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Chicago church announces 'Tracey Showers' award in honor of murdered mentor
Tracey Showers, 55, was shot in the face as she was getting out of her car in front of her home. The Tracey Showers Faithful Servant Award will be given each year to a woman in the community whose light has shined exceptionally bright.
CHICAGO - A church in Chicago's North Austin neighborhood has announced a new award in honor of a murdered parishioner who was a mentor and leader in the community.
Tracey Showers, 55, was shot in the face as she was getting out of her car in front of her home around 10 p.m. on Feb. 28.
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The Tracey Showers Faithful Servant Award will be given each year to a woman in the community whose light has shined exceptionally bright.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for her murder.
The Rev. Ira Acree, pastor at Greater St. John Bible Church and a member of the Leaders Network, announced the reward last week. Showers had been a parishioner at Acree’s church in Austin for more than 20 years.
"In a time where people do a lot of church-hopping and church shopping," Acree said, "Tracey was a constant. She was committed to the ministry and to the people of our community."
She volunteered at the church for years and helped it run safely during the height of COVID-19, when it reopened with capacity restrictions.
"One of the things I get emotional about is how she rose to the occasion during the global pandemic," Acree said. "She risked her health to make sure our church doors were open."
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.