Full Text of HR0295 94th General Assembly
HR0295 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the death of | 4 |
| Deacon Timothy Jackie (Carlos) Butler of Chicago on March 14, | 5 |
| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Butler was born on April 22, 1948, to | 7 |
| Harrison Butler and Mary (Stampley) Butler in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Parker High School in Chicago | 9 |
| and later went on to receive his B.A. from Chicago State | 10 |
| University and was working towards his master's degree in | 11 |
| social work; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1981, he married Sylvia Young and they had five | 13 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked as a cook for the railroad, as an | 15 |
| insurance salesman, and as an administrator and social service | 16 |
| worker; it was his work with agencies such as the Community | 17 |
| Mental Health Council, Chicago Urban League, Catholic | 18 |
| Charities, and the Alliance for Community Empowerment that he | 19 |
| held close to his heart; he also volunteered for several | 20 |
| not-for-profit agencies throughout the city; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1973, Deacon Butler joined the Now Generation | 22 |
| Church of Christ; in 1983, he and his family joined the | 23 |
| Burnside Community Baptist Church where he served on the | 24 |
| Deacons Ministry, the Music Ministry, and was one of the | 25 |
| founders of the Man Seed Camp; he graduated from the BCBC | 26 |
| Seminary in 1990 where he received the degree of Elder; he | 27 |
| later was a member of the St. Mark Church and the Harvey | 28 |
| Memorial Community Church; he provided service to all the | 29 |
| auxiliaries of Harvey Memorial, however, his heart was in the | 30 |
| Media Ministry, the ACTS of Harvey, and the Men's Ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, He lived life to the fullest; he enjoyed | 2 |
| traveling, cooking, music, nature, and theater; he was an | 3 |
| outdoorsman and loved to spend time with his family and | 4 |
| friends; he was generous, well-liked, and a friend to many; and
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| WHEREAS, Deacon Butler was preceded in death by his mother, | 6 |
| Mary (Stampley) Butler; his aunts, Helen (Stampley) Jackson and | 7 |
| Bessie (Stampley) Gaines; and his uncles, Curley Stampley, | 8 |
| Freddy Stampley, and Francis Stampley; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Deacon Timothy C. Butler is felt by | 10 |
| all who knew and loved him, especially his children, LeQuita | 11 |
| (Anthony) Peel, Tonya Young, Aaron (Diane) Smith, and Timothy | 12 |
| and Antoinette; his grandchildren, Cory, Jasmine, Jordan, | 13 |
| Kendall, Aaron, and Jenny; his uncle, George Stampley; his | 14 |
| sisters, Dorothy (James) Daniel and Yvonne (Gloster) Current; | 15 |
| his cousins, Ella Davis (Ma dea), Debra Smith, Anita Downs, | 16 |
| Carolyn Davis, Kim (Judy) Davis, Kenneth (Cynthia) Davis, Noah | 17 |
| Downs, William Downs, and Glorianne Barbour; his nieces, | 18 |
| Natalie (Paul) Wilson, Angelyn Current, Tiffany Current, | 19 |
| Marquella Davis, and Michelle Davis; and his nephew, Trey | 20 |
| Daniel; and
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| WHEREAS, He also had a special extended family which | 22 |
| included mothers, Marion Monroe and Eddie Mae Susberry; son, | 23 |
| Shaun Mance; daughters, Robyn Sligh and Jaton McCree; sisters, | 24 |
| Eloise Jordan and Vanessa Davis; nieces, Michelle (Missy) Brown | 25 |
| and Y'Von Evans; grandchildren, Darius, Ryan, Janyah, and | 26 |
| Jerrick; special friends, Don Harper, Stan Jamison, and Darnell | 27 |
| Fourte; and the Sligh/Black Family, the Eaton family, the BCBC | 28 |
| family, the Harvey Memorial family, and a host of other friends | 29 |
| and relatives; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 31 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of Deacon Timothy C. Butler and extend our | 2 |
| sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and community; | 3 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 6 |
| sympathy.
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