Full Text of SR0720 94th General Assembly
SR0720 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 regret of the death of Dr. Delancey Howard Moore | 4 |
| of East St. Louis on Sunday, April 2, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Moore was born on September 20, 1951, in St. | 6 |
| Louis, Missouri to Katherine Reynolds and Ellis T. "Beef" | 7 |
| Moore; he was an only child, reared by his loving mother, | 8 |
| grandmother, Renthie Reynolds, and aunt, Carrie Cannon; he | 9 |
| followed the guidance and wisdom of these three women, as he | 10 |
| matured into a man of exemplary stature; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Moore received his formal education in the | 12 |
| East St. Louis school system, graduating from East St. Louis | 13 |
| Senior High School in January, 1970; his educational journey | 14 |
| was steady and progressive; he attended Eden Theological | 15 |
| Seminary and was a graduate of Parkland College in Champaign; | 16 |
| he received a Doctorate of Philosophy from LaSalle University | 17 |
| in Mandeville, Louisiana; he was also a graduate of the U.S. | 18 |
| Department of Justice Training Academy, the National Sheriffs | 19 |
| Association, and the F.B.I. Academy in Quantico, Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 5, 1975, Dr. Moore married Debra Anne | 21 |
| Holt; the couple enjoyed thirty-one years of marriage; he was a | 22 |
| devoted husband and father to his three children, Delancey II, | 23 |
| Darrington, and Marcia; he was very proud of his family and | 24 |
| drew strength from their love; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Moore enjoyed a stellar career in criminal | 26 |
| justice; he was Parole Supervisor for the Illinois Department | 27 |
| of Corrections, which comprises St. Clair and eleven other | 28 |
| Southern Illinois counties; in the past, he served as a | 29 |
| Probation Officer for St. Clair County's Probation and Court | 30 |
| Services Department, 20th Judicial Circuit, a Correctional | 31 |
| Officer, a Classification Specialist, a Training Academy |
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| Director, and ultimately, Jail Superintendent at the St. Clair | 2 |
| County Sheriff's Department; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Moore was appointed and served as a member of | 4 |
| the State of Illinois Prisoner Review Board; he taught in the | 5 |
| Criminal Justice Department at Southwestern Illinois College; | 6 |
| he was most proud of founding a family business, Moore | 7 |
| Memorials, which specializes in headstones and plaques; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, On February 10, 1986, Dr. Moore entered ministry | 9 |
| at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis; as one | 10 |
| of Mt. Zion's proud "Sons of Thunder", he was ordained as a | 11 |
| Baptist Minister on June 5, 1988; also in 1988, he was elected | 12 |
| to serve as pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church | 13 |
| in St. Louis, Missouri, where he served as spiritual leader for | 14 |
| eleven years until October 3, 1999 when he was sent by God and | 15 |
| elected pastor by the congregation of St. Mark Missionary | 16 |
| Baptist Church in East St. Louis; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Having been inspired by his mentor and godfather, | 18 |
| the late Marion E. Officer, Sr., Dr. Moore became a student of | 19 |
| oratory; he honed his skills over the past twenty-two years as | 20 |
| the radio voice for the Officer Funeral Homes' weekly Sunday | 21 |
| night broadcast; he became a licensed funeral director with | 22 |
| Officer Funeral Homes in 1991, incorporating his unique brand | 23 |
| of empathy and compassion to the families he served; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Moore received various service awards and | 25 |
| professional recognitions through the years; he had many | 26 |
| interests and affiliations, including membership in Kappa | 27 |
| Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., East St. Louis Alumni Chapter, | 28 |
| where he served as Lt. Strategus and Southern Cross Lodge No. | 29 |
| 112; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 31 |
| grandmother, Renthie Reynolds; his father-in-law, Myles E. |
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| Holt; his grandmother-in-law, Annie "Nana" Thompson; and his | 2 |
| grandfather-in-law, George "Papa" Thompson; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Delancey Howard Moore has been | 4 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Debra Holt Moore; his | 5 |
| children, Delancey H. Moore, II, Darrington H. Moore, and | 6 |
| Marcia D. Byrd; his aunt, Carrie Cannon; his great aunt, Sennie | 7 |
| Adams; his cousins, Francis Washington, Shirley Grey, George | 8 |
| Washington, and James Lincoln; his mother-in-law, Delores Y. | 9 |
| Holt; his brother-in-law, Myles E. Holt, II; his niece, Kailey | 10 |
| M. Holt; other relatives; his second family, M. Bernadette | 11 |
| Officer, Carl E. Officer, and Marion E. Officer, II; his very | 12 |
| special friends, Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr., V. Kenneth | 13 |
| Johnson, Christopher McKinley, Parris McIntosh, Stephen Bond, | 14 |
| and Dexter Lang; his numerous friends and co-workers; his St. | 15 |
| Mark Missionary Baptist Church family; his Mt. Zion Missionary | 16 |
| Baptist Church family; and all those who love the Lord; | 17 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 |
| Dr. Delancey Howard Moore and we extend our sincerest | 21 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 22 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 25 |
| sympathy for their loss.
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