 

5Circle and the Young Women's League at Truelight Baptist 

6Church, Greater New Hope Baptist Church, Paramount Democratic 

7Women, the Illinois State Board of Education Library Systems, 

8the Ethele Scott S