Full Text of HR1338 096th General Assembly
HR1338 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Lou Della | 4 |
| Evans-Reid of Chicago on the occasion of her 80th birthday; and
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| WHEREAS, LouDella Evans Reid has a national reputation as | 6 |
| one of the most outstanding Ministers of Music this side of | 7 |
| heaven; her unique style of directing is majestic, as well as | 8 |
| powerful, and has enhanced the services at Fellowship | 9 |
| Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago for almost 55 years; and
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| WHEREAS, LouDella Evans-Reid was the only woman among the | 11 |
| five charter members of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist | 12 |
| Church of Chicago, where her brother, the eminent Reverend Clay | 13 |
| Evans, is the founder and Senior Pastor; she gave birth to the | 14 |
| church choir, served as its first pianist, and was appointed | 15 |
| Minister of Music in 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, She studied music during her childhood under the | 17 |
| late Kate Evans of Brownsville, Tennessee; she began to use her | 18 |
| musical ability by playing the piano for her church, the | 19 |
| Woodlawn Baptist Church in Brownsville, Tennessee; while at | 20 |
| Woodlawn, she also organized and led a youth singing group that | 21 |
| became so renown that they traveled throughout the area | 22 |
| rendering music; she also held a position of accompanist for |
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| graduation exercises at her high school in Brownsville; and
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| WHEREAS, Her talents were well honed by the time she moved | 3 |
| to Chicago and helped found the Fellowship Missionary Baptist | 4 |
| Church; she is noted for arranging such notable gospel songs as | 5 |
| New Name In Glory and Bringing In The Sheaves , both of which | 6 |
| have been featured in musical recordings; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, LouDella's musical excellence has been showcased | 8 |
| in many arenas, including over thirty musical releases of the | 9 |
| Reverend Clay Evans and the Fellowship Missionary Baptist | 10 |
| Church Choir, recordings of the National Baptist Convention, | 11 |
| U.S.A., Inc., and numerous choral concerts across the country | 12 |
| and throughout Europe; LouDella is known worldwide for her | 13 |
| moving renditions of hymns such as It Is Well , Even Me , More | 14 |
| Love To Thee , and Close To Thee ; and
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| WHEREAS, LouDella is currently Minister of Music Emeritus | 16 |
| at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church and Music Advisor for | 17 |
| the mass choirs of First Church of Deliverance; she also serves | 18 |
| as a musical consultant for church choirs and musical groups | 19 |
| throughout Chicago and the vicinity; in May of 2000, Lou Della | 20 |
| received an honorary degree, "Doctor of Humane Letters" from | 21 |
| the Arkansas Baptist College; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| congratulate Lou Della Evans-Reid on her 80th birthday and wish | 3 |
| her continued good health and success for years to come; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to Lou Della Evans-Reid as a symbol of our respect | 7 |
| and esteem.
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