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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 regret of the death of Reverend Willie Davis |
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| Melton on Sunday, September 18, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on February 20, 1938, in Tutwiler, |
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| Mississippi, to the late Walter and Katie Mae Melton; he |
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| relocated to Gary, Indiana, in the early 1950s and worked for |
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| USX Gary Works and Blast Furnace, retiring in February of 2000 |
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| with 32 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, He became a Christian at an early age and united |
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| with New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, where he |
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| served in several auxiliaries; he later joined the Cornerstone |
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| Missionary Baptist Church and was fully ordained on April 11, |
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| 1993, and was appointed pastor upon the death of Reverend J. |
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| Jones Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; both |
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| maternal and paternal grandparents; his sister, Dora; his |
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| brother, Walter; his niece, Lorraine Blair; and his |
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| great-nephew, Oscar Kelly Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Melton has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his sisters, Charlotte (Robert) |
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| Miller, Katie Mae Blair, Ruth Cooley, Corrine Fairow, and |
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| Ernestine Melton; his brothers, Eddie Melton and Lendal |
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| (Rochelle) Melton; his daughters, Timi (Floyd) Boyd, Towana |
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| Melton, Evangelist Brenda (Cubby) Gray, and Andrea (Jeffrey) |
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| Tucker; his sons, Robert Stinneth and Timothy Melton; his eight |
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| grandchildren; his two great-grandchildren; his aunts, Maggie |
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| Peterson, Lillie Davis, and Geneva; and his many other |
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| relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |