Full Text of SR0615 94th General Assembly
SR0615 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the death of Deacon Eddie Moss of North | 4 |
| Chicago on January 14,
2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Moss was born on May 6, 1932 in Hernando, | 6 |
| Mississippi, to Ms. Inez Willis; he was united in Holy | 7 |
| Matrimony to Pearl Butler on October 4, 1952; he moved to | 8 |
| Waukegan from Mississippi in 1957 with his wife and four | 9 |
| children to make a better life for his family; after 32 years | 10 |
| of dedicated service, he retired from Refiners and Smelters in | 11 |
| North Chicago, in 1977; he later worked as a lunchroom | 12 |
| supervisor for Waukegan Schools until illness required him to | 13 |
| retire in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He confessed his belief in Christ at an early age | 15 |
| at the Union Hill M.B. Church in Hernando, Mississippi, and was | 16 |
| crowned Deacon under the leadership of Rev. Bruce Ivy in 1963; | 17 |
| Deacon Moss later joined Mt. Sinai and Mt. Moriah and served as | 18 |
| Deacon under Bishop Solomon Smith; he served faithfully as a | 19 |
| Deacon for 43 years, until his illness; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Smith leaves to cherish his memory his | 21 |
| loving wife of 53 years, Alpearl Moss; his four children, J.D. | 22 |
| Moss, Melvin Moss, Barbara Moss Ferguson, and Julie (Clayton) | 23 |
| Moss-Thorn; his grandchildren, Marlon (Cheryl D.) Moss, Cheryl | 24 |
| M. Moss, Latisha Grier, Angela Clark, Nikki and Nia Ferguson, | 25 |
| Julian Moss, Christian and Cayla Thorn, and Melvin Taylor; his | 26 |
| special cousin, Fannie Massey; his special niece, Evangelist | 27 |
| Carolyn Jean Hood; 14 great-grandchildren; and a host of | 28 |
| nieces, nephews and cousins; the Mt. Moriah family; and Bishop | 29 |
| Solomon and Ernestine Smith; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Moss was preceded in death by his mother, | 31 |
| his daughter, Edie Moss Domino; his brother, Johnny Clayton; |
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| his sister, Jessie Plunkett; and his special friend, John | 2 |
| Moton; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Moss will be sadly missed by all who knew | 4 |
| him, especially his family and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 7 |
| Deacon Eddie Moss, and we extend to his family and friends our | 8 |
| sincerest condolences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Deacon Eddie Moss as an expression | 11 |
| of our deepest sympathy.
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