Full Text of SR0114 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Elder Earl McClenny Whitehead, who passed | 4 | | away on February 11, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elder Earl Whitehead was born in Marion, Alabama, | 6 | | to Robert and Marilla (Moore) Whitehead; he attended Alabama | 7 | | public schools, The Chicago Baptist Seminary, Moody Bible | 8 | | Institute, The Charles Harrison Mason Theological Bible | 9 | | College, and The Gaston Bible School; he was a member of | 10 | | Morning Star Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama; he married | 11 | | LaVerne Darlene on September 18, 1955; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Elder Earl Whitehead moved to North Chicago to | 13 | | follow in his brother Robert's footsteps and become a barber; | 14 | | he attended Illinois Barber College in Chicago and worked in | 15 | | his brother's barbershop in North Chicago; he served in the | 16 | | U.S. Army as a medic in the Korean War, worked at Johns | 17 | | Manville, North Chicago Refiners & Smelters, and as a nurses | 18 | | aide in local hospitals, all while continuing to work as a | 19 | | barber in Robert's shop; he and his brother, John, eventually | 20 | | opened up their own barbershop in Waukegan; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Elder Earl Whitehead served as pastor of Mount | 22 | | Olive Church of God in Christ in Chicago; he served as |
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| 1 | | assistant pastor and Sunday School Superintendent at Rehoboth | 2 | | Church of God in Christ in Waukegan; he served the Lake County | 3 | | community for over 50 years and received numerous awards and | 4 | | commendations for his service; in 2003 the Waukegan City | 5 | | Council named a street the Rev. Earl Whitehead Drive; he would | 6 | | deliver motivational talks to students at Waukegan high schools | 7 | | and provide outreach ministries at the Lake County Correctional | 8 | | facility; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Elder Earl Whitehead was preceded in death by his | 10 | | parents; his siblings, Walter Mae Harper, Mattie J. Hopkins, | 11 | | Robert C. Whitehead, James B. Whitehead, Eunice Hatch, William | 12 | | Whitehead, Josephine Tubbs, John W. Whitehead, Elma McKinney, | 13 | | and Blanch Curry; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Elder Earl Whitehead is survived by his wife of 57 | 15 | | years, LaVerne; his children, James (Brenda) Whitehead, | 16 | | Jeffrey (Euna) Whitehead, Keith (Jenny) Whitehead, and Renee | 17 | | Whitehead; his grandchildren, LaMar, Elexanderia, Jeffery Jr., | 18 | | Jordan, Lauren (Reed Swier, fiance), Tekoa, Jasmine, LaVeedra, | 19 | | Eboni, and Briana; his great-grandchildren, Brendan, Darius, | 20 | | Izaiah, Lexus, Jae-onna, LaMaiiya, Lela, DaKara, Nyela, and | 21 | | Anyah; his sister, Archie Russell; his sister-in-law, Elaine | 22 | | Headds; his nieces, nephews, and cousins; four people who were | 23 | | like family, Shirley Buchanan, Terry Harris, Joe Pitts, and Jay | 24 | | (Jay5) Johnson; his God children, Supt. Mark A. Jones and |
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| 1 | | Eleanor Lovett; his loving Rehoboth family; his life-long | 2 | | friend in Christ, Pastor H. Eugene Jones Sr.; and a host of | 3 | | close friends including Pete (The Tramp) Yarbough, Roland | 4 | | Harper, and T.R. Sterns; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Elder Earl McClenny Whitehead, and we extend our sincere | 8 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 9 | | him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Elder Earl Whitehead as an | 12 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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