Bill Text: IL SR0019 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Josephine Armstead-Bowman of Dixmoor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0019 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0019-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Josephine Armstead-Bowman of Dixmoor, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 7, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman was born on December 3, | ||||||
| 6 | 1935, in Chicago; her parents were the late Mr. Korandus and | ||||||
| 7 | Mrs. Annie Bee Lax-Armstead; she married Benjamin Bowman Sr. on | ||||||
| 8 | December 28, 1958; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman received her general | ||||||
| 10 | education from the Chicago Public School System; she later | ||||||
| 11 | undertook training to become a cosmetologist and beauty | ||||||
| 12 | professional; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, As a young woman, Josephine Armstead-Bowman | ||||||
| 14 | joined the St. James Church of God in Christ and acknowledged | ||||||
| 15 | and received Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior; for | ||||||
| 16 | many years, she participated in numerous church activities, | ||||||
| 17 | including the Sunday School Ministry, Young Peoples' Willing | ||||||
| 18 | Workers (YPWW), and the Youth Choir; she later sang with a | ||||||
| 19 | chorale called the Jubilee Five; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, In the winter of 1970, Josephine Armstead-Bowman | ||||||
| 21 | became the first lady of the Revival Center Church of God In | ||||||
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| 1 | Christ, supporting her husband's calling into the ministry as | ||||||
| 2 | Senior Pastor of a newly established congregation; for 25 | ||||||
| 3 | years, she served the people of God untiringly, teaching in | ||||||
| 4 | multiple areas of the church, including the Sunday School | ||||||
| 5 | Department, the YPWW, Bible Band, and the Voices of Revival | ||||||
| 6 | Center Choir; she also acted as a surrogate mother to many of | ||||||
| 7 | the parishioners attending and joining the ministry; in 1996, | ||||||
| 8 | she decided to move her fellowship and joined the Tabernacle | ||||||
| 9 | Church of God In Christ, where she served on the Mother's | ||||||
| 10 | Board; she also served in the Women's Ministry, taught young | ||||||
| 11 | women how to knit and crochet, engaged in Bible study, and | ||||||
| 12 | played the piano during her time at the church; in 2002, she | ||||||
| 13 | joined the charismatic ministry of the Abounding Life Church of | ||||||
| 14 | God In Christ in Posen and faithfully served on the Mother's | ||||||
| 15 | Board until her health prevented her from active ministry; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman is survived by her | ||||||
| 17 | children, Lolita Bowman-Butts (Pastor Walter James Butts), | ||||||
| 18 | Brenda Faye Bowman-Harris (Napoleon Harris, Jr., deceased), | ||||||
| 19 | Benjamin Bowman. Jr. (Cynthia Delores Jackson-Bowman), Pastor | ||||||
| 20 | Raymond Bowman (Nancee Brantly-Bowman), Hazel Ann Bowman, | ||||||
| 21 | Kenneth Jerome Bowman (Rhonda Rene Lockett-Bowman), Regina | ||||||
| 22 | Elaine Bowman-Batiste (Anthony Batiste), Pastor Nathaniel | ||||||
| 23 | Bowman, Sr. (Natasha Pleshita Campbell-Bowman), Josephine | ||||||
| 24 | Bowman-McDonald (Michael McDonald), Elijah Bowman (Chymica | ||||||
| 25 | Laminer-Bowman), Emmanuel Bowman (Cedeliah LaShone | ||||||
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| 1 | Tatum-Bowman), and Kelvin Bowman (Dominique Thompson-Bowman); | ||||||
| 2 | her siblings, Ida Bell Armstead-Scott, Frances Rosamound | ||||||
| 3 | Armstead-McDonald, Shirley Mae Armstead, and Henry Lee | ||||||
| 4 | Armstead; her sisters-in-law, Ruth Johnson, Ruby Baker, | ||||||
| 5 | Marleen Bowman, and Ola (Mary) Armstead; her cousins, Melvin | ||||||
| 6 | and Susie Armstead; her faithful friend, Evangelist Earlene | ||||||
| 7 | Travis; her 38 grandchildren, including Illinois State Senator | ||||||
| 8 | Napoleon Harris, III; her 6 great-grandchildren; and her many | ||||||
| 9 | nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Josephine Armstead-Bowman will be remembered | ||||||
| 11 | fondly by all who knew her as a devoted and loving wife, an | ||||||
| 12 | unselfish and nurturing mother, and a loyal friend whose piety | ||||||
| 13 | and caring nature endeared her to everyone she met; therefore, | ||||||
| 14 | be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 17 | her family and friends, the passing of Josephine | ||||||
| 18 | Armstead-Bowman; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Josephine Armstead-Bowman as an | ||||||
| 21 | expression of our sympathy.
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