Full Text of SR0930 095th General Assembly
SR0930 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Reverend Dana Ferguson Myers, who passed | 4 |
| away on October 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Dana Ferguson Myers was born on June 20, 1966 | 6 |
| in Batesville, Mississippi; she was a graduate of Hollins | 7 |
| University in Roanoke, Virginia and received her master of | 8 |
| divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary in | 9 |
| 1991; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Dana Ferguson Myers found her calling for the | 11 |
| ministry when she was faced with the deaths of three classmates | 12 |
| out of a class of 20 at her private high school; choosing to | 13 |
| embrace the things of faith instead of rejecting them, she | 14 |
| chose to serve her community and the Lord; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Dana Ferguson Myers served as a program | 16 |
| manager for the Metropolitan Interfaith Association in | 17 |
| Memphis, Tennessee, a nonprofit social service agency for | 18 |
| low-income and elderly citizens; she then became an associate | 19 |
| pastor for outreach at the Idlewild Presbyterian Church in | 20 |
| Memphis; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1998, Rev. Dana Ferguson Myers took a position |
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| as the associate pastor for missions at the Fourth Presbyterian | 2 |
| Church of Chicago, where she oversaw the outreach programs to | 3 |
| the needy within the community; in 2005, she was promoted to | 4 |
| the position of executive associate pastor, a position that put | 5 |
| her in charge of a staff of 100 people; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Dana Ferguson Myers is survived by her | 7 |
| husband, Reverend Wayne Myers; her sons, Daniel and Taylor; her | 8 |
| mother, Betsy Ferguson; and her sister, Liz Ferguson; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Reverend Dana Ferguson | 13 |
| Myers; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Reverend Dana Ferguson Myers as an | 16 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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