Full Text of HR0182 102nd 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 | 4 | | Evangelist Mary Ellen "EG" Gwin; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin was born to Flim and Amy Moore on April | 6 | | 18, 1951; she grew up in a home built by her father in Robbins; | 7 | | she was educated in Robbins and Blue Island; she earned | 8 | | bachelor's degrees in Music and in Education from Roosevelt | 9 | | University of Chicago; she married Lloyd E. Gwin on May 22, | 10 | | 1974; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin was an adult education teacher in | 12 | | Chicago and Urbana for more than 20 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin served as the minister of music, | 14 | | director of ministries, ordained minister, and first lady and | 15 | | co-pastor along with her husband Bishop Gwin at The Church Of | 16 | | The Living God in Champaign for nearly 40 years; she was also | 17 | | the mother of The Church Of The Living God National Assembly | 18 | | Brotherhood; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin was deeply committed to her faith; she | 20 | | loved music, especially Gospel and Christian music, and she | 21 | | loved singing in choirs, directing choirs, playing |
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| 1 | | accompaniment on the piano, and composing choral music; | 2 | | recently, she enjoyed listening to choirs; she also enjoyed | 3 | | shopping and dressing, and she was known for being the best | 4 | | dressed person in all situations; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin was a devoted wife as well as a loving | 6 | | mother and grandmother; she had a gift for helping others find | 7 | | their true purposes; she was filled with love and light and | 8 | | influenced many with the power of her faith; she will be | 9 | | missed; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin was preceded in death by her parents, | 11 | | Brother Flim and Sister Amy Moore, and her brother, Flim | 12 | | Wesley Moore; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mary Gwin is survived her husband of 46 years, | 14 | | Senior Bishop Lloyd E. "BG" Gwin (BG); her children, Bettye | 15 | | Tanya Jordan (Earl), Pancho Moore-Lloyd II, and Christina Poe | 16 | | (Darrell); her sisters, Grace Jackson, Lori Colquitt (Pastor | 17 | | Lewis), and Leah Taylor (late husband, Todd); her brother, | 18 | | Steven Moore; her grandchildren, RaShaunda, Keisha, K'Shawna, | 19 | | Aija, Ariauna, Christiana, Christyn, and Christian; her | 20 | | nieces, Candace Gwin, Zipporah Gwin, Victoria Taylor, Amie | 21 | | Lewis, and Alisa Jefferson (Raymond); her nephews, Clarence | 22 | | (Josh) Taylor, Leonard Morris, and Duane Lewis (Laurentia); | 23 | | her great-niece, A'Leah Gwin; her friend and caregiver, Angela |
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| 1 | | Evans; a host of other relatives, nieces, nephews, cousins, | 2 | | and friends; and the family of The Church Of The Living God | 3 | | Champaign and the Church Brotherhood; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we mourn the passing of Evangelist Mary Ellen "EG" Gwin and | 7 | | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | 8 | | who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Mary Gwin as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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