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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of William |
| 4 | | "Bill" Garth Sr., who passed away on September 23, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. was born to Tom Sr. and Winnie |
| 6 | | M. Garth in Alabama on December 14,
1937; while young, he was a |
| 7 | | member of New Bethlehem Baptist Church; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. moved to Chicago and began |
| 9 | | working as an advertising salesman
for the Chicago Citizen |
| 10 | | Newspaper Group, gaining recognition as a master salesman; he |
| 11 | | later purchased the Chicago
Citizen, making it the largest |
| 12 | | black-owned
ABC audited newspaper in the Midwest; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. established a not-for-profit |
| 14 | | foundation known as the Quentis B. Foundation in
memory of his |
| 15 | | late son, Quentis B. Garth; he served as
Chairman for the |
| 16 | | organization, which has provided $1 million in scholarship |
| 17 | | awards to disenfranchised
inner city youth in the community; he |
| 18 | | lead the Chatham Business Association, which offers
business |
| 19 | | resources and customized services and programs; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. was Region III Advertising |
| 21 | | Representative and a former President of
Midwest Region III of |
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| 1 | | the National Newspaper Publishers Association; he was the first |
| 2 | | African American
elected President of the Illinois Press |
| 3 | | Association; he sat on the Board of
Government Affairs |
| 4 | | Committee, serving more than 15 years; he was elected
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| 5 | | stockholder and Chairman of the Cook County Publishers |
| 6 | | Association and was a board member of
the Midwest Black |
| 7 | | Publishers Association; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. was preceded in death by his |
| 9 | | first wife, Roseanne J. Malan, and his son, Quentis B. Garth; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. is survived by his wife, Brenda |
| 12 | | Mathis; his son, Darrell; his daughter, Janice; the six Mathis |
| 13 | | children; 20
Mathis family grandchildren; and 24 Mathis family |
| 14 | | great-grandchildren; his sisters, Geraldine
Burgess, Orangie |
| 15 | | Garth, and Charlie Garth; his brothers, X. Rashid, Robert Garth |
| 16 | | Sr., Roosevelt
Garth, Jessie Garth, Larry, Joseph Garth, |
| 17 | | Richard Garth, and Steven Garth; his granddaughters,
Quinira |
| 18 | | and Savannah Garth; his great-granddaughters, Armonee, Aniyym, |
| 19 | | Aalina, and Arionna; his great-grandsons,
Jeremy, Jaelyn, |
| 20 | | Shannon, and Jeron; a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins; The |
| 21 | | Citizens
News Family; and numerous other family and friends; |
| 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 2 | | mourn the passing of William Garth Sr., and extend our sincere |
| 3 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
| 4 | | him; and be it further
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 6 | | presented to the family of William Garth Sr. as an expression |
| 7 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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