Full Text of SR0400 94th General Assembly
SR0400 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of John W. Somers of Marion | 4 |
| on August 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Somers was born August 1, 1940, in Rutherford, | 6 |
| Tennessee, to William Malcom and Ruby Nell (Hoskins) Somers; he | 7 |
| married Judy Bynum on September 4, 1960, in Dyer, Tennessee; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, He was called to preach in 1958 when he was a | 10 |
| senior in high school; he began his pastoral ministry two years | 11 |
| later and received degrees from Ouachita Baptist University, | 12 |
| Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice | 13 |
| Seminary; he was the pastor in churches in Tennessee, Indiana, | 14 |
| Texas, and Illinois, including the First Baptist Church in | 15 |
| DuQuoin; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, along with Les and Sandy Snyder | 17 |
| of West Frankfort, founded Community of Faith Church in | 18 |
| November 1979; he also served as Director of the Department of | 19 |
| Evangelism for the Illinois Baptist State Association; he | 20 |
| preached in many revivals across the country and spent 36 years | 21 |
| in pastoral ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Somers is felt by all who knew | 24 |
| and loved him, especially his wife, Judy; his sons and | 25 |
| daughters-in-law, Jon Mark and Pam Somers and Jeff and Leslie | 26 |
| Somers; his granddaughters, Brittany, Rani, Nicole, and Ciara | 27 |
| Somers; his brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Pam Somers; his | 28 |
| nephews, Mike and Greg Somers; his stepmother, Janie Somers; | 29 |
| and a host of his friends, whom he loved dearly; therefore, be | 30 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| John Somers and extend our sincerest condolences to his family, | 4 |
| friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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