SR0554 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. of Centreville, who passed away on October 27, 2009; and

WHEREAS, He was born on July 28, 1928 to Jodie A. Luster, Sr. and Adellar Mitchell in Houston, Mississippi; he accepted Christ at an early age at New Zion Baptist Church, under the leadership of Reverend Robinson; he attended Parnell Elementary School and Houston High School; and

WHEREAS, As a young man he moved to Webster Groves, Missouri, and later Centreville; in 1950 he married Geneva Collins and together they had six children; he was a thirty-one year employee of Hunter Packing Company until his retirement; he was also an automobile salesman, owner of Luster's Car Wash and Luster's Wrecking and Excavating; and

WHEREAS, He served on the Board of Education in Centreville, as a member of the Centreville Volunteer Fire Department in the 1950s and 1960s, as a Centreville Alderman, and as a member of the Cahokia Water Company Board of Directors for the last eight years; and

WHEREAS, He was a minister at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, founded by his father, Jodie Luster, Sr.; he held Saturday morning prayer service no matter what the weather; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. is survived by his wife, Geneva; his sons, Flinn (Brenda), Kerry (Susan Swope), Lardez, and Marcus (Connie); his daughters, Sheila (Will) Croom, Tawana (Charlie) Moore, and Renee Givens; his sisters, Elvira Wright, Ruthie Mae (Jasper) Montgomery, and Esteria Thompson; his brothers, Charles Lee (Betty) and Larry (Breck); his godson, Raphal Wright; his twenty-seven grandchildren; forty-five great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Reverend Jodie A. Luster, Jr. as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.