Full Text of HR0104 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend | 4 | | Lundy Savage of Champaign, who passed away on February 15, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was the first of 10 siblings raised in a | 7 | | Chicago housing project to go to college, graduating from | 8 | | Judson College in Eureka; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, He met his wife, Carolyn, in Chicago in 1965 and | 10 | | married her the next year; the couple lived in Tulsa for about | 11 | | 18 months, where he taught at Langston University; his first | 12 | | pastorate was in Dixon; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, he moved to Champaign and served the next | 14 | | 40 years as the pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church in | 15 | | Champaign; he also served as the former president of the State | 16 | | Convention of the National Baptist Convention USA and was a | 17 | | former National Baptist Convention Regional Vice President for | 18 | | the Midwest Region; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He is remembered as a great educator and friend; | 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Lundy Savage is survived by his wife, | 2 | | Carolyn; his children, Scott and Christie; and other relatives, | 3 | | friends, and congregation members; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we mourn, along with his family, friends, and congregation, the | 7 | | passing of Reverend Lundy Savage; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Reverend Lundy Savage as a symbol of | 10 | | our sincere sympathy.
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