Full Text of HR0277 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Pastor King James | 4 | | Underwood Sr. of Champaign, as he celebrates his 75th birthday; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood was born to Sarah Parson | 7 | | Underwood and Judge Underwood on April 24, 1938, in | 8 | | Pantherburn, Mississippi, the 9th out of 10 siblings; he moved | 9 | | to Urbana to live with his sister, Rosetta Williams, and her | 10 | | husband, Ike, when he was 7 years old; he worked full-time and | 11 | | graduated from high school in Urbana and then served in the | 12 | | U.S. Navy; he received a certificate from the Illinois | 13 | | Institute of Technology, a bachelors of arts in Theology, a | 14 | | bachelors in Rehabilitation Counseling, a masters of arts in | 15 | | Religious Studies Education, a doctor of Ministry, and a doctor | 16 | | of Divinity (honorary); and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood worked for the University of | 18 | | Illinois in the Illini Union and Housing Division and as a | 19 | | general and sub-building contractor renovating homes and | 20 | | churches, helping in the building of New Free Will Baptist | 21 | | Church; he also worked for Alloy Engineering and Casting | 22 | | Company; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood served as spiritual counselor | 2 | | and advisor to Danville Correctional Center, Champaign County | 3 | | Jail, the University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois University, | 4 | | Indiana University student outreach, and the Boy Scouts; he | 5 | | aided students in tutorial programs for the Urban League of | 6 | | Champaign County, the NAACP, Citizens Concerned with Quality | 7 | | Education, the Ministerial Alliance of Champaign-Urbana and | 8 | | Vicinity, the Rainbow Push Coalition Advisory Board of | 9 | | Champaign County, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advocacy for | 10 | | Justice Committee, and Empty Tomb; he has benefited the | 11 | | community spiritually, culturally and financially by | 12 | | sponsoring Free Will Baptist District regional and youth | 13 | | conferences; the mayor proclaimed a "Bishop King James" | 14 | | Underwood Day" in Urbana; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood is married to Dr. Evelan | 16 | | Underwood and they have 10 children; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood has devoted his life to giving | 18 | | hope and improving the lives of the most vulnerable children, | 19 | | seniors and poor families; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Underwood's 75th birthday celebration will | 21 | | take place on April 26, 2013, at the Urbana Civic Center in | 22 | | Urbana; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we wish to congratulate Pastor King James Underwood, as he | 4 | | celebrates his 75th birthday; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Pastor Underwood as an expression of our esteem | 7 | | and respect.
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