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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Bishop
4Val Johnson of Peoria, who passed away on September 7, 2014;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson was born on January 6, 1917 in
7Chicago; his parents were James Garfield and Nellie (nee
8Currie) Johnson; he married Leah G. Thomas, who preceded him in
9death in 2001; he later married Sarah B. (nee Davis) McNeil on
10November 30, 2002; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson served as Pastor of the
12Pentecostal Church of Jesus from 1962 until his retirement in
132007; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson was preceded in death by his
15parents; 2 brothers, Raymond and Emanuel Johnson; and a sister,
16Rochella Manuel; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Bishop Val Johnson is survived by his loving wife,
18Sarah Johnson; 14 children, Byron Val (Anita) Johnson, Valerie
19Leah Harrell, Yvonne Alice Jordan, Yvette Alice Cummings,
20Felicia Helen Carreker, Earl "Baker" McNeil, Sidney McNeil,
21Wendell McNeil, Glenna Lee Branscumb, Joann (Michael) Kirksey,

 

 

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1Clora Lee Johnson, Donna Bess McNeil, Sandra (De Wayne) Harris,
2and Janice McNeil; 34 grandchildren; and many
3great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of
7Bishop Val Johnson; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Bishop Val Johnson as an expression
10of our sympathy.