SR2248 Summary

• Illinois Senate honors Mother Charlotte Elizabeth Eades, who passed away on September 15, 2016, at age 91.

• Eades served as an educator at multiple institutions including Williams Grant High School, Chicago Teachers College, and Cortez Business College, and held leadership positions at Tabernacle Christian Academy and the Charles H. Mason/William Roberts Bible Institute.

• Appointed Jurisdictional Supervisor of First Jurisdiction Illinois in November 1997, Eades provided leadership for over 100 churches and organized the Women's Institute Hour, the "New Generation" program for women ages 20-45, and annual workshops and retreats.

• Eades served as Regional Supervisor of the Heartland Area (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Canada) and was a National Adjutant Sister serving multiple presiding bishops.

• Senate expresses condolences to her surviving family members including her daughter Marion D. Pearson, four grandchildren, and the Reed's Temple Church and First Jurisdiction Illinois families.