Full Text of HR0997 102nd 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 Marvin | 4 | | "Preach" Webb, who passed away on June 8, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb was born to John and Lillie (Baldwin) | 6 | | Webb in Edwardsville on January 12, 1936; he was born into a | 7 | | world of segregation, attending local schools before they were | 8 | | integrated; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb, despite his early experiences as a | 10 | | Black man, chose to embrace his community instead of becoming | 11 | | hardened towards it, sharing his compassion, patriotism, and | 12 | | love with everyone, unofficially serving as the goodwill | 13 | | ambassador of Edwardsville; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb was known for his daily walks through | 15 | | Edwardsville, often checking in with the various business | 16 | | owners and community officials along his way; he took his | 17 | | daily walks for decades, allowing him to meet and care for | 18 | | generations of Edwardsville citizens; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Through these walks, Marvin Webb developed a | 20 | | reputation within the community as someone who possessed great | 21 | | honesty, integrity, and empathy while always being polite, |
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| 1 | | patient, and gracious; over the years, he began helping around | 2 | | his favorite stops, including cleaning up a lobby at the | 3 | | Clerk's Office and running important errands for shop owners | 4 | | too busy to leave their stores, such as taking deposits to the | 5 | | bank; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb was also truly invested in the people | 7 | | of his community, taking the opportunity on his walks around | 8 | | town to check in on others, to offer sympathies to those | 9 | | grieving recent losses of loved ones and share funeral | 10 | | arrangements with others, to respectfully correct misbehaving | 11 | | children at the local movie theater, to hand out church books | 12 | | on Sunday, and to attend many Edwardsville Tiger events at | 13 | | Edwardsville High School; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb was preceded in death by his parents | 15 | | and his siblings, Curtis Webb and Julia McKinney; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Marvin Webb is survived by his brothers, L.D. | 17 | | Bradford and James (Cynthia) Webb; his sisters, Lavon Lagrown, | 18 | | Lillie (Fred) Willis, Pearlie Talbert, Maggie Smith, and | 19 | | Mattie Smith; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be | 20 | | it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 22 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn the passing of Marvin "Preach" Webb and extend our | 2 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 3 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Marvin Webb as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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