Full Text of SR2219 99th 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 John Howard Hudson Sr. of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on August 21, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. was born in Chicago to Percy and | 6 | | Marie Hudson; he attended Carter Elementary School, Englewood | 7 | | High School, and Cortez Peters Business College; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. sold insurance in Chatham for | 9 | | American General; he also sold shoes at Robson's, where he | 10 | | outfitted singers, including Lou Rawls and singer-Chicago | 11 | | Defender journalist, Earl Calloway; he also provided shoes for | 12 | | Tabernacle
soloist, Doris Sykes, and her entire choir; he sold | 13 | | shoes to stars who would
wander over from the Regal Theater, | 14 | | including comic Redd Foxx; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. and his wife operated the Hudson | 16 | | Funeral Home; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. was minister of music at Pleasant | 18 | | Gift Missionary Baptist Church for over 40 years, which was | 19 | | founded by his Mississippi family and became a destination for | 20 | | African Americans moving to Chicago from the south; Pleasant | 21 | | Gift launched the
careers of his cousin, actress-singer |
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| 1 | | Jennifer Hudson, and his nieces, the Nichols Sisters; another | 2 | | relative started the Canton Spirituals gospel quartet; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. once helped organize a choir of | 4 | | more than 100 singers for a special performance at Medinah
| 5 | | Temple with Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel music; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. directed the gospel standard | 7 | | "Don't Forget the Family Prayer" at the annual Hudson family | 8 | | reunion, which
traditionally closes the gathering, now in its | 9 | | 60th year; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr.'s enjoyed visiting his family in | 11 | | Mississippi and traveling to the south; he also enjoyed pound | 12 | | cake and watching "Wheel of Fortune"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. is survived by his wife of 48 | 14 | | years, Dorothy (Sutton); his sons, John Jr., Paris, and | 15 | | Prentice; three grandchildren; his sisters, Ruth, Julia, and | 16 | | Hattie; his brothers, Clarence, Robert, Michael, and Donald; | 17 | | and many cousins, nephews, and nieces; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | John Howard Hudson Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of John Hudson Sr. as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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