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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Joseph O. Madison of Alton, who passed |
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| away on November 14, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Madison was born October 11, 1936, in Alton |
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| to Carrol and Sophie (Smith) Madison; he and his wife, the |
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| former Ruby Parker, were married in 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a United States Army veteran and was |
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| retired from Labor Local 218 of Godfrey; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Madison was a member of Dunbar Masonic |
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| Lodge 97, he was grandmaster of the Masons, Illinois Edgar |
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| Falconer in 1977, and a member of Tyree Consistory 64 and Ahmes |
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| Shriners Temple 132; he was a member of the United Supreme |
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| Council of the 33rd degree of Masonry Scottish Rites, Allen |
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| Bevenue American Legion Post 354, and served as chairman of the |
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| Black United Christian Front Organization; he was a member of |
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| the Coalition of Concerned Citizens, and he served three years |
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| of community service on the community board of Better Homes for |
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| Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Joseph Madison was appointed to sit on the board |
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| of the Legal Aid Society by attorney Clayton Williams; he was |
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| signatory to former Governor Ogilvie on an agreement to train |
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| blacks for road work; he worked with the late Reverend Carl |
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| Bradshaw; he was involved in breaking down Jim Crow practices |
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| in the area; he was involved in the march against police |
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| brutality; and he was involved in the boycott of Sears |
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| Department Store; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; seven |
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| brothers, Eric, Albert Lee, Ervin, Richard, Carl, Charlie, and |
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| Ronnie Madison; three sisters, Georgia Madison, Norma Madison |
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| Smith, and Mary Madison Lacey; and a son, Robert Phillips; and
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| WHEREAS,
In addition to his wife, surviving are five |
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| children, David Piggee, Joseph Fuller, Vincent Pope, Anthony |
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| Jones and Mary Mitchell; 13 grandchildren; 12 |
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| great-grandchildren; and special children, Margaret Ndyaiye, |
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| Bessie Bell, Christine Rhea, Albert Fuller and Charles Fuller; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Joseph Madison; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Joseph Madison as a symbol of our |