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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend
4Lundy Savage of Champaign, who passed away on February 15,
52011; and
 
6    WHEREAS, He was the first of 10 siblings raised in a
7Chicago housing project to go to college, graduating from
8Judson College in Eureka; and
 
9    WHEREAS, He met his wife, Carolyn, in Chicago in 1965 and
10married her the next year; the couple lived in Tulsa for about
1118 months, where he taught at Langston University; his first
12pastorate was in Dixon; and
 
13    WHEREAS, In 1971, he moved to Champaign and served the next
1440 years as the pastor of Mount Olive Baptist Church in
15Champaign; he also served as the former president of the State
16Convention of the National Baptist Convention USA and was a
17former National Baptist Convention Regional Vice President for
18the Midwest Region; and
 
19    WHEREAS, He is remembered as a great educator and friend;
20and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Reverend Lundy Savage is survived by his wife,
2Carolyn; his children, Scott and Christie; and other relatives,
3friends, and congregation members; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we mourn, along with his family, friends, and congregation, the
7passing of Reverend Lundy Savage; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Reverend Lundy Savage as a symbol of
10our sincere sympathy.