Full Text of SR0733 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Bishop Emeritus Willie F. Newbon; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Willie Newbon was born on October 23, 1936 in | 5 | | Brownsville, Tennessee; his parents were Willie F. and Mattie | 6 | | Jelks Newbon; he married Patsy N. Gude on March 26, 1960; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Willie Newbon believed in working and started his | 8 | | first job at the Robert Halls clothing store during his high | 9 | | school years; he also enjoyed sports and was an avid football | 10 | | player while in high school; after graduation, he joined the | 11 | | United States Army and Reserves; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Willie Newbon received Christ at the age of 12 at | 13 | | the First Church of God in Christ under the leadership of | 14 | | Pastor Cleveland Bell; in May of 1961, he was licensed as a | 15 | | minister under the late Bishop Daniel Bostick; in May of 1967, | 16 | | he was ordained as an Elder under the late Bishop L.H. Norman; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In December of 1971, Willie Newbon founded | 19 | | Community Temple Church of God in Christ; the doors of | 20 | | Community Temple Church of God in Christ were opened on the | 21 | | first Sunday in December of 1971 in a small store front; the |
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| 1 | | first service included 13 members and many children; under | 2 | | Bishop Newbon's leadership, many were saved and the membership | 3 | | began to grow; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1984, Willie Newbon founded Liberty Temple | 5 | | Church of God in Christ in Champaign, where he pastored for 2 | 6 | | years; he served faithfully both as District Superintendent and | 7 | | as Administrative Assistant under the late Bishop Theodore | 8 | | Taylor Rose; in November of 1998, he was appointed and | 9 | | installed as the Jurisdictional Prelate of Central Illinois by | 10 | | the late Bishop Chandler David Owens; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Willie Newbon was preceded in death by his | 12 | | parents; his grandparents; his sisters, Sarah Joyner and Ruth | 13 | | Ann Turnbo; his brother, Leroy (Sonny) Newbon; and his | 14 | | brother-in-law, Booker T. Joyner; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Willie Newbon is survived by his loving wife of 53 | 16 | | years, Senior First Lady Pat N. Newbon; his children, Pastor | 17 | | Andrei (Marcia) Newbon, Leslie Newbon, Eric (Holly) Newbon, and | 18 | | Sacorea Newbon; his grandchildren, Andrenique Newbon, | 19 | | Alexander Newbon, Alexis Newbon, Ashlyn Newbon, and Addison | 20 | | Newbon; his sisters, Louise (Howard) Roberson, Gladys (Mac) | 21 | | Shields, Joan Lee, Dorothy (Charles) Helm, Linda Lee, Bernadine | 22 | | Lee, and Joyce Lee; his brothers, Joel (Ida Ruth) Rivers and UL | 23 | | (Billie) Newbon; his sisters-in-law, Mary (Donald) Williamson, |
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| 1 | | Frances Hill, Ina Sanders, and Willie Mae Newbon; his | 2 | | brother-in-law, Charles (Kathy) Gude; his uncle, Paul | 3 | | (Ardelia) Jelks; his aunt, Lettie M. Allen; and his many | 4 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 7 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bishop Emeritus Willie | 8 | | F. Newbon; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Willie Newbon as an expression of | 11 | | our sympathy.
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