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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Brother Paul McGinnis of Metropolis, who
4 passed away on February 15, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Paul McGinnis was a retired Baptist Minister,
6 having served churches in the Metropolis area for 51 years; he
7 planned and served on more than 200 mission trips to Jamaica
8 and Antigua; he was also devoted to World Changers Leadership
9 and the Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief Ministry; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Paul McGinnis owned and operated McGinnis Heating
11 for 35 years; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Paul McGinnis was preceded in death by his
13 parents, Clarence and Orphia Howard McGinnis; his brothers,
14 Earl Laverne McGinnis and Loren McGinnis; and his sister, Helen
15 McGinnis Shelton; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Paul McGinnis is survived by his wife of 55 years,
17 Jane Fuqua McGinnis; his sons, David McGinnis and his wife,
18 Connie, and Duane McGinnis and his wife, Mic; his daughter,
19 Beth Meinders and her husband, Randy; his granddaughter, Leslie
20 McGinnis Peternell and her husband, Ryan; his brothers, Howard
21 and Lindell McGinnis; his sister-in-law, Lorena McGinnis; and

 

 

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1 his other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 his family and friends, the passing of Brother Paul McGinnis;
5 and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Paul McGinnis as an expression of
8 our sympathy.