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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr. of Chicago, 
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who passed away on April 26, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, On November 9, 1957, in Washington D.C., Frank 
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Selby Lee, Jr. was born to Dr. Marjorie Washington Lee and 
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Frank Selby Lee, Sr.; in Washington, D.C., he attended Woodward 
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School for Boys; his family later relocated to Illinois so that 
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his parents could continue their graduate studies at the 
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University of Illinois; he attended Urbana High School, where 
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he excelled in sports and was a State champion hurdler; while 
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in high school he received Jesus Christ as his personal savior; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended Illinois State University in Normal; 
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his love of Christian fellowship inspired him to join the 
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M.O.N.K. (short for "Men Of a New Kind") Christian brotherhood, 
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and to seek Christian service as a summer missionary with 
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Campus Crusade for Christ International; Frank was ordained as 
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a minister at the Union Missionary Baptist Church of 
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Bloomington/Normal by Reverend Dr. P. Bush; and

 
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    WHEREAS, For several years he served as the Campus Minister 
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at Illinois State University under the leadership of Reverend 
 


 






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Todd, under the support of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 
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and Reverend Dr. Curry, Pastor; on December 15, 1985, Frank 
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Selby Lee and Rose Sharon Myatt were united in marriage; they 
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later moved to Chicago with their first son, uniting with 
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Providence Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of 
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Reverend Fristoe; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In June of 1999, while pursuing a Doctorate of 
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Philosophy Degree, he traveled to the Israeli West Bank to 
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participate in an archeological dig; he also served as a 
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faculty member of the Baptist General State Congress for 18 
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years, as a faculty member of the National Congress of 
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Christian Education for 5 years, as an Old Testament instructor 
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with Oral Roberts University, and was affiliated with the 
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Baptist Pastor's Conference of Chicago and Vicinity; in 1997 he 
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was first called to serve Kendrick Memorial Missionary Baptist 
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Church as an interim Pastor; a year later, he was of duly 
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elected by a large majority of the congregation to the Office 
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of Pastor; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He and his wife renewed their wedding vows in 
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April of 2009 with Chaplain John Munger presiding; and

 



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    WHEREAS, Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr., leaves his father, 
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Frank S. Lee, Sr. (Ophelia); his wife, Rose M. Lee; his 
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children, Frank III, Andrea, Jonathan, Rose, Selah, and 
 


 






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Angelica; his aunts, Dr. Malitha Holbert, Carolyn Holts 
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(Raymond), Gloria Royster, Evelyn McEachin, Alberta Littlejohn 
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(Billy), and Jean Lee; his uncles, Thomas Lee (Betsy), Wellesly 
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Washington Jr. (Jannie), Paul Washington (Andrea), and James 
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Washington (Harriett); a host of cousins and other relatives; 
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the Kendrick Memorial Missionary Baptist Church family; and 
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many friends to cherish his memory; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Reverend Frank Selby 
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Lee, Jr.; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Reverend Frank Selby Lee, Jr. as a 
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symbol of our sincere sympathy.