Full Text of SR0613 94th General Assembly
SR0613 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Pastor Elder Jesse Wallace | 4 |
| of Waukegan on Tuesday, January 17, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Elder Wallace was born on October 1, 1920 to Jesse | 6 |
| Wallace and Susannah Rice Wallace; he married Mother Thelma | 7 |
| (Davenport) Wallace; and was a veteran of the United States | 8 |
| Navy; and
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| WHEREAS, Elder Wallace served faithfully as a Deacon and | 10 |
| later became a licensed Minister during his tenure at the | 11 |
| Waukegan Church of God In Christ (C.O.G.I.C.); he served as | 12 |
| Assistant Pastor at Zion Temple C.O.G.I.C. where he became an | 13 |
| ordained Elder; in 1965, he helped establish the Faith | 14 |
| Tabernacle C.O.G.I.C. in Zion, Illinois; and in 1968 he became | 15 |
| Superintendent of the Friendship District where he served until | 16 |
| 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Jesse Wallace was not only a Spiritual Leader, he | 18 |
| was also a leader in business and public service; in 1950, he | 19 |
| founded and became CEO of Jesse Wallace Landscaping and Black | 20 |
| Topping, Inc.; he assisted people coming from the South to | 21 |
| obtain jobs, shelter, and food in the communities he served, | 22 |
| particularly after the great flood of 1966; and in 1975, he | 23 |
| established the Faith Tabernacle Food Pantry, now known as the | 24 |
| Faith Food Pantry, the largest food pantry and relief station | 25 |
| in Lake County; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, Mother | 27 |
| Thelma Wallace; his parents; his son, John A. Jones; and his | 28 |
| sisters, Thelma Hill and Edna Young; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Pastor Elder Jesse Wallace has been | 30 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his daughters, Mary Terry |
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| Wiley, Theresa Murphy-McElveen, Thelma (John) Southall, and | 2 |
| Deborah (Robert) Richards Jr.; his son Elder Henry Eugene | 3 |
| (Loretta ) Jones; his oldest grandson, John D. Jones whom he | 4 |
| raised; his special daughter-in-law, Juanita (Floyd) Edgecomb; | 5 |
| his goddaughters, Victoria Lewis, Yvonne Evans, and Alice | 6 |
| Sherrod; his brothers, Clarence (Willa) Wallace, Larry (Doris) | 7 |
| Wallace, Theatra Wallace, and Lee (Jimmie) Wallace; his sister, | 8 |
| Elenora Hopkins; his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren; | 9 |
| and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and loving | 10 |
| Faith Tabernacle Church family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| Pastor Elder Jesse Wallace, and we extend our sincerest | 14 |
| condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy for their loss.
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