Bill Text: IL SR2258 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of William Garth Sr. of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR2258 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR2258-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 William Garth Sr. of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on September 23, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. grew up in rural Bessemer, | ||||||
| 6 | Alabama, one of 15 children; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. moved to Chicago and began | ||||||
| 8 | working as a salesman at the Chicago Citizen papers, a weekly | ||||||
| 9 | newspaper chain focusing on African-American communities; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. purchased the chain | ||||||
| 11 | approximately 35 years ago and became CEO and publisher; the | ||||||
| 12 | papers, with a circulation of about 121,000, constitute the | ||||||
| 13 | largest black-owned chain in the Midwest; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In 1996, William Garth Sr. was elected Chair of | ||||||
| 15 | the 480-newspaper Illinois Press Association, becoming the | ||||||
| 16 | country's first African-American chief of a statewide press | ||||||
| 17 | organization; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. was a member of the Rainbow/PUSH | ||||||
| 19 | board and publisher of PUSH magazine; he was a founding member | ||||||
| 20 | of the Chatham Business Association; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, After the passing of his son, Quentis Bernard | ||||||
| 2 | Garth, William Garth Sr. started a scholarship foundation in | ||||||
| 3 | his name, which has dispensed more than $1 million to | ||||||
| 4 | college-bound students; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, William Garth Sr. is survived by his son, William | ||||||
| 6 | Darrell Garth Jr.; his daughter-in-law, Janice; his sisters, | ||||||
| 7 | Geraldine Burgess, Orangie Garth, and Charlie Garth; his | ||||||
| 8 | brothers, X Rashid, Robert Sr., Roosevelt, Jessie, Larry, | ||||||
| 9 | Joseph, and Richard; three grandchildren; and seven | ||||||
| 10 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 13 | William Garth Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 14 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of William Garth Sr. as an expression | ||||||
| 18 | of our deepest sympathy.
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