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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened 
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to learn of the death of Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson on 
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Thursday, September 15, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson was born in  St. Louis, Missouri on 
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February 27, 1952 to Mrs. Nannilee Jackson Mackey and was 
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raised in East St. Louis, Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, At 6 years of age, Derrick Jackson accepted Christ 
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as his personal Savior and Lord at the Mount Pisgah Missionary 
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Baptist Church and was baptized by his grandfather, Reverend 
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Robert B. Lyles; he was very active in the church, where he 
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served as president of the Junior Usher Board and music 
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director of the Junior and Senior Male Choruses and was a 
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member of the Young Adult Choir, the Sunday School, and the 
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Baptist Training Union; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson graduated from East St. Louis 
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Senior High School in June of 1970; after graduation, he worked 
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as a driver for District #189 Media Center and then trained as 
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a police cadet; in 1973, he was appointed  police officer for 
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the City of East St. Louis; in 1976, he began a 29-year career 
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in  tractor-trailer operations, and subsequently relocated to 
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Phoenix, Arizona, where he attended Arizona College of the 
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Bible and earned dual bachelor's degrees in elementary 
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education and bible studies; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson accepted God's call to the 
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preaching ministry at the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist 
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Church, and was licensed to preach on November 11, 1981; He was 
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ordained on December 30, 1990 at the Ebenezer Missionary 
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Baptist Church, where he served several years as Associate 
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Minister and Director of Evangelism; Derrick Jackson excelled 
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in the area of evangelism and continuously sought opportunities 
 


 






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to share the gospel of Christ, either in the church or while 
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driving his truck; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson and Geni Vernia Bellamy Farmer 
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were united in holy matrimony on August 2, 1982; he and his 
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wife returned to East St. Louis, where he became the Pastor of 
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Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church; he later became a 
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member of the Unity Lutheran Church, where he was a member 
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until his death; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson 
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has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Geni V. 
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Jackson; his stepfather, William Mackey; his daughters, Lisa 
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Jackson, Pamela (Michael) Jones, Antoinette (Reverend Terry) 
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Marks; his sons, Eric (Cametha) Collins, Derrick (Theresa) 
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Jackson, Jr., and Darrell Farmer; his sisters, Faye Poe, Rosie 
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(Dale) Atkins, and Lucretia McAdoo; his brothers, Robert 
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Jackson, Reverend Ambrose (Lorraine) Jackson, Larry (Debra) 
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Anderson, William (Tracy) Anderson, and Curtis (Paula) 
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Anderson; his sisters-in-law, Marion (Reverend Wesley) Jones, 
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Charlee (Richard) Johnson, and Bernice Bellamy (Nino Fennoy); 
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his brother-in-law, Jesse Bryant, Jr.; his aunt, Irene Pounds; 
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his 8 grandchildren; his nieces, nephews, and cousins; and many 
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other relatives and friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson, and we extend our sincere 
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condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
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him; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.