Full Text of SR1465 98th 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 Bishop Val Johnson of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on September 7, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson was born on January 6, 1917 in | 6 | | Chicago; his parents were James Garfield and Nellie (nee | 7 | | Currie) Johnson; he married Leah G. Thomas, who preceded him in | 8 | | death in 2001; he later married Sarah B. (nee Davis) McNeil on | 9 | | November 30, 2002; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson served as Pastor of the | 11 | | Pentecostal Church of Jesus from 1962 until his retirement in | 12 | | 2007; he also worked as a City of Peoria Plumbing Inspector | 13 | | until his retirement in 1989 after 25 years of service; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson was preceded in death by his | 15 | | parents; 2 brothers, Raymond and Emanuel Johnson; and a sister, | 16 | | Rochella Manuel; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson is survived by his loving wife, | 18 | | Sarah Johnson; 14 children; Byron Val (Anita) Johnson, Valerie | 19 | | Leah Harrell, Yvonne Alice Jordan, Yvette Alice Cummings, | 20 | | Felicia Helen Carreker, Earl "Baker" McNeil, Sidney McNeil, | 21 | | Wendell McNeil, Glenna Lee Branscumb, Joann (Michael) Kirksey, |
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| 1 | | Clora Lee Johnson, Donna Bess McNeil, Sandra (De Wayne) Harris, | 2 | | and Janice McNeil; 34 grandchildren; and many | 3 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 6 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bishop Val Johnson; | 7 | | and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Bishop Val Johnson as an expression | 10 | | of our sympathy.
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