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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with sadness of the death of Evangelist Armintie 
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Juanita (Johnson) Moore, formerly of East St. Louis, on 
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December 6, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born June 22, 1920 in Union County, 
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Mississippi to Thomas Walter and Mary Mundie Johnson; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As a young child, she possessed a quick wit, and 
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is remembered as a responsible and clever child; her elementary 
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education was received at Piney Grove Elementary and Palestine 
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schools; she graduated from B.F. Ford High School, and attended 
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Jackson State College; she subsequently became a school 
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teacher, teaching grades one through seven in Gunn Town, 
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Mississippi; she was a unique basketball player, as well as 
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tutor; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1944, she married Luther Moore, Sr. and helped 
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him raise a stepson, Wilbert; together they were the parents of 
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eight children; and

 
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    WHEREAS, For more than 39 years, she fulfilled the capacity 
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of Pastor's wife, as well as first pianist for the Church of 
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God Pentecostal in East St. Louis; many have spoken to the 
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impact that she made on their lives and attest to her high 
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courage, unwavering faith, stand for holiness, and love for all 
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people; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She further advanced her education by attending 
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classes at State Community College; she and her husband 
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developed and maintained their own prominent business, Moore's 
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Shoe Repair Shop, and she was well-known for her homemade cakes 
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and pies; she was especially noted as a prolific Sunday School

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teacher and prayer warrior; as a dynamic speaker, she traveled 
 


 






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extensively teaching and preaching throughout the United 
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States; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After the retirement of her husband, she became a 
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member of Lively Stone Church in St. Louis, Missouri; in 1988, 
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she moved back to Blue Mountain, Mississippi and joined the 
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Bible Way Church in Ecru, Mississippi, where her third son, 
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Frederick Ray Moore, Sr., pastored; in 2000, she moved to 
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Philadelphia, Mississippi and attended Jerusalem Temple 
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Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her 
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stepson, Wilbert; her son, Luther Moore, Jr.; a brother, Robert 
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Johnson; and two sisters, Mary Etta Turner and Lucy Gray; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Evangelist Armintie Juanita Moore 
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will be felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her 
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sons, Thomas Leslie, Sr., Frederick (Tommie Lue), and Minister 
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Robert (Sabrina); her daughters, Mary (Ricky) Shorter, 
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Armintie Juanita (David) Hammonds, Evangelist Beatrice 
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Christine, and Florine (Wendell) Holmes; her brothers, Elder 
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Thomas (Vera) Johnson and Deacon Joshua (Lillie) Johnson; her 
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daughter-in-law, Georgia Moore; her sister-in-law, Brona 
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Johnson; her brother-in-law, Elder John (Helen) Grey; her 
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numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and 
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great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, 
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cousins, and friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Evangelist Armintie Juanita Moore along with all who knew and 
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loved her and we extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
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friends, and community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our deepest 
 


 






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sympathy.