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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It is with great pleasure that the members of
3 this Body welcome the opportunity to recognize citizens of
4 this State on the occasions which have come to mean so much
5 to them; and
6 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Reverend
7 Marvin E. Wiley will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his
8 birth on Monday, January 10, 2000; and
9 WHEREAS, Reverend Wiley, a native of Pine Bluff,
10 Arkansas, is the Senior Pastor of the Rock of Ages Baptist
11 Church in Maywood; he became Pastor in March of 1991; and
12 WHEREAS, He graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1978
13 and attended Dallas Baptist College in Dallas, Texas; he
14 graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff with
15 a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology; and he served as an
16 instructor and enrollment advisor at South Central Career
17 College from 1986 to 1989; and
18 WHEREAS, He is a member of the Salem Baptist District
19 Association of the Baptist General State Convention of
20 Illinois and he serves on the Executive Committee of the
21 Corporate Board of Directors of the Sunday School Publishing
22 Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; and
23 WHEREAS, He was ordained in May of 1981 at the Eighth
24 Avenue Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and served the
25 Pilgrim Baptist Church in Pine Bluff from 1981 to 1988; he
26 also served the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Pine Bluff
27 as Pastor from 1988 to 1991; and
28 WHEREAS, He is married to the former Marilyn Ross and
29 they have two children, Madilyn Ellise and Jarrett Ryan;
30 therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we wish to congratulate Reverend Marvin E. Wiley on the
4 occasion of the 40th anniversary of his birth and extend our
5 best wishes for health and happiness in the future; and be it
6 further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to him as a token of our respect and esteem.