Full Text of HR1236 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr. | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as Pastor of Brown Chapel | 5 | | A.M.E. Church in Joliet; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. is the third of 8 children | 7 | | born to Lishers and Lizzie Mae Mahone of Patsburg, Alabama; he | 8 | | received his early education in Alabama; when he was 18 years | 9 | | old, he went to Illinois to visit his sister, never realizing | 10 | | what God had in store for him; he subsequently served in the | 11 | | United States Armed Forces, where he received his formal | 12 | | training in Business Administration; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. entered the Itinerant | 14 | | Ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and received | 15 | | his theological training through the Moody Bible Institute of | 16 | | Chicago and the African Methodist Episcopal Church; he was | 17 | | ordained an Itinerant Elder by the late Bishop Howard Thomas | 18 | | Primm in September of 1972; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. began his Pastorate at Turner | 20 | | Memorial A.M.E. Church in Chicago, located in the living room | 21 | | of one of its members; during his tenure there, he led the | 22 | | congregation in purchasing property with the intentions of |
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| 1 | | building a new church; in 1981, he was appointed as Pastor of | 2 | | the beleaguered Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church; shortly after his | 3 | | arrival, Brown Chapel was well on its way to fiscal prosperity | 4 | | and spiritual growth; in 1991, Brown Chapel broke ground for | 5 | | its new edifice at 1502 East Mills Road in Joliet; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has the distinction of serving | 7 | | the longest pastoral term in the North District of the Chicago | 8 | | A.M.E. Annual Conference; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Since 2003, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has served as | 10 | | President of Churches United in the Fight Against Aids, a local | 11 | | organization working exclusively to empower churches in the | 12 | | greater Joliet area in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS | 13 | | epidemic in the African-American community; he served as the | 14 | | Chairman of the Will County Community Health Organization | 15 | | Governing Council Board; he has also served on the Quality | 16 | | Control Committee for the Will County Community Health Center | 17 | | and is a member of the Joliet Regional Interfaith Education | 18 | | Council; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. and his wife, First Lady Betty | 20 | | Mahone, are the proud parents of 3 adult children, Kenneth | 21 | | (Christina), Lishune, and Lishers, III (Chanda), and the | 22 | | grandparents of 4 wonderful grandchildren, Eleanor Grace, | 23 | | Marshall James, Blake Alexander, and Karrington Alexis; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr. on the occasion of his | 5 | | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 6 | | future; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Lishers Mahone, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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