Illinois SR 417: MEMORIAL-DR. HATTIE B. JONES

Status: Resolution Adopted (as of 2025-10-15)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SR 417

Sponsors: Willie Preston

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SR0417LRB104 15237 ECR 28387 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Hattie B. Jones, D.Div.; and

4 WHEREAS, Dr. Jones was born to Deacon Alex "Buddy Red" and 

5Mother Lula B. (Watkins) Johnson in Madison County, 

6Mississippi; she committed to her faith at an early age, being 

7raised in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), including St. 

8Mark COGIC in Canton, Mississippi; she married Lawrence C. 

9Jones Sr. on August 10, 1940, and they relocated to Jackson, 

10Mississippi, where they had five children and attended Davis 

11Temple COGIC; after her husband completed his military 

12service, she and her family settled in Chicago, where they 

13served at Union Tabernacle COGIC and later Rehoboth COGIC; she 

14earned her GED by attending night schools in Chicago, 

15including Forestville North School, Wendell Phillips Academy 

16High School, and Crane High School; she later earned a Doctor 

17of Divinity from Logos Bible College; and

18 WHEREAS, Dr. Jones held numerous roles in the course of 

19her life, including serving as a homemaker, a nurse, a Sunday 

20school teacher, a youth director, a missionary, an 

21international evangelist, and an ordained pastor; she founded 

22Evangelist Hattie B. Jones Ministries in the 1970s; while 

23serving at Faith Temple COGIC, she expanded her ministry and 

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1was appointed overseer of Great Northern COGIC in 1979; she 

2later established New Nation Ministries; she became the first 

3female ordained pastor in COGIC in March 1987; over the years, 

4she supported numerous church leaders and ministered at 

5conferences and revivals across major U.S. cities; and

6 WHEREAS

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