Bill Text: IL SR2255 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of John Howard Hudson Sr. of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2255-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 John Howard Hudson Sr. of Chicago, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on August 21, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. was born in Chicago to Percy and | ||||||
| 6 | Marie Hudson; he attended Carter Elementary School, Englewood | ||||||
| 7 | High School, and Cortez Peters Business College; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. sold insurance in Chatham for | ||||||
| 9 | American General; he also sold shoes at Robson's, where he | ||||||
| 10 | outfitted singers, including Lou Rawls and singer-Chicago | ||||||
| 11 | Defender journalist, Earl Calloway; he also provided shoes for | ||||||
| 12 | Tabernacle
soloist, Doris Sykes, and her entire choir; he sold | ||||||
| 13 | shoes to stars who would
wander over from the Regal Theater, | ||||||
| 14 | including comic Redd Foxx; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. and his wife operated the Hudson | ||||||
| 16 | Funeral Home; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. was minister of music at Pleasant | ||||||
| 18 | Gift Missionary Baptist Church for over 40 years, which was | ||||||
| 19 | founded by his Mississippi family and became a destination for | ||||||
| 20 | African Americans moving to Chicago from the south; Pleasant | ||||||
| 21 | Gift launched the
careers of his cousin, actress-singer | ||||||
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| 1 | Jennifer Hudson, and his nieces, the Nichols Sisters; another | ||||||
| 2 | relative started the Canton Spirituals gospel quartet; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. once helped organize a choir of | ||||||
| 4 | more than 100 singers for a special performance at Medinah
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| 5 | Temple with Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel music; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. directed the gospel standard | ||||||
| 7 | "Don't Forget the Family Prayer" at the annual Hudson family | ||||||
| 8 | reunion, which
traditionally closes the gathering, now in its | ||||||
| 9 | 60th year; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr.'s enjoyed visiting his family in | ||||||
| 11 | Mississippi and traveling to the south; he also enjoyed pound | ||||||
| 12 | cake and watching "Wheel of Fortune"; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, John Hudson Sr. is survived by his wife of 48 | ||||||
| 14 | years, Dorothy (Sutton); his sons, John Jr., Paris, and | ||||||
| 15 | Prentice; three grandchildren; his sisters, Ruth, Julia, and | ||||||
| 16 | Hattie; his brothers, Clarence, Robert, Michael, and Donald; | ||||||
| 17 | and many cousins, nephews, and nieces; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | John Howard Hudson Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 21 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
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| 1 | further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to the family of John Hudson Sr. as an expression of | ||||||
| 4 | our deepest sympathy.
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