Full Text of SR0456 94th General Assembly
SR0456 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Reverend Willie Davis | 4 |
| Melton on Sunday, September 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 20, 1938, in Tutwiler, | 6 |
| Mississippi, to the late Walter and Katie Mae Melton; he | 7 |
| relocated to Gary, Indiana, in the early 1950s and worked for | 8 |
| USX Gary Works and Blast Furnace, retiring in February of 2000 | 9 |
| with 32 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, He became a Christian at an early age and united | 11 |
| with New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, where he | 12 |
| served in several auxiliaries; he later joined the Cornerstone | 13 |
| Missionary Baptist Church and was fully ordained on April 11, | 14 |
| 1993, and was appointed pastor upon the death of Reverend J. | 15 |
| Jones Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; both | 17 |
| maternal and paternal grandparents; his sister, Dora; his | 18 |
| brother, Walter; his niece, Lorraine Blair; and his | 19 |
| great-nephew, Oscar Kelly Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Melton has been deeply | 21 |
| felt by many, especially his sisters, Charlotte (Robert) | 22 |
| Miller, Katie Mae Blair, Ruth Cooley, Corrine Fairow, and | 23 |
| Ernestine Melton; his brothers, Eddie Melton and Lendal | 24 |
| (Rochelle) Melton; his daughters, Timi (Floyd) Boyd, Towana | 25 |
| Melton, Evangelist Brenda (Cubby) Gray, and Andrea (Jeffrey) | 26 |
| Tucker; his sons, Robert Stinneth and Timothy Melton; his eight | 27 |
| grandchildren; his two great-grandchildren; his aunts, Maggie | 28 |
| Peterson, Lillie Davis, and Geneva; and his many other | 29 |
| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 |
| Reverend Willie Davis Melton, and we extend our sincere | 3 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 4 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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