Full Text of SR0981 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Reverend James L. Demus III, who passed | 4 | | away on September 23, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Reverend James Demus III served as senior pastor | 6 | | of Park Manor Christian Church for the last 25 years; under | 7 | | Rev. Demus' leadership, Park Manor grew into one of the largest | 8 | | African American churches in the Disciples of Christ | 9 | | denomination; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Reverend James Demus III served as executive | 11 | | director of the Chicago South Side NAACP; he was a Rainbow PUSH | 12 | | official; he helped found the Ministerial Alliance Against the | 13 | | Digital Divide, a 30,000+ member next-generation civil rights | 14 | | organization that is devoted to bridging the Digital Divide and | 15 | | promoting personal and economic development in low-income and | 16 | | minority communities across the country; he also was the chief | 17 | | organizer for the original Million Man March; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Reverend James Demus III is survived by his wife, | 19 | | Eleanor; his sons, Joshua Von Demus and James L. Demus IV; his | 20 | | stepchildren, Robyn L. Cushingberry, Marie C. Babb-Fowler, and | 21 | | Lamont Sharp, and his grandchildren, Anna J. Chapman-Demus, | 22 | | Candyce L. Black, Brittany Thompson, and Andrew Babb-Fowler; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Reverend James Demus III will be fondly remembered | 3 | | by his loving family and friends and the congregation of Park | 4 | | Manor Christian Church as a faithful servant to his community | 5 | | and a shining beacon of hope; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Reverend James L. Demus | 9 | | III; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Reverend James Demus III as an | 12 | | expression of our sympathy.
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