RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Dr. LouDella Evans Reid will celebrate her 85th birthday on July 7, 2015, and
WHEREAS, The City Council has been informed of this prestigious occasion by the Honorable David Moore, Alderman of the 17th Ward; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Reid holds a national reputation for being one of the most outstanding Ministers' of Music this side of Heaven, with her unique style of directing enhancing services at churches for more than 50 years. Dr. Reid will celebrate her 85th birthday on July 7, 2015, thereby reaching a milestone few are fortunate to achieve; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Reid has played many pioneering roles during her lifetime. In 1950, she was the only woman among five charter members who started the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago where her brother, the eminent Rev. Clay Evans, was the Founder and Pastor. She started the church's choir, served as its first pianist, and was appointed Minister of Music in 1963, during a time in which it was unheard of for a woman to hold such a position; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Reid studied music during her childhood under the late Kate Evans of Brownsville, Tennessee and under the late Rev. Charles Walker, who was also a musician of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. She has been showcased in many arenas, including over thirty musical releases of the Rev. Dr. Clay Evans and in numerous choral concerts across the country, in Japan and throughout Europe; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Reid is known world-wide for her moving renditions of hymns such as "It Is Well", "More Love To Thee", and "Close to Thee." She is a dynamic speaker who has served as a workshop leader at many churches, and as staff musician and devotion leader for the Chicago-land Christian Women's Conference. She is guest Director for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. and most recently, was invited to be a guest director on the nationally known Bill Gaither Pioneer Gospel Hour; and
WHEREAS, In 2005, Dr. Reid founded the Traditional Gospel Choir and i...
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