Full Text of HR1351 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 | | Austin W. Smith, Jr. of Chicago, who passed away on December | 5 | | 12, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith was born in Pollocksville, North | 7 | | Carolina, on September 17th, 61 years ago, to Austin and Minnie | 8 | | Hicks Smith; he was the 7th of 9 children, affectionately known | 9 | | as "Pete"; he attended Jones Central High School, Washington | 10 | | Bible College, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where | 11 | | he earned a Master's of Religion in Urban Ministry and a | 12 | | Master's of Christian Studies; he married Shirley Small on | 13 | | December 13, 1969; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith has served as senior pastor of | 15 | | Compassion Baptist Church in Chicago for the past 20 years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Prior to becoming pastor of Compassion Baptist | 17 | | Church, Reverend Smith served as director of the Agape | 18 | | Community Center, a ministry of Here's Life Inner City; he most | 19 | | recently served on the board of Converge Mid America; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Before beginning full-time work in the ministry, | 21 | | Reverend Smith worked for the Kiplinger Washington Editors in |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith was preceded in death by his | 3 | | parents, Austin and Minnie Smith; his son, Sean; and his | 4 | | brother, Charles; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith is survived by his wife of 42 | 6 | | years, Shirley; his children, Sauda, (Duane) Porter, Faith, | 7 | | Stephen, and James; his grandchildren, Jasmine, Joy, Hope, and | 8 | | Jovanni Austin; his siblings, Harriett (Jesse), Robert (Sadie) | 9 | | Barbara (Robert), Karen, Jacquelyn (Ronald), Delphine | 10 | | (Sherman), and Graylin (Barbara), his cousins, nieces, | 11 | | nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews; the congregation of | 12 | | Compassion Baptist Church; and a host of brothers and sisters | 13 | | in Christ and friends; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we mourn the passing of Reverend Austin W. Smith, Jr., and we | 17 | | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | 18 | | who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Reverend Austin Smith, Jr. as an | 21 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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