Full Text of HR0032 94th General Assembly
HR0032 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, James A. Martin, Sr., was born in Yazoo City, | 3 |
| Mississippi, on February 9, 1915, to Anderson and Florence | 4 |
| Martin, nee Williams; he is the brother of six, five brothers | 5 |
| and one sister; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, He has been married to Gloria (Orr) Martin for 20 | 7 |
| years and is the father of 5 adult children; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Martin was converted in 1931 and baptized by | 9 |
| Reverend C.V. Hill in Murphy, Mississippi; he was a member of | 10 |
| several Baptist Churches in Mississippi, including Jerusalem | 11 |
| Baptist Church in Belzonia, Mississippi; Bethlehem Baptist | 12 |
| Church; and King Solomon Baptist Church, where he sang in the | 13 |
| choir; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to East Chicago, Indiana, in 1939 and | 15 |
| began working in an automobile plant; he became a member of | 16 |
| Tabernacle Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend L. | 17 |
| Ruffin and then moved to Chicago in the 1940s; he became a | 18 |
| member of Progressive Baptist Church under the leadership of | 19 |
| Reverend Brown; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Martin was ordained as a minister in June | 21 |
| of 1950 by Reverend K.D. Clay; he was appointed acting pastor | 22 |
| of Beacon Light Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago in March | 23 |
| of 1964 and was appointed pastor of Beacon Light Missionary | 24 |
| Baptist Church of Chicago in September of the same year; and
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| WHEREAS, He was formally educated at the Baptist Institute | 26 |
| of Chicago and LaSalle University; he has more than 20 years of | 27 |
| continuing education courses in Christian Education through | 28 |
| the Progressive Baptist Convention; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Martin is affiliated with the Old |
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| Veterans' Club and has served in various capacities in the | 2 |
| Ministers' Conference of Chicago and Vicinity; he faithfully | 3 |
| served as pastor of Beacon Light Church until December 26, | 4 |
| 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, A retirement celebration in his honor is being | 6 |
| held on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Maryland Avenue Baptist | 7 |
| Church; therefore, be it | 8 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| we congratulate Reverend James A. Martin, Sr., on the occasion | 11 |
| of his retirement celebration, and we wish him well in his | 12 |
| retirement; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to Reverend Martin as an expression of our esteem.
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