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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 |