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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois State Senate are |
| 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of James Stanford; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford was born on October 13, 1925 in |
| 5 | | Shaw, Mississippi; he received his education from Shaw Public |
| 6 | | Schools in Mississippi; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford accepted Jesus Christ as his |
| 8 | | personal Lord and Savior in 1957; he later became a member of |
| 9 | | Ambassadors For Christ Church under the leadership of his son, |
| 10 | | Apostle Joseph L. Stanford; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford was a decorated soldier in the |
| 12 | | United States Armed Forces and served during World War II; he |
| 13 | | received 6 military honors and bars for his meritorious |
| 14 | | service; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford was committed to serving humanity, |
| 16 | | sacrificing his time and finances to help the downtrodden and |
| 17 | | those in need; he was affiliated with several community |
| 18 | | organizations, including Target Area Development, Family Cares |
| 19 | | Mission, and Safe Cities in Chicago and Cape Town, South |
| 20 | | Africa; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford was preceded in death by his |
| 2 | | parents, James and Guffie Stanford; his wife, Luversa Young; |
| 3 | | his sons, Douglas Carter, James Stanford, Jr., and Jimmy |
| 4 | | Stanford; his daughter, Charlie Mae Hunt; and his sisters, |
| 5 | | Maggie Hooker, Martha Bryant, and Arlena Van Buren; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Stanford is survived by his sons, Ozzie |
| 7 | | Stanford, Joseph (Debra) Stanford, Larry Stanford, and James |
| 8 | | Stanford; his daughters, Martha Coakley, Theresa Mitchell, and |
| 9 | | Sarah Persely; his sisters, Rosie Lee Mungon, Ozzie Holt, and |
| 10 | | Elvie Holt; his 32 grandchildren; his 73 great-grandchildren; |
| 11 | | his 24 great-great-grandchildren; and his many other relatives |
| 12 | | and friends; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
| 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of James Stanford; and be |
| 16 | | it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of James Stanford as an expression of |
| 19 | | our sympathy.
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