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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 the Reverend Abraham Byrd |
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| of St. Louis on Thursday, February 3, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor of St. James Baptist Church of Alton, |
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| Reverend Byrd was one of 13 children of Arthur and Carrie |
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| (Cutliff) Byrd; he was born December 26, 1915, in Stonewall, |
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| Louisiana; and
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| WHEREAS, He married the former Dorothy Dooley in Pittsburg, |
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| Texas; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Byrd retired as manager of the bookstore |
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| at Washington University; he attended Eden Seminary in Webster |
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| Groves and was ordained on May 17, 1953; he served as pastor of |
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| Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Robertsville, Missouri, for 17 |
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| years and had been at St. James for the past 33 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Active in the community, he was a member of the |
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| Alton Area Ministerial Alliance and a board member of the Alton |
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| Mental Health, Family Services, and Visiting Nurse |
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| Association, the Salvation Army, and St. Clare's Hospital, and |
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| he was active with other community agencies; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Abraham Byrd has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Dorothy; his son, |
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| Eddie Byrd, and his wife, Della; his grandchildren, Brian Byrd |
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| and his wife, Joy, and Kelly and Brandon Byrd; and his |
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| great-grandsons, Simon and Devon Byrd; he was preceded in death |
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| by his parents and 12 siblings; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Reverend Abraham Byrd, and we extend our sincere condolences to |