Full Text of SR0712 094th General Assembly
SR0712 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Bishop Eddie A. Morgan on | 4 |
| Friday, March 10, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Morgan was born on August 19, 1919, in | 6 |
| Little Rock, Arkansas, to Willie and Beatrice Hill Morgan; he | 7 |
| was married to Irene "Sugar" Morgan for 50 years; she preceded | 8 |
| him in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Morgan leaves a legacy of ministry; he was | 10 |
| a former pastor of a Church of the Living God in East St. Louis | 11 |
| for 13 years; he later became pastor of the Church of the | 12 |
| Living God C.W.F.F. Temple #46 in Decatur, where he served for | 13 |
| 44 years, retiring nearly three years ago; and
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| WHEREAS, He served his congregation and community with | 15 |
| leadership; during his time of dedicated service, more than 18 | 16 |
| men and women became ordained or received credentials as | 17 |
| ministers, evangelists, or missionaries; he inspired the | 18 |
| building of the existing edifice on Franklin Street, and the | 19 |
| mortgage was burned in 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, As a civil rights leader, he was committed to | 21 |
| equal rights and justice; he fought hard to get jobs for others | 22 |
| in work places that often did selective hiring; in the 1960s, | 23 |
| he and a few other leaders supported Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | 24 |
| by leading marches in Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Morgan was frequently asked to serve on | 26 |
| committees; he served on the Mental Health Board, the Board of | 27 |
| Consumer Credit Management, the YMCA Board of Directors, and | 28 |
| many more boards; he was an active member of the Ministers | 29 |
| Alliance; he served as the presiding Bishop over the Seventh | 30 |
| Dioceses: Kansas, Western Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado; |
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| WHEREAS, In recognition of the fruits of his labor and | 3 |
| leadership, numerous organizations bestowed honors upon him; a | 4 |
| few of his honors included the NAACP Joe Slaw Civil Rights | 5 |
| Award, the Illinois Wisconsin I.B.P.O. Elks-Distinguished | 6 |
| Service Award, the YMCA Board of Directors Award, the Church of | 7 |
| the Living God District #7 Recognition, a Certificate of | 8 |
| Appreciation from the Illinois Department of Corrections, and a | 9 |
| Certificate of Recognition from Benedict College in Columbia, | 10 |
| South Carolina; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Bishop Morgan has been deeply felt | 12 |
| by many, especially his brothers, Nathaniel (Susie) Morgan, | 13 |
| James Morgan, Leslie Morgan, and Samuel (Gwendolyn) Morgan; his | 14 |
| sisters, Willie Mae Walker and Clarice (Rudolph) Lewis; and a | 15 |
| host of nieces and nephews; in addition to his wife, he was | 16 |
| preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Dr. Otis Morgan | 17 |
| and Leroy Morgan; and his sister, Beatrice Morgan; therefore, | 18 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 |
| Bishop Eddie A. Morgan, and we extend our sincere condolences | 22 |
| to his family, congregation, friends, and all who knew and | 23 |
| loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 26 |
| sympathy.
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