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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 John W. Somers of Marion |
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| on August 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Somers was born August 1, 1940, in Rutherford, |
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| Tennessee, to William Malcom and Ruby Nell (Hoskins) Somers; he |
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| married Judy Bynum on September 4, 1960, in Dyer, Tennessee; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was called to preach in 1958 when he was a |
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| senior in high school; he began his pastoral ministry two years |
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| later and received degrees from Ouachita Baptist University, |
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| Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice |
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| Seminary; he was the pastor in churches in Tennessee, Indiana, |
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| Texas, and Illinois, including the First Baptist Church in |
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| DuQuoin; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, along with Les and Sandy Snyder |
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| of West Frankfort, founded Community of Faith Church in |
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| November 1979; he also served as Director of the Department of |
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| Evangelism for the Illinois Baptist State Association; he |
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| preached in many revivals across the country and spent 36 years |
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| in pastoral ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of John Somers is felt by all who knew |
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| and loved him, especially his wife, Judy; his sons and |
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| daughters-in-law, Jon Mark and Pam Somers and Jeff and Leslie |
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| Somers; his granddaughters, Brittany, Rani, Nicole, and Ciara |
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| Somers; his brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Pam Somers; his |
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| nephews, Mike and Greg Somers; his stepmother, Janie Somers; |
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| and a host of his friends, whom he loved dearly; therefore, be |
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| it
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