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92_SR0344

 
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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are  saddened
 3    to  learn  of  the death of Pastor Emeritus Richard C. Cosey,
 4    Sr., of East St. Louis, who passed away  November  27,  2001;
 5    and

 6        WHEREAS,  Pastor  Cosey  was  born  December 25, 1932, to
 7    Isaac and Viola Cosey in Clarksdale, Mississippi; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Pastor  Cosey  came  from  a  large  family  of
 9    children who were reared by their  father  and  loving  aunt,
10    Martha B. Cosey, due to the early death of his mother; and

11        WHEREAS,  Pastor  Cosey was the father of seven children;
12    he married Mamie Moore on June 24, 1961; and

13        WHEREAS,  When  Pastor  Cosey  was  a   young   energetic
14    preacher,  he preached the Gospel all over the nation, and in
15    August of 1968, he was sent to East St. Louis to  become  the
16    pastor of Pilgrim Green Missionary Baptist Church; and

17        WHEREAS,  While  in  East  St.  Louis,  Pastor  Cosey was
18    employed  as  a  parole  officer  for   the   Department   of
19    Corrections,  Adult  and  Juvenile  Divisions,  for 22 years;
20    through his work, he was able to  touch  the  lives  of  many
21    people;  Pastor  Cosey  was very active and well respected in
22    his city, where he became known as "The Reb"; and

23        WHEREAS, Pastor Cosey will be deeply missed by all  those
24    who  knew  him and loved him, especially his wife, Mrs. Mamie
25    Lee Cosey; his sons, Marvin (Bonnie) Cosey,  Richard  (Doris)
26    Cosey,  Jr., and Dwaine (Laura) Cosey; his daughters, Valerie
27    (Ernest)  Ball,  Karen  (Thomas)  Mickens,  Deborah   (Erwin)
28    Cosey-Lane, and Angela (Mario) Cosey-Haynes; his twenty-seven
29    grandchildren,   twenty-six   great-grandchildren,   and  one
30    great-great-grandchild;  his  stepmother,  Cora  Berry;   his
31    sister, Pastor Mary Alice Freeman; his stepbrother, Jessie W.
 
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 1    Berry; his sisters-in-law, Eloise D. Cosey, Mattie Lee Cosey,
 2    Geneva  Cosey,  Lucille  Conway, Carolyn (Ulysses) Ward, Rose
 3    (Morris) Hatchet, Barbara (James) Perkins, Diane Huesten, and
 4    Juanita Moore; his brother-in-law, John (Norene)  Moore;  his
 5    special aunt, Martha B. Cosey; his four godchildren, Tony and
 6    Lasalle  Austin,  Richard Tibbs, and Carmen Reed; two special
 7    friends  of  his  family,  Otis  Betts,  Jr.,   and   William
 8    Washington;  his  entire  Pilgrim  Green Church Family; and a
 9    host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends;  therefore,  be
10    it

11        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
12    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along  with
13    his  family and friends, the death of Pastor Emeritus Richard
14    C. Cosey, Sr.; and be it further

15        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
16    presented  to  the  family  of  Pastor Emeritus of Richard C.
17    Cosey, Sr.

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