Full Text of HR0058 96th General Assembly
HR0058 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Rev. Isaac | 4 |
| Singleton on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Mount | 5 |
| Zion Baptist Church in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has served as pastor of Mount | 7 |
| Zion Baptist Church since his original sermon on the first | 8 |
| Sunday of December 1961; under Rev. Singleton's stewardship, | 9 |
| Mount Zion Baptist Church has grown from 100 members to more | 10 |
| than 2,000 members; the church building has grown from a small | 11 |
| building with outdoor toilets when Rev. Singleton arrived to a | 12 |
| 28,000 square foot church and adjoining Family Life Center on | 13 |
| Singleton Place, the street named after Rev. Singleton; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton has preached on five | 15 |
| continents; he has traveled to Africa to help build churches | 16 |
| and has served as a Baptist minister in Europe, Asia, and South | 17 |
| America; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to becoming a pastor and community leader, | 19 |
| Rev. Isaac Singleton farmed with his father, plowing fields, | 20 |
| breaking mules, and doing farm chores in rural Louisiana; he | 21 |
| served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II; | 22 |
| he was previously employed as a factory welder and had a brief |
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| career as a vacuum cleaner salesman; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton marched with Martin Luther | 3 |
| King in Montgomery, Alabama; he also shook hands with President | 4 |
| Ronald Reagan at the White House; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Isaac Singleton married his wife Pearlie on | 6 |
| September 12, 1947; together, they have six children, Gloria | 7 |
| Singleton Hayes, Isaac Singleton, Jr., Charles Edward | 8 |
| Singleton, Barbara Ann Singleton-Edwards, Valerie Jean | 9 |
| Singleton, and Willie D. Singleton; they also have 17 | 10 |
| grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and one | 11 |
| great-great-grandchild; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Rev. Isaac Singleton on the occasion of his | 15 |
| retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 16 |
| years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Rev. Isaac Singleton as a symbol of our esteem and | 19 |
| respect.
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