Bill Text: IL HR0022 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Reverend Doctor Philip Anthony Harley of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-04 - Resolution Adopted [HR0022 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0022-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend | ||||||
4 | Doctor Philip Anthony Harley of Chicago, who passed away on | ||||||
5 | December 23, 2008; and
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6 | WHEREAS, He was born on May 26, 1920 in Philadelphia, | ||||||
7 | Pennsylvania to Elizabeth and Frederick Harley; he grew up in | ||||||
8 | Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School; and
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9 | WHEREAS, He began his undergraduate studies at Gammon | ||||||
10 | Theological Seminary and Clark College in 1941 and attended | ||||||
11 | both until 1943; he served two years in the United States Navy | ||||||
12 | beginning in October of 1944 and was honorably discharged; | ||||||
13 | after his time with the Navy, he attended Morgan State College, | ||||||
14 | where he completed his undergraduate degree; he enrolled in | ||||||
15 | Temple University in 1947 and studied law for two years; he | ||||||
16 | later received his calling to the ministry and in 1956 | ||||||
17 | graduated from Garrett Theological Seminary and was ordained | ||||||
18 | into the Methodist Church; he received his Doctorate of | ||||||
19 | Theology from Evangelical Theological Seminary in Chicago; and
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20 | WHEREAS, He married Ireleen H. Jones in September of 1948; | ||||||
21 | together they were blessed with seven children; and
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1 | WHEREAS, During his career he served in several conferences | ||||||
2 | in the United Methodist Church, including Wisconsin, Ohio, | ||||||
3 | Indiana, South Dakota, and Northern Illinois; he pastored St. | ||||||
4 | James United Methodist Church, followed by serving on the | ||||||
5 | program council staff of the Northern Illinois Conference; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Harley served on the faculty at Garrett | ||||||
7 | Evangelical Theological Seminary as an associate professor of | ||||||
8 | Field Education for 13 years; he served at the Chicago Religion | ||||||
9 | Institute; upon his retirement from Garrett Evangelical | ||||||
10 | Theological Seminary he pastored at Midlothian United | ||||||
11 | Methodist Church; he later served as pastor at | ||||||
12 | Ingleside-Whitfield United Methodist Church; he retired from | ||||||
13 | the United Methodist Church in 1990, but continued to serve the | ||||||
14 | Northern Illinois Conference; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Harley achieved a number of firsts in his | ||||||
16 | pastoral career: he was the first African American appointed in | ||||||
17 | the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist | ||||||
18 | Church; he was the first African-American minister appointed | ||||||
19 | the Northern Illinois Conference Cabinet serving under the | ||||||
20 | Bishop; and he was appointed the first African-American | ||||||
21 | Minister of Education of the United Methodist Church in | ||||||
22 | Mitchell, South Dakota; and
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23 | WHEREAS, He was one of the founding fathers of the Chicago |
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1 | Committee of Black Churchmen and the Black Caucus of the United | ||||||
2 | Methodist Church, Northern Illinois Conference, which later | ||||||
3 | became the Black Methodists for Church Renewal; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Harley was preceded in death by his father, | ||||||
5 | Frederick; his step-father, Richard Mathis; his mother, | ||||||
6 | Elizabeth Mathias; his wife, Ireleen; his daughter, | ||||||
7 | Antoinette; and his son, Anthony; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Dr. Harley is survived by his sister, Rosalie | ||||||
9 | Harley; his son, Richard (Bernette) Harley; his grandson, | ||||||
10 | Christopher (Sara); his great-grandson, Elijah; his | ||||||
11 | granddaughter, Con; his son, Michael (Brenda) Harley; his | ||||||
12 | grandson, Christopher (Camille) Brown and great-granddaughter, | ||||||
13 | Caitlin; his grandson, Patrick Brown; his son, Bruce (Debra) | ||||||
14 | Harley; his granddaughter, Nicole; his great-granddaughter, | ||||||
15 | Taylor; his grandson, Bryce; his daughter, Annette Harley; his | ||||||
16 | daughter, Theresia (fiance, Larry Logan) Harley; his | ||||||
17 | granddaughters, Jordan and Christian; his daughter-in-law, | ||||||
18 | Martha Harley; his granddaughter, Melanie Jackson; his | ||||||
19 | great-grandchildren, Jasmin, Byron, and Titus; his second | ||||||
20 | cousins, Cecilia Grant and son, Jacinto, Caesar Grant, Marcia | ||||||
21 | Grant, Levi Grant, Bobby Whitaker, and Rosie Whitaker; his | ||||||
22 | caregiver, Debra Short; his companion, Linda Davis; his | ||||||
23 | cherished best friend, Bishop Doctor Edsel Ammons; Al Ragland, | ||||||
24 | Reverend Jim Mack; and Barbara Pryor Williams; and many others; |
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1 | therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
4 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
5 | Reverend Doctor Philip Anthony Harley; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Reverend Doctor Philip Anthony | ||||||
8 | Harley as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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