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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rev. Isaac 
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Singleton on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Mount 
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Zion Baptist Church in Joliet; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has served as pastor of Mount 
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Zion Baptist Church since his original sermon on the first 
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Sunday of December 1961; under Rev. Singleton's stewardship, 
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Mount Zion Baptist Church has grown from 100 members to more 
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than 2,000 members; the church building has grown from a small 
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building with outdoor toilets when Rev. Singleton arrived to a 
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28,000 square foot church and adjoining Family Life Center on 
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Singleton Place, the street named after Rev. Singleton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has preached on five 
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continents; he has traveled to Africa to help build churches 
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and has served as a Baptist minister in Europe, Asia, and South 
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America; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a pastor and community leader, 
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Rev. Isaac Singleton farmed with his father, plowing fields, 
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breaking mules, and doing farm chores in rural Louisiana; he 
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served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II; 
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he was previously employed as a factory welder and had a brief 
 


 






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career as a vacuum cleaner salesman; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton marched with Martin Luther 
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King in Montgomery, Alabama; he also shook hands with President 
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Ronald Reagan at the White House; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton married his wife Pearlie on 
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September 12, 1947; together, they have six children, Gloria 
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Singleton Hayes, Isaac Singleton, Jr., Charles Edward 
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Singleton, Barbara Ann Singleton-Edwards, Valerie Jean 
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Singleton, and Willie D. Singleton; they also have 17 
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grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and one 
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great-great-grandchild; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Rev. Isaac Singleton on the occasion of his 
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retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement 
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years; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Rev. Isaac Singleton as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.