File #: 14-0933    Version: 1 Name: QUEEN ISABELLA (ISABEL) CONNOLLY TAYLOR
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/14/2014 In control: Steele
On agenda: 1/15/2014 Final action: 1/15/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF QUEEN ISABELLA (ISABEL) CONNOLLY TAYLOR Proverbs 31: 28-31 (28) Her children arise up, and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her, (29) Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them all; (30) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised; (31) Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. WHEREAS, Almighty God has called Queen Isabella (Isabel) Connolly Taylor from our midst on January 5, 2014; and WHEREAS, Queen Isabella was born into life on August 11, 1909 in Savage, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, Queen Isabella confessed her faith in Christ at the tender age of 14 and joined St. Samaritan A.M.E. Church in Coldwater, Mississippi where she developed her commitment and dedication of service not only to the Lord but to mankind; and WHEREAS, on April 12, 1931 she married Mr. Luke Taylor and to this union ten chi...
Sponsors: JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF QUEEN ISABELLA (ISABEL) CONNOLLY TAYLOR

Proverbs 31: 28-31 (28) Her children arise up, and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her, (29) Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them all; (30) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised; (31) Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

WHEREAS, Almighty God has called Queen Isabella (Isabel) Connolly Taylor from our midst on January 5, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Queen Isabella was born into life on August 11, 1909 in Savage, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, Queen Isabella confessed her faith in Christ at the tender age of 14 and joined St. Samaritan A.M.E. Church in Coldwater, Mississippi where she developed her commitment and dedication of service not only to the Lord but to mankind; and

WHEREAS, on April 12, 1931 she married Mr. Luke Taylor and to this union ten children were born; and

WHEREAS, her husband and three of their children Menore T. Hall, Calvin Taylor and Vernice T. Brownlee preceded her in death; and

WHEREAS, Queen Isabella raised her children in a God-fearing and loving home, provided them principles of hard work and education, they became successful entrepreneurs, educators, and governmental officials throughout the cities of Los Angles and Chicago; and

WHEREAS, Queen Isabella's passion was education. She passed the State of Mississippi's teacher certification exam in 1930 and began teaching in a "one room school house" at Prichard Elementary School in Tunica, Mississippi all before earning her high school diploma in 1950. She later earned her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 1959 from Mississippi Industrial College. She taught school until her retirement in 1973; and

WHEREAS, In the mid 1970's Queen Isabella migrated to Chicago, Illinois and joined the Allen Metropolitan C. M. E. Church where she ...

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