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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their condolences to the family and friends of
4 Reverend Dan Vinson, Sr. of Chicago, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Reverend Dan Vinson was born on August 6, 1924,
6 in Holly Grove, Arkansas; his parents were Joe and Hattie
7 Vinson; on September 19, 1994, he married Reverend Thenolia
8 P. Bourdeaux; and
9 WHEREAS, Reverend Dan Vinson accepted Christ as his
10 Savior at an early age at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Holly
11 Grove; in 1955 he moved to Chicago and joined the Mt. Sinai
12 Baptist Church; he served Mt. Sinai as Sunday school teacher
13 and superintendent, finance chairman, chairman of the deacon
14 board, in both local and national affiliations; and
15 WHEREAS, Reverend Dan Vinson began his Standard Oil
16 service station in 1959; he was one of the first Black men to
17 own a Standard Oil station; he owned and operated this
18 business for 28 years; in 1985 he accepted a call into the
19 ministry; he converted the service station into the Outreach
20 Mission Christian Center; and
21 WHEREAS, After his call into the ministry, Reverend Dan
22 Vinson enrolled in CBI Theological Seminary; the Outreach
23 Mission Christian Center became the House of Daniel/Outreach
24 Mission Christian Center, serving as a transitional shelter
25 for the homeless; and
26 WHEREAS, Reverend Dan Vinson is survived by his wife,
27 Thenolia; his children, Evelyn Glasco Hubbard, Alvin (Joyce),
28 Eddie (Ida), Dan, Lawrence (Tommie), Faye, Glenn (Connie),
29 Limual (Pamela), Sheila, and Eve' Lynn; his step-children,
30 Michael Smith, Greta (Maurice, Sr.) McCaster, Grant
31 Bourdeaux, Georgia Pierson, and Shirley Bourdeaux; his play
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1 daughter, Jeanette Olivia Davis; his forty-one grandchildren
2 and twenty great-grandchildren; his siblings, Willie Joe
3 Vinson, Gerline Smith, Theatria (Lola) Vinson, Herbert
4 (Sylverene) Vinson, Charley (Juanita) Vinson, Willie James
5 Vinson, Dorothy Bates, Geraldine Lee (John), and Mary Jane
6 (Melvin) Caldwell; as well as nieces, nephews, cousins, and
7 friends; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 all that knew him, the death of Reverend Dan Vinson of
11 Chicago, Illinois; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Reverend Dan Vinson.