Full Text of SR1006 97th 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
Reverend Tom C. "TC" Sturdivant, who | 4 | | passed away on November 25, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Tom Sturdivant was born on March 25, 1936, in | 6 | | York, Alabama; his parents were Roy and Jessie B. (Nixon) | 7 | | Sturdivant; he married Callie Mae Sturdivant, who preceded him | 8 | | in death; he later married Katie Lee Elston on March 27, 2004; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Before he became a minister, Rev. Tom Sturdivant | 11 | | was a civil rights freedom fighter in Alabama who walked | 12 | | hand-in-hand with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and other | 13 | | freedom fighters in Selma, Alabama; he personally knew James | 14 | | Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who were among | 15 | | those who died in the movement; he also was known to house | 16 | | civil rights activists at his home or other real estate he | 17 | | owned; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Tom Sturdivant retired from the railroad | 19 | | industry in 1993 after many years of service; he served as | 20 | | pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Galesburg, commuting | 21 | | from Peoria to Galesburg for more than 21 years; after the | 22 | | death of the Rev. John L. Gordon and when the Rev. Sturdivant's |
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| 1 | | work was done in Galesburg, the Lord led him back to Peoria to | 2 | | pastor St. Luke M.B. Church; in the meantime, he graduated from | 3 | | the Illinois Baptist College in Galesburg; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Tom Sturdivant was a member of Grace Baptist | 5 | | Church, under the leadership of the Rev. Jeffery Ivory Sr.; he | 6 | | became a senior pastor of St. Luke M.B. Church and faithfully | 7 | | served there for more than 19 years until his passing; over the | 8 | | years, he also served with the Baptist General State of | 9 | | Churches as the unit district moderator and as president of the | 10 | | Baptist Minister Alliance and the Praise Team at the State | 11 | | Baptist General Conventions; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Tom Sturdivant is survived by his loving and | 13 | | devoted wife of 8 years, Katie Sturdivant; his sons, Willie J. | 14 | | McCallum, Thomas R. (Sheila) Sturdivant, Charles (Vera) McVay, | 15 | | and Chad Dunlop; his daughters, Jeannette (Quintin) | 16 | | Sturdivant-Marshall, Francis D. Sturdivant, Robin Otterstrom, | 17 | | Yvette Sturdivant, Latisha Sturdivant, and Joyce McVay; his | 18 | | brothers, Danny B. (Penny) Sturdivant, Floyd (Gladys) | 19 | | Sturdivant, and William O. (Deborah) Sturdivant; his sisters, | 20 | | Rosie Ruffin and Melvie Thomas; his 35 grandchildren; his many | 21 | | great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; his many | 22 | | other relatives; and the members of the Baptist General State | 23 | | Churches and the Peoria community; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 | | his family and friends, the passing of Reverend Tom C. "TC" | 4 | | Sturdivant; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Rev. Tom Sturdivant as an expression | 7 | | of our sympathy.
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