Full Text of HR1137 96th General Assembly
HR1137 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Dr. Claude S. Wyatt, Jr., Founding Pastor of the Vernon Park | 5 |
| Church of God in Chicago, who passed away on April 11, 2010; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, For over 40 years, Reverend Wyatt was a vital part | 8 |
| of his community and was responsible for rehabilitating | 9 |
| alcoholics and drug addicts, working with young people, gangs, | 10 |
| and juveniles in trouble; he lived on Chicago's "Skid Row" for | 11 |
| a small time as part of his special training as an urban | 12 |
| pastor; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., at the request of the | 14 |
| Ministry of Kingston, Jamaica, served in a series of | 15 |
| evangelical and social outreach ministries for several years as | 16 |
| a speaker and instructor; the Wyatt Day Care Center was | 17 |
| established in honor of his work in Jamaica; and
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| WHEREAS, Through his association with the late Dr. Martin | 19 |
| Luther King, Jr., Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr. served as Chicago | 20 |
| Director of the Ministerial Leadership Training Program for the | 21 |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); he served as | 22 |
| one of the organizers of Operation Breadbasket and Operation |
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| PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity); he was a board member | 2 |
| of PUSH and a constituent for Urban Ministries for the Church | 3 |
| of God, Anderson, Indiana; he was a member of the Chicago Urban | 4 |
| League and a former member of the Chicago Baptist Institute; he | 5 |
| served as a spiritual leader to Chicago Mayors Eugene Sawyer | 6 |
| and Richard M. Daley; he also served as a resource person for | 7 |
| various religious, community, and business groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., was the author of 2 | 9 |
| unpublished books for the Anderson School of Theology, " Church | 10 |
| Management and Finances " and " The Agony of What He Saw ", and | 11 |
| numerous articles; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., served as a delegate | 13 |
| to the World Congress in Zurich, Switzerland; he has been | 14 |
| honored on countless occasions for his pastoral, religious, and | 15 |
| executive leadership; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., was honored | 17 |
| by the prestigious Blackbook Business and National Publication | 18 |
| Agency and one of the Ten Outstanding Business and Professional | 19 |
| Persons; on November 30, 1989, he was inducted into the DuSABLE | 20 |
| Umbrella Alumni, Inc. Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., served in the ministry | 22 |
| for over 44 years until his retirement in 2000; upon his |
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| retirement, the Vernon Park Church of God in Chicago named him | 2 |
| the church's Founder and Pastor Emeritus in recognition of his | 3 |
| role as the church's founding pastor; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., was preceded in death | 5 |
| by his parents, Anna and Claude Wyatt Sr.; his son, Renaldo | 6 |
| "Renny" Wyatt; his brothers, Henry, Calvin, and Reverend | 7 |
| Lawrence Wyatt; and his sister, Marvie Banks; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., is survived by his | 9 |
| loving wife of 69 years, Reverend Dr. Addie L. Wyatt; his son, | 10 |
| Reverend Claude L. Wyatt (Yvonne); his grandchildren, Allen L. | 11 |
| Wyatt, Rene Wyatt-Hall (Joel), Brian K. Wyatt (BiBi), Sharon A. | 12 |
| Wyatt, Darren Montgomery (Selinda), and Claudea Wyatt-Ellis | 13 |
| (William); his 14 great-grandchildren; his 4 | 14 |
| great-great-grandchildren; his nieces, Wylynn Banks, Sherilyn | 15 |
| Wyatt-Wickes (Keith), Bathsheba Wyatt-Draper, Jerri | 16 |
| Wyatt-Hoover, and Terri Wyatt; his nephews, Ronald Wyatt | 17 |
| (Sylvia), Paul Wyatt (Lucinda), and Max Wyatt; his | 18 |
| sisters-in-law, Maude McKay (Robert), Laura Cameron-Cobb, and | 19 |
| Artelia Wyatt; his brother-in-law, Jerome Dandridge; his | 20 |
| god-daughter, Reverend VaCountess Johnson; and his special and | 21 |
| devoted friend, Rev. Dr. Willie Taplin Barrow; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Claude Wyatt, Jr., served as a shining | 23 |
| beacon of piety, compassion, and integrity for countless people |
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| and inspired many to enter the ministry and do great things for | 2 |
| God; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 6 |
| Reverend Dr. Claude S. Wyatt, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Reverend Claude S. Wyatt, Jr., as an | 9 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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