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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 Mother Charlotte Elizabeth Eades, who |
4 | | passed away on September 15, 2016; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Mother Charlotte Eades was born on April 24, 1925; |
6 | | her parents were Bishop David Archie Reed and National |
7 | | Evangelist Carrie Lee Reed; she married Archie Lee Eades on |
8 | | January 16, 1949; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Mother Charlotte Eades began her career as an |
10 | | educator at Williams Grant High School in Covington, Kentucky |
11 | | and continued through Chicago Teachers College and Cortez |
12 | | Business College; she later served as Principal of the |
13 | | Tabernacle Christian Academy and as Dean of the Charles H. |
14 | | Mason/William Roberts Bible Institute of First Jurisdiction |
15 | | Illinois; and
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16 | | WHEREAS, As a member of Reed's Temple Church, Mother |
17 | | Charlotte Eades served on the Program Committee, Trustee Board, |
18 | | and Youth Motivation; she was the first Minister of Music of |
19 | | Reed's Temple Church, where she played the piano and organ; she |
20 | | also conducted revivals, taught Sunday school, worked with the |
21 | | Jail Ministry, and chauffeured elderly mothers at the church; |
22 | | and
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1 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her appointment as State Supervisor, |
2 | | Mother Charlotte Eades served as District Missionary to |
3 | | Superintendents Joe B. Reed, Samuel Russell, Ocie Booker, as |
4 | | well as Napoleon Harris, Sr., Assistant Chairman of the |
5 | | District Missionary Unit; she also served as Second Assistant |
6 | | State Supervisor to the late Mother Rosie Hines and First |
7 | | Assistant State Supervisor to the late Mother Carrie Cantrell; |
8 | | and
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9 | | WHEREAS, In November of 1997, Mother Charlotte Eades was |
10 | | appointed Jurisdictional Supervisor of First Jurisdiction |
11 | | Illinois by Mother Willie Mae Rivers, General Supervisor of the |
12 | | Women's Department of the Church of God in Christ |
13 | | International; as Jurisdictional Supervisor, she provided |
14 | | leadership and training for women representing over 100 |
15 | | churches and several new innovations were organized under her |
16 | | tenure; she organized the Women's Institute Hour, a monthly |
17 | | training session for women of all ages; she was also the |
18 | | organizer and founder of the "New Generation", designed for the |
19 | | purpose of training young women from the ages of 20 to 45, the |
20 | | Annual Women's Workshop, and the Annual Women's Retreat, a |
21 | | weekend of spiritual and social elevation; and
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22 | | WHEREAS, Mother Charlotte Eades was appointed as a member |
23 | | of the Advisory Board of the National Women's Department and |
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1 | | Regional Supervisor of the Heartland Area, comprising the |
2 | | states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South |
3 | | Dakota, Minnesota, and Canada; she was also a National Adjutant |
4 | | Sister and served Presiding Bishop Louis Henry Ford, Bishop |
5 | | Shepard Little, and Bishop Ocie Booker; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Mother Charlotte Eades was preceded in death by |
7 | | her husband, Archie Lee; her son, Archie Lee, Jr.; her parents; |
8 | | and her siblings, Marion Rosemon, Bishop David Reed, Jr., James |
9 | | Lee, Milton, Joe B. Reed, and Mary Lillian Frances; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Mother Charlotte Eades is survived by her |
11 | | daughter, Marion D. Pearson; her daughter-in-law, Melissa; her |
12 | | grandchildren, Kristen, Gregory, Jr., Nikita, and Talaya; many |
13 | | nephews, nieces, other relatives, and friends; the Reed's |
14 | | Temple family; and the First Jurisdiction Illinois family; |
15 | | therefore, be it
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16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her |
18 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Mother Charlotte |
19 | | Elizabeth Eades; and be it further
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20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
21 | | presented to the family of Mother Charlotte Eades as an |
22 | | expression of our sympathy.
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