Bill Text: IL SR0113 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Reverend George Orval Dougherty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0113 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0113-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of
Reverend George Orval Dougherty, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on February 22, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty was born on June 27, 1927, in | ||||||
| 6 | Harrisburg; his parents were Orval and Hallie (Malone) | ||||||
| 7 | Dougherty; he married Rosella Nell Ledbetter on December 26, | ||||||
| 8 | 1944; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty attended high school in | ||||||
| 10 | Harrisburg, where he became a state champion runner in track; | ||||||
| 11 | he loved running and continued to run throughout his life, even | ||||||
| 12 | into his 70s, and won numerous local and state awards; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty served in the United States Army | ||||||
| 14 | during World War II until he was honorably discharged; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In his early 20s, George Dougherty answered the | ||||||
| 16 | call of God on his life to be a minister of the Word and began | ||||||
| 17 | pastoring in General Baptist churches in Raleigh and Stonefort; | ||||||
| 18 | in 1960, he was called to pastor the First General Baptist | ||||||
| 19 | Church in East Alton, where he served for seven years; in 1967, | ||||||
| 20 | he and his family moved to Kingston, Jamaica, to serve as | ||||||
| 21 | missionaries for seven years; upon returning to the United | ||||||
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| 1 | States, he founded the Alpha Chapel, which he pastored for 25 | ||||||
| 2 | years until his retirement in 1997; during that time, he | ||||||
| 3 | established the Alpha Christian Academy, which offers | ||||||
| 4 | kindergarten through grade 12 schooling to the children of the | ||||||
| 5 | church; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty was a member of the Bethalto | ||||||
| 7 | Church of God; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 9 | parents and his sister, Evelyn Dallas; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, George Dougherty is survived by his sisters, Jean | ||||||
| 11 | Richard and Barbara Dougherty; his wife, Rosella; his daughters | ||||||
| 12 | and their spouses, Lee Ann and Gary Tedrick, Patty and Dennis | ||||||
| 13 | Adams, and Nancy and Mark Leady; his grandchildren, Jennifer | ||||||
| 14 | Tedrick Schulz, Mindy Adams Schuette, Amber Adams Greenwell, | ||||||
| 15 | Christal Adams Allemand, Kendra Adams Warren, Eric Fairfax, | ||||||
| 16 | Jami Fairfax Anderson, and Mark Leady Jr.; his | ||||||
| 17 | great-grandchildren, Truman and Ellie Schulz, Isabella and Eli | ||||||
| 18 | Schuette, Emma, Grace, and Mia Greenwell, Noelle and Jada | ||||||
| 19 | Allemand, Carson Warren, Zarion Felder, Baya Fairfax, Landon | ||||||
| 20 | and Dylan Bollinger, Tobin and Aidyn Faulkner, and Palin Leady; | ||||||
| 21 | therefore, be it
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| 22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
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| 1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 2 | his family and friends, the passing of Reverend George Orval | ||||||
| 3 | Dougherty; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of George Dougherty as an expression of | ||||||
| 6 | our sympathy.
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