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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr.
4on the occasion of his retirement as Pastor of Brown Chapel
5A.M.E. Church in Joliet; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. is the third of 8 children
7born to Lishers and Lizzie Mae Mahone of Patsburg, Alabama; he
8received his early education in Alabama; when he was 18 years
9old, he went to Illinois to visit his sister, never realizing
10what God had in store for him; he subsequently served in the
11United States Armed Forces, where he received his formal
12training in Business Administration; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. entered the Itinerant
14Ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and received
15his theological training through the Moody Bible Institute of
16Chicago and the African Methodist Episcopal Church; he was
17ordained an Itinerant Elder by the late Bishop Howard Thomas
18Primm in September of 1972; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. began his Pastorate at Turner
20Memorial A.M.E. Church in Chicago, located in the living room
21of one of its members; during his tenure there, he led the
22congregation in purchasing property with the intentions of

 

 

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1building a new church; in 1981, he was appointed as Pastor of
2the beleaguered Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church; shortly after his
3arrival, Brown Chapel was well on its way to fiscal prosperity
4and spiritual growth; in 1991, Brown Chapel broke ground for
5its new edifice at 1502 East Mills Road in Joliet; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has the distinction of serving
7the longest pastoral term in the North District of the Chicago
8A.M.E. Annual Conference; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Since 2003, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has served as
10President of Churches United in the Fight Against Aids, a local
11organization working exclusively to empower churches in the
12greater Joliet area in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS
13epidemic in the African-American community; he served as the
14Chairman of the Will County Community Health Organization
15Governing Council Board; he has also served on the Quality
16Control Committee for the Will County Community Health Center
17and is a member of the Joliet Regional Interfaith Education
18Council; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. and his wife, First Lady Betty
20Mahone, are the proud parents of 3 adult children, Kenneth
21(Christina), Lishune, and Lishers, III (Chanda), and the
22grandparents of 4 wonderful grandchildren, Eleanor Grace,
23Marshall James, Blake Alexander, and Karrington Alexis;

 

 

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1therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4we congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr. on the occasion of his
5retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the
6future; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Lishers Mahone, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and
9respect.