Full Text of HR0783 95th General Assembly
HR0783 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Rudolph | 4 |
| Sherman Jackson of Chicago, who passed away on October 12, | 5 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Rudolph Jackson was born April 28, 1928 in Dayton, | 7 |
| Ohio, and moved to Chicago as a child; he received a diploma | 8 |
| for Electric Arc Welding from A & S Vocational Welding School | 9 |
| and achieved many accomplishments in the field of welding; he | 10 |
| worked for Pullman Standard Car, the Ford Motor Company, and | 11 |
| Electro Motives before going into business for himself; and
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| WHEREAS, Rudolph Jackson, at the urging of the late Mayor | 13 |
| of Chicago Harold Washington, took his welding talents and | 14 |
| opened Rudy's Construction; opening his enterprise in 1984 | 15 |
| represented a second career for him, after working as a welder | 16 |
| for private companies for many years; while serving as a | 17 |
| volunteer in the campaign of Mayor Washington he was encouraged | 18 |
| by the late Mayor to open his business; the business thrived | 19 |
| and received contracts with the Chicago Public Schools and | 20 |
| other government agencies until the retirement of Mr. Jackson | 21 |
| in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Rudolph Jackson served in the United States Army |
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| and was honorably discharged; he was awarded the American | 2 |
| Theater Ribbon and the World War II Victory Medal and was an | 3 |
| honor guard for President Truman; he was an active veteran and | 4 |
| a life member of AMVETS and Chaplain of the 247th AMVETS Post; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, A devotee of Dr. Martin Luther King and an | 7 |
| advocate for civil and human rights, Rudolph Jackson | 8 |
| participated in the 1963 March on Washington, supported Dr. | 9 |
| King's work in Chicago, made the pilgrimage to Washington to | 10 |
| participate in the Million Man March, and was active in a | 11 |
| variety of political campaigns; and
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| WHEREAS, The father of Real Men Cook founder, Yvette Moyo, | 13 |
| Jackson participated in Real Men Cook for Charity as a cook and | 14 |
| helper, and was its spiritual inspiration; Mr. Jackson was | 15 |
| saluted at last year's celebration as the ultimate "Real Man" | 16 |
| for being
a spiritual guide to the group; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson joined Trinity United Church of Christ | 18 |
| in 1987 and was a part of several ministries, including the | 19 |
| Men's Course and the Sanctuary Choir, and he was ordained as a | 20 |
| Deacon in 1993; he traveled to the continent of Africa on | 21 |
| several occasions, to Johannesburg, Capetown, and Durban, | 22 |
| South Africa as well as Ghana, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast in | 23 |
| West Africa, and Brazil and Haiti; at the request of Reverend |
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| Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Mr. Jackson and Deacon Walter Jones | 2 |
| chaired the Men's Cell Group, a regular gathering of men that | 3 |
| includes readings, prayer,and spiritual leadership and support | 4 |
| for male members of the church, and he was actively involved | 5 |
| with the group until his passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Rudolph Jackson was preceded in death by his son, | 7 |
| Steven Dwayne Jackson; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Rudolph Jackson is survived by his wife, Pauline; | 9 |
| his daughters, Yvette Jackson Moyo, Sherry King, and Cynthia | 10 |
| Stringfellow; his brothers, Walter and Rudell; his sister, Eva | 11 |
| Mae, nine grandchildren, seven bonus grandchildren, three | 12 |
| great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins; | 13 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 17 |
| Rudolph Sherman Jackson; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Rudolph Sherman Jackson as a symbol | 20 |
| of our sympathy.
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