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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are deeply saddened to learn of the death of
4 Joi Verneice Price of Springfield, who passed away on April
5 23, 2002 at the tender age of 19; and
6 WHEREAS, Joi Price was born September 2, 1982, in
7 Kankakee to Eddie J. Price, Jr. and Mary D. Price; and
8 WHEREAS, Miss Price was a sophomore at Kentucky State
9 University in Frankfort, Kentucky; upon the approval of the
10 Whitney Young Honors Program, she will receive her Associate
11 of Science degree on May 11, 2002; and
12 WHEREAS, Miss Price received the Kentucky State
13 University Presidential Scholarship Award; she was a member
14 of the Whitney Young Honors Society, where she maintained a
15 3.6 grade point average; and
16 WHEREAS, Miss Price was Treasurer of her sophomore class;
17 she participated in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Fashionetta 2000,
18 and received the Award of Excellence, Miss Congeniality, an
19 award for "Most Active in Communities Activities", and
20 received the Alpha Kappa Alpha Fashionetta Scholarship; Miss
21 Price also received the NAACP Award and Rainbow PUSH
22 Scholarship her freshman and sophomore year; she was a member
23 of American Honor Scholar Student and a member of Who's Who
24 Among American High School Students and Who's Who Among
25 American College Students; and
26 WHEREAS, Miss Price was a 2000 graduate of Springfield
27 High School, where she was treasurer of Students of All
28 Races, a member of the Spanish Club and PEACE and received
29 Oratory Honorary Mentions by the Principal Scholars Program;
30 she was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where she
31 received a Lillie B. Smith Foundation Scholarship; Miss Price
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1 was a former member of Pearls of Praise and a member of the
2 Ambassadors for Christ; she also participated in LaPetite;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, Joi Price was formerly employed by Feitshans
5 Safe Haven, Osco Drugs, Illinois State Treasurer, and
6 Secretary of State Department of Accounting Revenue, and she
7 was a former Illinois State Senate Page; and
8 WHEREAS, Joi Verneice Price will be deeply missed by all
9 those who knew her and loved her, especially her parents,
10 Eddie J. and Mary D. Price, Jr.; her sister, Aisha Yvette
11 Price; her brothers, Malcolm (Samantha) Price and Kwame
12 Price; her special brother, Timothy Smith; her half-brother,
13 Daniel Roach; her half-sister, Tempe' Williams; her special
14 sisters, Audrey Austin and Carrie Day; her grandparents,
15 Hilmor and Maggie Moore and Edwinah Price; and several aunts,
16 uncles, cousins, and seven nephews; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19 we mourn, along with all those who knew her and loved her,
20 the passing of Joi Verneice Price of Springfield; and be it
21 further
22 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to the family of Joi Verneice Price with our
24 deepest, most sincere condolences.
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