Full Text of HR0437 95th General Assembly
HR0437 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bishop | 4 |
| Cornelius Southern, Pastor of the Grace Apostolic Faith Church | 5 |
| in Chicago, who passed away on May 5, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Cornelius Southern was the founder of the | 7 |
| Grace Apostolic Faith Church and was its only pastor until last | 8 |
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a resident of Olympia Fields, he was chaplain for Chicago | 9 |
| Vocational High School and Trinity Hospital and was active in | 10 |
| the Illinois District Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of | 11 |
| the World, the South Shore Ministerial Alliance, and the | 12 |
| Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy program; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Southern was born in Camden, Mississippi in | 14 |
| 1928 and grew up on a sharecropper farm; he moved to Chicago in | 15 |
| 1950 and worked as a truck driver; he was baptized in 1957 and | 16 |
| received the gift of the Holy Ghost in 1958 before feeling a | 17 |
| call to the ministry; and
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| WHEREAS,
The church became an active member of the Illinois | 19 |
| District Council and continued to grow; today the church has | 20 |
| about 300 members from all ages, from seniors in their 80s all | 21 |
| the way to young people; one of Bishop Southern's last outings | 22 |
| was a trip with some young people to a White Sox baseball game;
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| he made sure the church provided those in need with school | 2 |
| supplies, warm clothing, and food baskets on a regular basis; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1995 Bishop Southern was promoted to the office | 5 |
| of Suffragan Bishop; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Bishop Southern was preceded in death by his son, | 7 |
| Charles; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Cornelius Southern is survived by his wife, | 9 |
| Gussie Lee; his daughters, Beverly and Veronica; his sons, | 10 |
| Earl, Maurice, Cornelius Jr. and Larry; and 22 grandchildren.; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, congregation, and people | 15 |
| whose lives he touched, the passing of Suffragan Bishop | 16 |
| Cornelius Southern; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Suffragan Bishop Cornelius Southern | 19 |
| as a symbol of our sincere condolences.
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