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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Word has come to the Illinois Senate of the
3 passing of Reverend Garfield Hubbard, Sr., retired Pastor of
4 Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis,
5 Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard was born in Coldwater,
7 Mississippi on October 16, 1915; his parents were Jonas and
8 Arlener Hubbard; he accepted Christ as his Savior and was
9 baptized on August 12, 1931 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist
10 Church in Proctor, Arkansas; in 1937 he married Mildred Jones
11 and they moved to the St. Louis area in 1940; and
12 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard worked for St. Louis Malliber
13 Casting Company until 1957 when he entered full-time
14 ministry; he received his call to ministry while a member of
15 Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church; in 1948 he was called to
16 the pastorate of First Baptist Church of Golden Garden where
17 he served for two years; in May of 1951 he was installed as
18 the pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, where
19 he served for over forty-three years; and
20 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard was responsible for many of the
21 church's programs, including the Sunday Night Revival Hour,
22 which could be heard on KATZ radio for over thirty years;
23 Reverend Hubbard conducted revivals across the country, and
24 was a noted musician and soloist; through his leadership the
25 church was able to burn their mortgage on the current
26 property in four years; and
27 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard served as the Counselor of the
28 Usher's Department for the Baptist General State Convention
29 of Illinois, Instructor for the District and State Congress,
30 President of the Woodriver Baptist District Association of
31 Illinois, and Treasurer of the Baptist General State Congress
32 of Illinois; and
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1 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard was a Life Member and Past Vice
2 President of the East St. Louis NAACP; he was President of
3 the East St. Louis Ministerial Alliance; he was a member of
4 the East St. Louis Business and Professional Men's Club, the
5 East St. Louis/Metropolitan Chaplaincy Program, the Advisory
6 Board for the City of East St. Louis, the Urban League, and a
7 Board Member of the Civil Service Commission; he served as a
8 St. Louis Auxiliary Policeman, the Deputy Clerk for St. Clair
9 County, and a Trustee for State Community College; he owned
10 Hubbard's Marriage License Bureau; and he was a 32nd Degree
11 Mason of Tyree Consistory; and
12 WHEREAS, Reverend Hubbard will be remembered as a warm
13 and caring person, who worked hard to care for his family; he
14 was a role model to many, and a man who never wavered in his
15 beliefs or his faith; and
16 WHEREAS, The passing of Reverend Garfield Hubbard, Sr.
17 will be felt by all who knew him, especially his children,
18 Garfield (Rosceiata) Hubbard, Jr., Malvin E. (Karen) Hubbard,
19 Claude E. (Dianne) Hubbard, Danny J. (Carroll) Hubbard, and
20 Marion C. (Caroline) Hubbard; his twenty-five grandchildren;
21 his forty-seven great-grandchildren; his three
22 great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Reverend Jonas (Mary)
23 Hubbard, Jr.; his sister, Mrs. Fannie B. Hubbard; his nieces,
24 nephews, cousins, relatives, friends, and family at Morning
25 Star Missionary Baptist Church; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
28 all who knew and loved him, the passing of Reverend Garfield
29 Hubbard, Sr.; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to the family of Reverend Hubbard.