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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of David Livingston, age 69,
4 of Decatur on March 9, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Livingston was retired from Archer Daniels
6 Midland Co., where he served as an equal employment opportunity
7 officer; and
 
8     WHEREAS, He had most recently been a Democratic member of
9 the Macon County Board from District 1, a position to which he
10 won re-election in November; he had been president of the
11 Illinois Conference of the National Association for the
12 Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1989 to 1999 and was
13 also a past president of the Decatur branch; he was dedicated
14 to the work of the NAACP and during his time as president of
15 the state conference, he was supportive of fair housing
16 studies; and
 
17     WHEREAS, He will be remembered as someone who made a
18 difference in the community; he was a quiet leader and
19 plain-spoken man devoted to the civil rights movement, a
20 remarkable guy who had a history much, much deeper than his
21 service on the county board; he and his family had deep roots
22 in the civil rights movement; and
 
23     WHEREAS, He was a good family man and a great father; he
24 took pride in his family; and
 
25     WHEREAS, The passing of David Livingston is felt by all who
26 knew and loved him, especially his wife, Donna, and his two
27 sons, Malcolm and David; therefore, be it
 
28     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
29 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1 David Livingston and extend our sincerest condolences to his
2 family, friends, and community; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
5 sympathy.