Full Text of SR0594 101st 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 Harold Breon Dawson Jr. of Peoria, | 4 | | who passed away on July 14, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson was born to Bishop Harold Sr. and | 6 | | Mattie Pearl Dawson on August 5, 1970; he married Lori Tawana | 7 | | Guyton on May 30, 1997; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson earned a Bachelor of Administration | 9 | | in Marketing from Jackson State University; he studied at | 10 | | Lincoln Christian Seminary and the Summer Leadership Institute | 11 | | at Harvard Divinity School; he graduated from the Samuel DeWitt | 12 | | Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University with a | 13 | | Master in Divinity; he was accepted as a candidate for his | 14 | | Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at The Chicago School of | 15 | | Professional Psychology; he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi | 16 | | Fraternity; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson was licensed and ordained as a | 18 | | minister by his father in 2001; he was installed as pastor of | 19 | | New Hope International Ministries, where he served as senior | 20 | | pastor for 11 years; in July 2012, he organized and founded New | 21 | | Life Christian Church, where he served as senior pastor; he | 22 | | received Episcopal Consecration as a bishop on August 26, 2016; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson ministered across the country and in | 3 | | South Africa and the Caribbean; he was a member of the U.S. | 4 | | delegation to Trinidad and Tobago; along with a group of four | 5 | | Peoria churches, he continued missionary support and | 6 | | international fellowship in Trinidad and assisted in sending | 7 | | missionaries to Colombia; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, Bishop Dawson was appointed president of | 9 | | the Peoria Christian Leadership Council; he also served as a | 10 | | commissioner on the board of the Wayne A. Downing Metropolitan | 11 | | Airport Authority; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson was a devoted husband and loving | 13 | | father and expressed pride and joy over each of his children; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson was a hero, a champion, a warrior, a | 16 | | builder, a visionary, a scholar, and a friend; he was | 17 | | unquestionably one of a kind; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson was preceded in death by his mother, | 19 | | Evangelist Mattie Pearl Dawson; his father-in-law and mentor, | 20 | | Pastor A.J. Guyton; and his grandmothers, Mother Maybelle | 21 | | Mitchell and Leila Mae Dawson; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Dawson is survived by his wife of 22 years, | 2 | | Lori; his children, Harold III, Haven, and Harrington; his | 3 | | father, Bishop Harold Dawson Sr. (Valerie); his sisters, | 4 | | Sheirie Artese Dawson and Shannon Pleishette Dawson-Galloway | 5 | | (Stacy); his brother, Pastor Ahmad Jamal Dawson (Jewel); his | 6 | | beloved mother-in-law, Mother Lena M. Guyton; numerous aunts, | 7 | | uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins; and his New Life | 8 | | Christian Church family; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Bishop Harold Breon Dawson Jr. and extend our sincere | 12 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 13 | | him; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Bishop Dawson as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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