Full Text of HR0138 103rd 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 Jeanie | 4 | | Dunn, Pastor Emeritus, who passed away on February 28, 2023; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn was born in Eutaw, Alabama to John H. | 7 | | and Mary E. Dunn on November 20, 1932; he attended Carver High | 8 | | School in Eutaw; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn's family were farmers, but at the age | 10 | | of 24, he started a timber cutting business, where he cut and | 11 | | sold timber logs in the area; he began to attend church and | 12 | | joined New Light MB Church in Clinton, Alabama in 1960; he | 13 | | served as assistant Sunday school superintendent from 1960 to | 14 | | 1962; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn moved to Chicago, where he and his | 16 | | wife started a family and raised three children; upon his | 17 | | relocation, he joined Mt. Zion MB Church and became a deacon; | 18 | | he served on the Deacon Board from 1963 to 1967; in 1967, he | 19 | | joined True Vine of Holiness MB Church, which was founded by | 20 | | his cousin; he served as chairman of both the Deacon Board and | 21 | | the Fundraising Committee from 1967 to 1971; he attended Moody | 22 | | Seminary Institute from 1971 to 1973; he served from 1972 to |
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| 1 | | 1980 as financial secretary of the Auburn Park Ministers | 2 | | Alliance, vice president and secretary of the Fellowship | 3 | | District Association, and chairman of the Evangelism | 4 | | Department at the Progressive Baptist State Convention of | 5 | | Illinois; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, While serving in the ministry, Pastor Dunn | 7 | | attended school and became an automobile mechanic; he was | 8 | | employed by Firestone as a full-time mechanic; he also owned | 9 | | and operated an auto repair business; in 1976, he was offered a | 10 | | position as a mechanic with American Airlines/Sky Chefs, where | 11 | | he remained until retirement; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn organized the Greater Tabernacle | 13 | | Holiness MB Church on December 20, 1980; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn was preceded in death by his parents | 15 | | and siblings; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Dunn is survived by his wife of 61 years, | 17 | | Minister Augusta M. Dunn; his children, Pastor Gene (Cindy) | 18 | | Dunn, Angela (Herman) Gibson, and Annette Dunn; his | 19 | | grandchildren, Kavin Williams, Brandon (Brooke) Dunn, Spencer | 20 | | Dunn, Taylor Dunn, and Armani Gibson; his great-grandchildren, | 21 | | Braylon Richardson, Wyzdom Dunn, Rylah Dunn, Bryce Dunn, and | 22 | | Kennedi Kimbrough; his nephews, Reverend Dr. James E. (Jan) |
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| 1 | | Dunn, Michael A. Dunn, Henry E. Dunn, and Willie G. Dunn; | 2 | | numerous other relatives and friends; his spiritual son, | 3 | | Maurice (Chanel) McDonald; and his spiritual daughters, | 4 | | Andriane Fudge and Renata Dickerson; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we mourn the passing of Jeanie Dunn, Pastor Emeritus and | 8 | | extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all | 9 | | who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Pastor Dunn as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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