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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
| 4 | | Reverend James W.L. Harvey Jr., who passed away on July 22, |
| 5 | | 2012; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Harvey Jr. was born on September 23, 1939, |
| 7 | | in Memphis, Tennessee, to James W.L. Harvey Sr. and Mary Ella |
| 8 | | Harvey-Washington; his formative years included public |
| 9 | | schooling in Memphis, and he was an alumnus of McKinley High |
| 10 | | School in Chicago; he was united in Holy Matrimony to Alice |
| 11 | | Polk-Hicks and they were blessed with a daughter, Nicole; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, James Harvey Jr. served as a minister for over 45 |
| 13 | | years; for over 38 of those years he served as pastor of the El |
| 14 | | Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago; he received his |
| 15 | | Associate Degree of Divinity from Moody Bible Institute; he |
| 16 | | received his Bachelor's Degree of Divinity and a Honorary |
| 17 | | Master's Degree from Lewis School of Theology; he served in the |
| 18 | | United States Army and retired from Heritage House/Dominick's |
| 19 | | Inc. after 31 years of service; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Harvey Jr. is preceded in death by his wife, |
| 21 | | Alice; his mother, Mary Ella Washington; his fathers, Reverend |
| 22 | | James W.L. Harvey Sr. and Deacon John Washington; his uncle, |
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| 1 | | Willie Meadows; his brothers, Willie Harvey Sr., Thomas Lee |
| 2 | | Harvey, and Nelson Mosley; and his sister, Cora Washington; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, James Harvey Jr. is survived by his children, |
| 4 | | Nicole, Curtis (Janice), and Linda; his granddaughter, |
| 5 | | Candice; his sisters, Patricia, Geraldine, Bettye, Arlene |
| 6 | | (Cornelius), Carolyn (Ted), Ora, Lois, Doris, Alean, and Jean; |
| 7 | | his brothers, Oscar, Less, Joe, Charles, Eddie Lee, Clifford, |
| 8 | | Norris, and Walter; his cousins, Sharon, Earl, and Darsee; his |
| 9 | | sister-in-law, Margaret; his close friends, Richard Thomas, |
| 10 | | Kimball Kirk, Lee Jordan, James Slaughter, Rev. Gordon, Shirley |
| 11 | | Harvey, and Maggie McFarland; and a host of nieces, nephews, |
| 12 | | cousins, and godchildren; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we mourn the death of James Harvey Jr., and we extend our |
| 16 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
| 17 | | and loved him; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to his family as an expression of our deepest |
| 20 | | sympathy.
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