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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 Pastor Henry L. Woods Sr., who passed |
| 4 | | away on May 28, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Woods was born in Birmingham, Alabama to |
| 6 | | Monroe and O'neal Woods on December 8, 1953; he was the sixth |
| 7 | | of eight children and was educated in the Jefferson County and |
| 8 | | Marengo County School Systems; he committed to his faith at Mt. |
| 9 | | Calvary Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where he served |
| 10 | | in the youth choir; his family later relocated to Demopolis, |
| 11 | | Alabama, where he joined the True Vine Baptist Church and |
| 12 | | continued to serve faithfully; in 1972, he relocated to |
| 13 | | Waukegan, Illinois; in 1985, he joined the Christian Valley |
| 14 | | Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, where he was an |
| 15 | | ordained Deacon and served as a Vice Chairman; he was licensed |
| 16 | | and ordained as a Minister of the Gospel by Pastor Clarence |
| 17 | | Clarke in 1994; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, During his years in the ministry, Pastor Woods |
| 19 | | served as the Director of Youth Ministry and as the Assistant |
| 20 | | Pastor; he was installed as the Pastor of the church on October |
| 21 | | 20, 2002; and
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| 22 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Woods was educated at the College of Lake |
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| 1 | | County, McKinley Theological Seminary, Carver Baptist Bible |
| 2 | | College, the National Baptist Convention USA Inc., The Biblical |
| 3 | | Exposition Conference, and various workshops and seminars; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Woods was preceded in death by his |
| 5 | | grandmother, Agnos "Mrs. Nan" Killings; his parents; his |
| 6 | | brother, Joe Lee Woods; and his granddaughter, MyeAngel Booker; |
| 7 | | and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Woods is survived by his daughter, Lisha |
| 9 | | Woods; his sons, Henry L. and Darrell (Tiffany) Woods; his |
| 10 | | sisters, Mary Gh'Rael, Dorothy (Freddie) Armstead, Pinkie |
| 11 | | (Lady) Marrow; and Marie Woods; his brothers, Therman (Helen |
| 12 | | Tyler) and James Woods; his grandchildren, Kiara Booker, Layka |
| 13 | | McQuitery, Jason Booker Jr., Amaya Booker, Kemari Woods, and |
| 14 | | Zoe Woods; and his many cousins, nieces, and nephews; |
| 15 | | therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Pastor Henry L. Woods Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 19 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Pastor Woods as an expression of our |