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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Rev. Howard Nichols, Sr. of Chicago, who
4passed away on March 22, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rev. Nichols, Sr. was born in Canton, Mississippi
6on August 17, 1936 to Walter and Rosie Nichols; he received his
7Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Roosevelt University; he
8married Ruth E. Hudson in 1955; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In 1954, Rev. Nichols, Sr. joined Pleasant Gift
10Missionary Baptist Church; he preached his first sermon there
11in 1968 and became head pastor in 1989; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Rev. Nichols, Sr. is survived by his wife, Ruth;
13his children, Debra, Shari (Curtis, Sr.), Krista (Greg), Marva
14(Thomas), and Howard, Jr.; and a host of grandchildren, other
15family, friends, and the congregation of Pleasant Gift MB
16Church; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19Rev. Howard Nichols, Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to
20his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
21further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Rev. Nichols, Sr. as an expression
3of our deepest sympathy.