Full Text of HR1539 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph W. | 4 | | Freelon, the first African American mayor of Maywood; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Freelon was a Chicago school teacher and | 6 | | real estate salesman; he was elected mayor of Maywood on April | 7 | | 7, 1981 after defeating newspaper publisher, Ronald Saunders, | 8 | | by just 23 votes in an eight-person race; the recount, and | 9 | | other, related legal battles, lasted more than a year after | 10 | | election; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Freelon served two terms as mayor from 1981 | 12 | | to 1989; he won a third term as mayor in the 1993 election; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Freelon was active in his community; he | 14 | | headed up the deacon's board at Second Baptist Church in | 15 | | Maywood; in 2014, he was appointed to the Maywood fire and | 16 | | police pension board; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Freelon's wife, Gladys, established the | 18 | | Maywood Village beautification committee; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Joseph Freelon had two children, Gawana Freelon, | 20 | | and Joseph Freelon Jr. VFP; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | mourn the passing of Joseph W. Freelon, and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Joseph Freelon as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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