RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, God in His Infinite Wisdom called Reverend Lilton Tyrone Crider, Sr., affectionately called "Pastor Crider" a most beloved citizen, husband, father, friend, devoted servant and community advocate, to his eternal reward on Friday, May 26, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by the Honorable Carrie Austin, Alderman of the 34th Ward; and
WHEREAS, A native of the Village of May wood, Tyrone Cider was born into a distinguished heritage, amongst one the first black families to live in the village, on January 6, 1959 to Charles and Bernice Crider. He attended Washington and St. Paul Elementary Schools and graduated from Walter Lutheran High School in 1977; and
WHEREAS, Pastor Crider attended and graduated Morehouse College in 1982 and soon returned back to Chicago. While at Morehouse, he accepted his call to ministry, preaching his first sermon and becoming licensed on May 17, 1978. The now eminent cleric, first ordained to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ on March 1, 1981 by Pastor Harry McNelty of the First Baptist Church of Melrose Park, Illinois, was renowned for his engaging humility, intellect, motivation and drive; and
WHEREAS, Also during his Morehouse days, Tyrone Crider is acknowledged for having organized student voter registrations for a re-election run of Atlanta's First Black Mayor, Maynard Jackson. Upon re-settling back home in Chicago in 1982, the journey of this prominent man of God, Good Shepherd and social justice activist seized the opportunity to head up the National Push for Excellence Program, favorably assisting youth voter registration resulting in the election of Chicago's First Black Mayor, Harold Washing. He went on to lead the national voter registration campaign for the historic run of the First Black Candidate for President Reverend Jesse Jackson of Operation PUSH in 1984; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Crider served as the Director of Admissions and Associate Dean of Students at Cent...
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