Bill Text: GA SR1363 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Johnson, Lil Willie; recognize
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1363 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1363-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1363
By:
Senator Jackson of the 2nd
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Lil Willie Johnson; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Lil Willie Johnson started singing as a child in church and from there his
musical career expanded to singing with the likes of well-known Gospel, R&B,
and Blues singers, including Betty Wright, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, Clarence
Thomas, and Bobby Blue Bland; and
WHEREAS,
he moved to Savannah in 1959 and toured with Gospel groups such as the Mighty
Clouds of Joy, Willie Banks and the Messengers, the Morning Stars, the Swan
Silvertones, the Soul Stirrers, and Reverend Julius Cheeks and the Sensational
Knights; and
WHEREAS,
at the age of 25, Lil Willie Johnson moved into the realm of soul music and
performed with Lil Willie and the Showtime Band; and
WHEREAS,
he felt the need to change direction and focused his attention to ministry;
and
WHEREAS,
Lil Willie received his certification of ordination, becoming a minister of the
Gospel and a servant of Christ on September 10, 2006; and
WHEREAS,
he has been in ministry for over five years and exemplifies the power of God
with every move he makes; and
WHEREAS,
he is united in love and marriage to Carolyn Nesbitt, with whom he opened Lil
Willie's Hairstyling Salon in the late 1980s; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Lil Willie Johnson on his amazing music career and extend to him their sincere
best wishes for continued health and happiness.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Lil Willie Johnson.
