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The Board'of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Watter of &sofutton No. 9 7/5
Tosthumousfy monoring
4verendNathanielOuwu
In Wpcognitivn of his Outstanding Service
andValua6fe Contri6utions to the Community
IWEWEM S`, 4?rverendNathaniefowens servedas anAssociate Pastor at Solomon 7empfe
Missionary Baptist Church in Titts6urg;and
UNIWA'S,;along with Q?gverenditrcelSumpter, gZfverendowens worked to improve relations
between the Titts6urg ToCtce{Department andthe community serving as.a volunteer Chapfain with the
Titts6urg(Police Department;and
UMMA,S,; befieving the opportunity fora quality education was a innate right foraffchddren,
4verendOwens workedwith the Titts6urg`Un),iedSchooro strict to establish an after-schooftutoring
program;and
IVJ&XEAY, WverendOwens pros idedcounsefzng,guidance andspiritualinspiration to the
community;and
%WtEUAS, 4verend Owens gave unseoishly of himself to his congregation and his community
participating in numerous church and community projects;and
4verendOwens met an untimely death as the result of an automo6de accident on
Decem6er 27, 1996;
NOW M4MIF'M BE ITWOL`GtErD that the Boardof supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, California, does hereby honor&verendNathanielOwens in recognition of his outstanding and
valua6le contri6utions to our community, and does hereby offer heanfeft sympathy and condolences to his
family andcongregation.
T',XS, (D 6y unanimous vote of the BoardTemders present on this 14th day of-Yanuary 1997.
I hereby certify that the foregoing u a true andcorrect copy of a resofution enteredon the minutes of the Board'of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid
X41 ftws my handand the Seatof the Boardof
Supervisors geed on tins 14th day of ianuary,
1997
ML BATMLog Cierkof the(Boardof
Introduced 6y: Supervisors andcountyAdministrator
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The Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County
In the Watter of PfsolutionXo. 97/6
Posthumously 9fonoring
Weverend{PercelNapolecm Sumpter
In Recognition of his outstanding Service
andVatua6le Contri6utions to the Community
WMWEMS, WeverendTerceCNapoleon Sumpter was cafled to pastor at Solomon Temple
Missionary Baptist Church in Titts6urg in 1967;and
`,MP,E` 1XS, throughout his twenty-nine years of service as(Pastor at Solomon Temple serving the
community of Otts6urg and Contra Costa County&verendSumpterworkedcontinuousfy to eliminate the
6arriers of inequality and to com6at racasrrr;and
1,MREAS, ReverendSumpter was a strong advocate of communicat4m providing a voice of
moderation in the community,and
SAS, a major focus of 4verendSumpter's efforts was to improve relations between the
Titts6urg Folie Department and the community,serving as a volunteer Chaplain with the Titts6urg Bolice
Department and originating events such as Community Wolations{Day, which now serves as an annual event;
and
$M% AS,as testimony to his good works and teachings WeverendSumpter has been recognized
at the local State andNationallevelandhas receivednumerous acclamations andhonors including the naming
of a street in Pittsburg, ",Sumpter Circle"in his honor, recipient of the 9fonorary Doctorate of(Divinity(Degree,
induction into the Contra Costa Citizens Maffof Tame, recipient of the V.S.-A. Congressional Record,
resolutions of honor from the ZlnitedStates Senate, as weffas a resolution of honorfrom the California State
,Assembly;and
IEPgAS, 4verendSumpter met an untimely death as the resuft of an automobile accident on
Decem6er 27, 1996;
NOW,, MPX ,EI'OU, BE ITP%A50LVEtD that the Boardof Supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, Cafifornia, does here6y honor ReverendTercelNapoleon Sumpter in recognition of his
outstanding andvaluabfe contributions to our community,anddoes here6y offer heartfeft sympathy and
condolences to his family and congregation.
T,4.MO by unanimous vote of the BoardMem6ers present on this 14th day oflanuary 1997.
I here6y cert that the foregoing is a true andcorrect copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of the Boardof
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.'
U itness my handand tfwSealof the Boardof
Supervisors a don this 14th day of lanuary
1997.
ML BATCMLOX Clerk;of the Boardof
Supervisors andCountyAdministrator
Intro ced 6y:
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