Full Text of SR0268 096th General Assembly
SR0268 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr. of Chicago, | 4 |
| who passed away on April 26, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 9, 1957, in Washington D.C., Frank | 6 |
| Selby Lee, Jr. was born to Dr. Marjorie Washington Lee and | 7 |
| Frank Selby Lee, Sr.; in Washington, D.C., he attended Woodward | 8 |
| School for Boys; his family later relocated to Illinois so that | 9 |
| his parents could continue their graduate studies at the | 10 |
| University of Illinois; he attended Urbana High School, where | 11 |
| he excelled in sports and was a State champion hurdler; while | 12 |
| in high school he received Jesus Christ as his personal savior; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, He attended Illinois State University in Normal; | 15 |
| his love of Christian fellowship inspired him to join the | 16 |
| M.O.N.K. (short for "Men Of a New Kind") Christian brotherhood, | 17 |
| and to seek Christian service as a summer missionary with | 18 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ International; Frank was ordained as | 19 |
| a minister at the Union Missionary Baptist Church of | 20 |
| Bloomington/Normal by Reverend Dr. P. Bush; and
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| WHEREAS, For several years he served as the Campus Minister | 22 |
| at Illinois State University under the leadership of Reverend |
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| Todd, under the support of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, | 2 |
| and Reverend Dr. Curry, Pastor; on December 15, 1985, Frank | 3 |
| Selby Lee and Rose Sharon Myatt were united in marriage; they | 4 |
| later moved to Chicago with their first son, uniting with | 5 |
| Providence Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of | 6 |
| Reverend Fristoe; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 1999, while pursuing a Doctorate of | 8 |
| Philosophy Degree, he traveled to the Israeli West Bank to | 9 |
| participate in an archeological dig; he also served as a | 10 |
| faculty member of the Baptist General State Congress for 18 | 11 |
| years, as a faculty member of the National Congress of | 12 |
| Christian Education for 5 years, as an Old Testament instructor | 13 |
| with Oral Roberts University, and was affiliated with the | 14 |
| Baptist Pastor's Conference of Chicago and Vicinity; in 1997 he | 15 |
| was first called to serve Kendrick Memorial Missionary Baptist | 16 |
| Church as an interim Pastor; a year later, he was of duly | 17 |
| elected by a large majority of the congregation to the Office | 18 |
| of Pastor; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife renewed their wedding vows in | 20 |
| April of 2009 with Chaplain John Munger presiding; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr., leaves his father, | 22 |
| Frank S. Lee, Sr. (Ophelia); his wife, Rose M. Lee; his | 23 |
| children, Frank III, Andrea, Jonathan, Rose, Selah, and |
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| Angelica; his aunts, Dr. Malitha Holbert, Carolyn Holts | 2 |
| (Raymond), Gloria Royster, Evelyn McEachin, Alberta Littlejohn | 3 |
| (Billy), and Jean Lee; his uncles, Thomas Lee (Betsy), Wellesly | 4 |
| Washington Jr. (Jannie), Paul Washington (Andrea), and James | 5 |
| Washington (Harriett); a host of cousins and other relatives; | 6 |
| the Kendrick Memorial Missionary Baptist Church family; and | 7 |
| many friends to cherish his memory; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Reverend Frank Selby | 11 |
| Lee, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr. as a | 14 |
| symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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