Full Text of HR0782 94th General Assembly
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Coleman | 4 |
| Miller on Saturday, December 17, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on March 2, 1933, to Dr.
William | 6 |
| Edward and Marie Coleman Miller in Nashville, Tennessee; he | 7 |
| spent his
childhood primarily in Jackson, Mississippi, with his | 8 |
| older siblings William Edward and
Lucille Marie; as a young | 9 |
| adult he attended Tougaloo College and later
transferred to | 10 |
| Fisk University on a basketball scholarship and earned his
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| Bachelors of Arts degree in sociology; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon receiving an honorable discharge as a Master
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| Sergeant, he enrolled in George Williams College in Chicago, | 14 |
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he earned a master's degree in social work | 15 |
| administration; and
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| WHEREAS, He took great pride in his accomplishments as a
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| socially conscious community leader; in addition to his time in | 18 |
| the Chicago area, his long career in social work took him to | 19 |
| Cleveland, Ohio, to Brooklyn, New York, back to Cleveland, | 20 |
| Ohio, and later to Jackson, Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1969, Mr. Miller moved to Evanston, Illinois, | 22 |
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became the Executive Director of Beacon Neighborhood House | 23 |
| in Chicago; as
Executive Director, he started with a budget of | 24 |
| $200,000 per year, which
eventually grew under his leadership | 25 |
| to over $2,000,000; during his
tenure he initiated food, work, | 26 |
| and educational programs to help people in
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| communities in the city of Chicago; one of his major
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| accomplishments was the formation of a credit union; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, He served as
President of the Evanston, Illinois, | 30 |
| branch of the N.A.A.C.P. for many years and was appointed to |
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| public office by the Mayor of Evanston, where
he served as the | 2 |
| city's township supervisor; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1984, Mr. Miller returned to Jackson, | 4 |
| Mississippi,
where he founded a mortgage brokerage company | 5 |
| called Family Mortgage
Company, Inc.; he named it Family | 6 |
| Mortgage because of his desire to build a
strong family | 7 |
| business to pass down to future generations; as a prominent
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| successful broker, he served as president of the Mortgage | 9 |
| Brokerage
Association of Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity | 11 |
| and a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church; he wanted to be | 12 |
| remembered as a hard worker
who believed in equality and civil | 13 |
| rights; he thought of himself as a
dreamer and a fighter; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Coleman Miller has been deeply felt | 15 |
| by many, especially his children, Paul
(Vickie), Mark | 16 |
| (Jennifer), David (Donna), and Patrice (Tim); his | 17 |
| grandchildren, Callie, Lena, Nicole, Sky, Nora, Daniel, and
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| Donovan; his former wife of 26 years, Martha Miller; and his | 19 |
| many nieces, nephews,
cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| we mourn the passing of Coleman Miller, and we extend our | 23 |
| deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and | 24 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 27 |
| condolences.
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