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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened
3 to learn of the death of Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson on
4 Thursday, September 15, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on
6 February 27, 1952 to Mrs. Nannilee Jackson Mackey and was
7 raised in East St. Louis, Illinois; and
 
8     WHEREAS, At 6 years of age, Derrick Jackson accepted Christ
9 as his personal Savior and Lord at the Mount Pisgah Missionary
10 Baptist Church and was baptized by his grandfather, Reverend
11 Robert B. Lyles; he was very active in the church, where he
12 served as president of the Junior Usher Board and music
13 director of the Junior and Senior Male Choruses and was a
14 member of the Young Adult Choir, the Sunday School, and the
15 Baptist Training Union; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson graduated from East St. Louis
17 Senior High School in June of 1970; after graduation, he worked
18 as a driver for District #189 Media Center and then trained as
19 a police cadet; in 1973, he was appointed police officer for
20 the City of East St. Louis; in 1976, he began a 29-year career
21 in tractor-trailer operations, and subsequently relocated to
22 Phoenix, Arizona, where he attended Arizona College of the
23 Bible and earned dual bachelor's degrees in elementary
24 education and bible studies; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson accepted God's call to the
26 preaching ministry at the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist
27 Church, and was licensed to preach on November 11, 1981; He was
28 ordained on December 30, 1990 at the Ebenezer Missionary
29 Baptist Church, where he served several years as Associate
30 Minister and Director of Evangelism; Derrick Jackson excelled
31 in the area of evangelism and continuously sought opportunities

 

 

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1 to share the gospel of Christ, either in the church or while
2 driving his truck; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Derrick Jackson and Geni Vernia Bellamy Farmer
4 were united in holy matrimony on August 2, 1982; he and his
5 wife returned to East St. Louis, where he became the Pastor of
6 Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church; he later became a
7 member of the Unity Lutheran Church, where he was a member
8 until his death; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The passing of Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson
10 has been deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Geni V.
11 Jackson; his stepfather, William Mackey; his daughters, Lisa
12 Jackson, Pamela (Michael) Jones, Antoinette (Reverend Terry)
13 Marks; his sons, Eric (Cametha) Collins, Derrick (Theresa)
14 Jackson, Jr., and Darrell Farmer; his sisters, Faye Poe, Rosie
15 (Dale) Atkins, and Lucretia McAdoo; his brothers, Robert
16 Jackson, Reverend Ambrose (Lorraine) Jackson, Larry (Debra)
17 Anderson, William (Tracy) Anderson, and Curtis (Paula)
18 Anderson; his sisters-in-law, Marion (Reverend Wesley) Jones,
19 Charlee (Richard) Johnson, and Bernice Bellamy (Nino Fennoy);
20 his brother-in-law, Jesse Bryant, Jr.; his aunt, Irene Pounds;
21 his 8 grandchildren; his nieces, nephews, and cousins; and many
22 other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
25 Minister Derrick Voncell Jackson, and we extend our sincere
26 condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
27 him; and be it further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
30 sympathy.