Full Text of HR0209 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Deacon | 4 | | Willie T. Summerville of Urbana, who passed away on March 7, | 5 | | 2017 at the age of 73; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville contributed a great deal to the | 7 | | Champaign-Urbana community over his 50 years in the area; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville had an overwhelming and | 9 | | abundant faith in Jesus Christ and was committed to sharing | 10 | | that faith with every life he touched; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville served as a minister of music | 12 | | and Sunday School teacher; he was an active
member of the | 13 | | PACE/SWAT ministries at Canaan Baptist Church, conducting | 14 | | door-to-door
evangelism throughout the community; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville had a profound love for music, | 16 | | and
in particular, for sacred music; he worked to foster his | 17 | | love of music in primary, middle,
secondary, and higher | 18 | | education throughout his community, including at Urbana High | 19 | | School, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign African
| 20 | | American Studies, Canaan Baptist Church, Canaan Academy, St. | 21 | | Luke CME Church, and Hinds
College in Hinds, Mississippi; he |
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| 1 | | conducted countless music workshops throughout the country and
| 2 | | abroad; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Although Deacon Summerville can never be | 4 | | replaced, continuing to follow his examples of love, service, | 5 | | joy, and encouragement will improve the lives of many of those | 6 | | in his community; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville was preceded in death by his | 8 | | wife of 48 years, Valerian Summerville; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville is survived by his children, | 10 | | Derrick (Roslyn) Arnett, Shandra Alexander, and William
| 11 | | (Danielle) Moses; his grandchildren, Darius (Jazmine) Julian, | 12 | | Adrian Rochelle,
Makeda Gabriel, Jaxon Allery, and Ezekiel | 13 | | Thomas; his great-granddaughter, Amiyah Amani;
hundreds of | 14 | | former students from his teaching
career; many godchildren; and | 15 | | a
host of nieces, nephews, cousins, special friends, and | 16 | | students throughout the nation; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | mourn the passing of Deacon Willie T. Summerville, and extend | 20 | | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | 21 | | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Deacon Summerville as an expression | 3 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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