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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr. | ||||||
4 | on the occasion of his retirement as Pastor of Brown Chapel | ||||||
5 | A.M.E. Church in Joliet; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. is the third of 8 children | ||||||
7 | born to Lishers and Lizzie Mae Mahone of Patsburg, Alabama; he | ||||||
8 | received his early education in Alabama; when he was 18 years | ||||||
9 | old, he went to Illinois to visit his sister, never realizing | ||||||
10 | what God had in store for him; he subsequently served in the | ||||||
11 | United States Armed Forces, where he received his formal | ||||||
12 | training in Business Administration; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. entered the Itinerant | ||||||
14 | Ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and received | ||||||
15 | his theological training through the Moody Bible Institute of | ||||||
16 | Chicago and the African Methodist Episcopal Church; he was | ||||||
17 | ordained an Itinerant Elder by the late Bishop Howard Thomas | ||||||
18 | Primm in September of 1972; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. began his Pastorate at Turner | ||||||
20 | Memorial A.M.E. Church in Chicago, located in the living room | ||||||
21 | of one of its members; during his tenure there, he led the | ||||||
22 | congregation in purchasing property with the intentions of |
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1 | building a new church; in 1981, he was appointed as Pastor of | ||||||
2 | the beleaguered Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church; shortly after his | ||||||
3 | arrival, Brown Chapel was well on its way to fiscal prosperity | ||||||
4 | and spiritual growth; in 1991, Brown Chapel broke ground for | ||||||
5 | its new edifice at 1502 East Mills Road in Joliet; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has the distinction of serving | ||||||
7 | the longest pastoral term in the North District of the Chicago | ||||||
8 | A.M.E. Annual Conference; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Since 2003, Lishers Mahone, Jr. has served as | ||||||
10 | President of Churches United in the Fight Against Aids, a local | ||||||
11 | organization working exclusively to empower churches in the | ||||||
12 | greater Joliet area in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS | ||||||
13 | epidemic in the African-American community; he served as the | ||||||
14 | Chairman of the Will County Community Health Organization | ||||||
15 | Governing Council Board; he has also served on the Quality | ||||||
16 | Control Committee for the Will County Community Health Center | ||||||
17 | and is a member of the Joliet Regional Interfaith Education | ||||||
18 | Council; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Lishers Mahone, Jr. and his wife, First Lady Betty | ||||||
20 | Mahone, are the proud parents of 3 adult children, Kenneth | ||||||
21 | (Christina), Lishune, and Lishers, III (Chanda), and the | ||||||
22 | grandparents of 4 wonderful grandchildren, Eleanor Grace, | ||||||
23 | Marshall James, Blake Alexander, and Karrington Alexis; |
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1 | therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we congratulate Rev. Lishers Mahone, Jr. on the occasion of his | ||||||
5 | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | ||||||
6 | future; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to Lishers Mahone, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
9 | respect.
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