[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     TRIBUTE TO REV. BILLY J. JONES

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 1994

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my 
congressional district, the Reverend Billy J. Jones of the Samaritan 
Bible Baptist Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Reverend 
Jones commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas, the Reverend Billy J. Jones was born in Locust 
     Grove, Georgia, the second of five children, born to Simon 
     and Avvie Lee Jones, he is a family man, married to Jeanette 
     Robinson, the daughter of Helen Robinson Jordan, the father 
     of three sons, Demetrius Van, Lewis Armstrong, and Bryant 
     Lamont; and
       Whereas, Reverend Jones was reared in Chicago since 1994, 
     he matriculated at Forrestville and Dolittle elementary 
     schools, Wendell Phillips High School, Crane Junior College 
     of the Chicago City Colleges, and the Moody Bible Institute, 
     Chicago, Illinois; and
       Whereas, Reverend Jones for over thirty-five years, has 
     been a member of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois where The Reverend Clay Evans is Pastor, he 
     served as Assistant Minister of Music over twenty years, 
     recording six albums with the Mass Choir, ``The Voice 
     Fellowship,'' in 1972 Reverend Jones accepted the Call to the 
     Ministry, he was elected Pastor of the Sunrise Missionary 
     Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois in July 1975, serving there 
     faithfully for seven years, in August 1982 he organized the 
     Samaritan Bible Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois; and
       Whereas, Reverend Jones worked in the Civil Rights Movement 
     with the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, and sang for Dr. Martin 
     Luther King, Jr. before he spoke during the time Dr. King 
     lived on the West Side of Chicago, a member of the Southern 
     Christian Leadership Conference - Operation Breadbasket, he 
     organized the Breadbasket Choir, he is a Charter member of 
     Operation PUSH, Reverend Jones is a Shepherd, a Community 
     Leader, a Humanitarian, and a true role model in our 
     community. Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishment of The Reverend Billy J. 
     Jones, by entering these accomplishments into the 
     Congressional Record and Archives of the One Hundred and 
     Third Congress of the United States of America.

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