Full Text of HR1121 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Rev. | 4 | | Wallace Wyatt Sykes, who passed away on May 19, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Sykes was born in Starkville, Mississippi on | 6 | | December 21, 1923; he moved to Maywood in 1943 and joined | 7 | | Second Baptist Church; he entered the ministry in 1957 and | 8 | | studied at the Chicago Baptist Institute; he was ordained in | 9 | | 1961 and become pastor a year later; he also studied at Crane | 10 | | Junior College in Chicago, the Chicago Teachers College, the | 11 | | Chicago Baptist Institute, and Elmhurst College; he did | 12 | | postgraduate studies at Northeastern Illinois University and | 13 | | the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard; in 1965, | 14 | | he was given an honorary doctorate from the board of trustees | 15 | | of the Easonian Baptist Theological Seminary in Birmingham, | 16 | | Alabama; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Sykes was the longtime pastor of Second | 18 | | Baptist Church in Maywood; he retired from pastoral duties in | 19 | | 2017, a role in which he served for nearly 60 years; prior to | 20 | | his time as pastor, he served as deacon, church trustee, | 21 | | superintendent of the Sunday School department, choir member, | 22 | | and as the church's financial secretary for 12 years, among | 23 | | many other roles; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Rev. Sykes, Second Baptist | 2 | | Church grew into the town's most prominent church; Sundays | 3 | | featured regular offerings for the Hayden Memorial Educational | 4 | | Fund, which provided college scholarships to young | 5 | | congregants, and Pam's Pennies, a fundraiser designed to | 6 | | complement the scholarship fund; the church also established | 7 | | the Maple Tree Child Learning Center, a daycare and nursery | 8 | | housed in a building next to the church's current sanctuary; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The influence of Rev. Sykes was felt beyond the | 11 | | walls of his church; Maywood named a portion of Washington | 12 | | Boulevard after him, and in 2007 the Maywood Post Office was | 13 | | named in his honor; in 2014, the Illinois House of | 14 | | Representatives adopted a resolution commemorating his 52nd | 15 | | pastoral anniversary; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | mourn the passing of Rev. Wallace Wyatt Sykes, and extend our | 19 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 20 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Rev. Sykes as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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