Bill Text: IL HR1351 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Reverend Austin W. Smith, Jr. of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-06 - Resolution Adopted [HR1351 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1351-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 | Austin W. Smith, Jr. of Chicago, who passed away on December | ||||||
| 5 | 12, 2012; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith was born in Pollocksville, North | ||||||
| 7 | Carolina, on September 17th, 61 years ago, to Austin and Minnie | ||||||
| 8 | Hicks Smith; he was the 7th of 9 children, affectionately known | ||||||
| 9 | as "Pete"; he attended Jones Central High School, Washington | ||||||
| 10 | Bible College, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where | ||||||
| 11 | he earned a Master's of Religion in Urban Ministry and a | ||||||
| 12 | Master's of Christian Studies; he married Shirley Small on | ||||||
| 13 | December 13, 1969; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith has served as senior pastor of | ||||||
| 15 | Compassion Baptist Church in Chicago for the past 20 years; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Prior to becoming pastor of Compassion Baptist | ||||||
| 17 | Church, Reverend Smith served as director of the Agape | ||||||
| 18 | Community Center, a ministry of Here's Life Inner City; he most | ||||||
| 19 | recently served on the board of Converge Mid America; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Before beginning full-time work in the ministry, | ||||||
| 21 | Reverend Smith worked for the Kiplinger Washington Editors in | ||||||
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| 1 | Washington, D.C. as a computer programmer-analyst; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 3 | parents, Austin and Minnie Smith; his son, Sean; and his | ||||||
| 4 | brother, Charles; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Reverend Smith is survived by his wife of 42 | ||||||
| 6 | years, Shirley; his children, Sauda, (Duane) Porter, Faith, | ||||||
| 7 | Stephen, and James; his grandchildren, Jasmine, Joy, Hope, and | ||||||
| 8 | Jovanni Austin; his siblings, Harriett (Jesse), Robert (Sadie) | ||||||
| 9 | Barbara (Robert), Karen, Jacquelyn (Ronald), Delphine | ||||||
| 10 | (Sherman), and Graylin (Barbara), his cousins, nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews; the congregation of | ||||||
| 12 | Compassion Baptist Church; and a host of brothers and sisters | ||||||
| 13 | in Christ and friends; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we mourn the passing of Reverend Austin W. Smith, Jr., and we | ||||||
| 17 | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | ||||||
| 18 | who knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Reverend Austin Smith, Jr. as an | ||||||
| 21 | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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