Full Text of HR0704 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the Canaan A.M.W. Church in | 4 | | Maywood on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its | 5 | | founding; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On March 20, 1905, the Canaan A.M.E. Mission | 7 | | Church was organized in Oak Park under the leadership of Rev. | 8 | | Thomas Pain Devlin; the first chartered members were Brother | 9 | | and Sister
Shannon; Sister Heady and Brother James Devlin; | 10 | | Brother Tom Hensely; Sister Fannie Lee; Sister
Genevieve and | 11 | | Brother Winford Wilson; Sister Janie Wilson; Sister Colvin; | 12 | | Sister Mary Wilson Dobbs; and
Sister Fannie Stuart; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1910, the A.M.E. Mission church was organized | 14 | | in Maywood under the leadership of Rev. Thomas Lovett; the | 15 | | first chartered members were Sister Elizabeth and Brother | 16 | | William
Priestly; Sister Maude Priestly Stump; Sister Mary | 17 | | Sheridan; Brother A.L. Rayford; Sister Fannie D.
Stuart; Sister | 18 | | Florence May and Brother Joseph Logan; and Sister Fannie Lee; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The 2 churches consolidated their respective | 21 | | congregations in 1914 and chose the name Canaan A.M.E. Church; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The first choir was organized in 1912 and the | 2 | | first parsonage was built in 1923; the sanctuary was erected in | 3 | | 1925; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The church expanded numerous times throughout the | 5 | | years due to significant increases in membership; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Other pastors to serve the church throughout the | 7 | | years were Rev. James Woods, Rev. W.B. Lowery, Rev. W.H. | 8 | | Thomasson, Rev. T.J. Merritt, Rev. D.H. Byrd, Rev. G.I. Holt, | 9 | | Rev. W.B. Barber, Rev. S.E. Malone, Rev. S.B. Washington, Rev. | 10 | | J.C. Brewer, Rev. Maurice Higginbothan, Rev. J.W. James, Rev. | 11 | | Granville Reed, Rev. J. Edward Foster, Rev. W.N. Reed, Rev. | 12 | | Charles I. Spivey, Rev. Fred D. Ford, Rev. Blaine Ramsey, Rev. | 13 | | Isaac Kindred, and Rev. Robert L. Bailey; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The current pastor, Rev. C. Calvin Rice, joined | 15 | | the church in time to see it through its 100th anniversary and | 16 | | into the future; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | recognize the 100th anniversary of the Canaan A.M.W. Church, | 20 | | and we wish it many more successful years; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Canaan A.M.W. Church as an expression of our | 3 | | esteem and respect.
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