Bill Text: IL HR0209 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Deacon Willie T. Summerville of Champaign-Urbana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR0209 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0209-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 Deacon | ||||||
| 4 | Willie T. Summerville of Urbana, who passed away on March 7, | ||||||
| 5 | 2017 at the age of 73; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville contributed a great deal to the | ||||||
| 7 | Champaign-Urbana community over his 50 years in the area; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville had an overwhelming and | ||||||
| 9 | abundant faith in Jesus Christ and was committed to sharing | ||||||
| 10 | that faith with every life he touched; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville served as a minister of music | ||||||
| 12 | and Sunday School teacher; he was an active
member of the | ||||||
| 13 | PACE/SWAT ministries at Canaan Baptist Church, conducting | ||||||
| 14 | door-to-door
evangelism throughout the community; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville had a profound love for music, | ||||||
| 16 | and
in particular, for sacred music; he worked to foster his | ||||||
| 17 | love of music in primary, middle,
secondary, and higher | ||||||
| 18 | education throughout his community, including at Urbana High | ||||||
| 19 | School, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign African
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| 20 | American Studies, Canaan Baptist Church, Canaan Academy, St. | ||||||
| 21 | Luke CME Church, and Hinds
College in Hinds, Mississippi; he | ||||||
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| 1 | conducted countless music workshops throughout the country and
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| 2 | abroad; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Although Deacon Summerville can never be | ||||||
| 4 | replaced, continuing to follow his examples of love, service, | ||||||
| 5 | joy, and encouragement will improve the lives of many of those | ||||||
| 6 | in his community; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 8 | wife of 48 years, Valerian Summerville; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Deacon Summerville is survived by his children, | ||||||
| 10 | Derrick (Roslyn) Arnett, Shandra Alexander, and William
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| 11 | (Danielle) Moses; his grandchildren, Darius (Jazmine) Julian, | ||||||
| 12 | Adrian Rochelle,
Makeda Gabriel, Jaxon Allery, and Ezekiel | ||||||
| 13 | Thomas; his great-granddaughter, Amiyah Amani;
hundreds of | ||||||
| 14 | former students from his teaching
career; many godchildren; and | ||||||
| 15 | a
host of nieces, nephews, cousins, special friends, and | ||||||
| 16 | students throughout the nation; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 19 | mourn the passing of Deacon Willie T. Summerville, and extend | ||||||
| 20 | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | ||||||
| 21 | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Deacon Summerville as an expression | ||||||
| 3 | of our deepest sympathy.
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