Bill Text: IL HR0058 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Rev. Isaac Singleton on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Joliet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-02-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0058 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0058-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 pleased to congratulate Rev. Isaac | ||||||
4 | Singleton on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Mount | ||||||
5 | Zion Baptist Church in Joliet; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has served as pastor of Mount | ||||||
7 | Zion Baptist Church since his original sermon on the first | ||||||
8 | Sunday of December 1961; under Rev. Singleton's stewardship, | ||||||
9 | Mount Zion Baptist Church has grown from 100 members to more | ||||||
10 | than 2,000 members; the church building has grown from a small | ||||||
11 | building with outdoor toilets when Rev. Singleton arrived to a | ||||||
12 | 28,000 square foot church and adjoining Family Life Center on | ||||||
13 | Singleton Place, the street named after Rev. Singleton; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has preached on five | ||||||
15 | continents; he has traveled to Africa to help build churches | ||||||
16 | and has served as a Baptist minister in Europe, Asia, and South | ||||||
17 | America; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a pastor and community leader, | ||||||
19 | Rev. Isaac Singleton farmed with his father, plowing fields, | ||||||
20 | breaking mules, and doing farm chores in rural Louisiana; he | ||||||
21 | served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II; | ||||||
22 | he was previously employed as a factory welder and had a brief |
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1 | career as a vacuum cleaner salesman; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton marched with Martin Luther | ||||||
3 | King in Montgomery, Alabama; he also shook hands with President | ||||||
4 | Ronald Reagan at the White House; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton married his wife Pearlie on | ||||||
6 | September 12, 1947; together, they have six children, Gloria | ||||||
7 | Singleton Hayes, Isaac Singleton, Jr., Charles Edward | ||||||
8 | Singleton, Barbara Ann Singleton-Edwards, Valerie Jean | ||||||
9 | Singleton, and Willie D. Singleton; they also have 17 | ||||||
10 | grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and one | ||||||
11 | great-great-grandchild; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
13 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
14 | congratulate Rev. Isaac Singleton on the occasion of his | ||||||
15 | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | ||||||
16 | years; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to Rev. Isaac Singleton as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
19 | respect.
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