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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. of |
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| Centreville, who passed away on October 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 28, 1928 to Jodie A. Luster, |
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| Sr. and Adellar Mitchell in Houston, Mississippi; he accepted |
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| Christ at an early age at New Zion Baptist Church, under the |
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| leadership of Reverend Robinson; he attended Parnell |
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| Elementary School and Houston High School; and
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| WHEREAS, As a young man he moved to Webster Groves, |
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| Missouri, and later Centreville; in 1950 he married Geneva |
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| Collins and together they had six children; he was a thirty-one |
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| year employee of Hunter Packing Company until his retirement; |
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| he was also an automobile salesman, owner of Luster's Car Wash |
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| and Luster's Wrecking and Excavating; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the Board of Education in |
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| Centreville, as a member of the Centreville Volunteer Fire |
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| Department in the 1950s and 1960s, as a Centreville Alderman, |
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| and as a member of the Cahokia Water Company Board of Directors |
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| for the last eight years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a minister at Calvary Missionary Baptist |
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| Church, founded by his father, Jodie Luster, Sr.; he held |
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| Saturday morning prayer service no matter what the weather; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. is survived by his |
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| wife, Geneva; his sons, Flinn (Brenda), Kerry (Susan Swope), |
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| Lardez, and Marcus (Connie); his daughters, Sheila (Will) |
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| Croom, Tawana (Charlie) Moore, and Renee Givens; his sisters, |
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| Elvira Wright, Ruthie Mae (Jasper) Montgomery, and Esteria |
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| Thompson; his brothers, Charles Lee (Betty) and Larry (Breck); |
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| his godson, Raphal Wright; his twenty-seven grandchildren; |
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| forty-five great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, |
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| cousins, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Reverend Jodie A. |
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| Luster, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. as a |
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| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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