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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of  former 
4Illinois State Representative Eugene "Gene" Moore; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eugene Moore began his political career in 1989, 
6when he was elected to serve as trustee for Proviso Township; 
7he later went on to become the first African-American elected 
8to represent the 7th District in the Illinois House of 
9Representatives, where he served for three terms and was 
10elected to a fourth term; in 1999, he was elected to serve as 
11Cook County Recorder of Deeds, where he served until 2012; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Following his service as Cook County Recorder of 
13Deeds, Eugene Moore remained in political circles, where he 
14talked passionately about community affairs, backed local 
15candidates, and mentored rising political figures like Maywood 
16Trustee Isiah Brandon; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Eugene Moore was a member of the Second Baptist 
18Church in Maywood; he was a football and basketball coach and 
19mentor to youths in Proviso Township; he also served on 
20numerous boards, including those of the Boys and Girls Club of 
21West Cook County, the Proviso-Leyden Council on Community 
22Action, John C. Vaughns Scholarship Fund, Inc., and the 
 
 
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1Community Economic Development Association; and

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Eugene Moore was the loving father of three 
3children, Dowanna, Natalie, and Eric; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
5NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
6we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of 
7former Illinois State Representative Eugene "Gene" Moore; and 
8be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Eugene Moore as an expression of our 
11sympathy.