Memorial Resolution for Jeanette Jakes-Sidney
WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that the members of this chamber learned of the departure of Jeanette Jakes-Sidney in her home in West Helena, Arkansas, on February 13, 2018, surrounded by family; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed body has been notified of her passing by her sister, the Honorable Emma Mitts, Alderman of the 37th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Jeanette was born on March 25, 1957, to the late Bettye Pearl and Percy Jakes, in Elaine, Arkansas. She was the twelfth of seventeen children; Jeanette, loving known by all as "Rean", confessed her faith in Christ at an early age; and
WHEREAS, Jeanette married Sam Sidney on January 9, 2009. She was the loving mother of three sons: Anthony, Dennis and Shaid Mario Owens.and daughter, Doris; and
WHEREAS, Rean enjoyed working at Pearl's Blessings, a local community organization created to provide new products to agencies, churches and people in need. She enjoyed watching wrestling, fishing, gardening, cooking and cleaning. She loved spending time with her family, especially her brother Ertis; and
WHEREAS, Jeanette Jakes-Sidney leaves to cherish her memory her devoted husband, Sam Sidney; children, Anthony Jakes of Chicago, Illinois, Dennis Jakes of West Helena, Arkansas and Doris Jakes of Little Rock, Arkansas; adopted son, Shaid Mario Owens; grandchildren, Patrick, Jacqueline, Camron and Corey; great-grandchildren, Camron, Sevyn and Stacy, Jr.; brothers, Excell (Dorothy) Brown of Atlanta, Georgia, Ertis (Marilyn) Jakes of West Helena, Arkansas and Percy Jakes, Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; sisters, Bettye (Rufus) Pulphus of Chicago, Illinois, Jessie Jakes of Chicago, Illinois, Alderman Emma Mitts of Chicago, Illinois, Mary Jackson of Memphis, Tennessee, Minnie Jakes of Little Rock, Arkansas, Lueathel (Lenard) Seawood of Stockton, California and Sheryl Johnson of West Helena, Arkansas; aunts, Catherine Young and Cora Lee Swanigan of Saginaw, Michigan; brother-in-law, Charles (Becky) Sidney ...
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