Full Text of SR0153 94th General Assembly
SR0153 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alzata Pincham of | 4 |
| Chicago on April 9, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was born June 27, 1925, to Katherine | 6 |
| Cox Henry and James Frederick Henry in Louisville, Tennessee; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, After graduating from Tennessee State University | 9 |
| in 1947, she taught elementary school in Lexington, | 10 |
| Mississippi; on August 31, 1948, she married R. Eugene Pincham; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, She and her husband moved to Chicago in 1948, and | 13 |
| she continued teaching with the Chicago Board of Education | 14 |
| until 1959 while her husband was in law school; when he began | 15 |
| his career, she "retired" to a career of homemaker and mother; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was active in numerous community | 18 |
| organizations throughout her life; she was a member of the | 19 |
| Tennessee State University Vintagers 50-year alumni | 20 |
| association, vice-president of the West Chesterfield Community | 21 |
| Association, president of the Gillespie Local School Council, | 22 |
| Chicago State University Taggers Association, and former | 23 |
| Sunday school teacher at Faith United Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 30-year breast cancer survivor and an | 25 |
| active member of Trinity United Church of Christ where she was | 26 |
| a charter-founding member and president of the Can-Cer-Vive | 27 |
| cancer survivors' ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Alzata Pincham is felt by all who | 29 |
| knew and loved her, especially her husband of 57 years, retired |
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| Illinois Appellate Court Justice R. Eugene Pincham; her | 2 |
| children, Robert, Andrea (Robert Benton), and James; her | 3 |
| sisters, Rowena Hodges (Robert) and Edith Butler (Wendell); her | 4 |
| grandchildren, Evan Eugene Pincham and Christina Pincham; and a | 5 |
| host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and lifelong friends; | 6 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that even as her death is | 9 |
| mourned, we give thanks for the blessing of Alzata Pincham's | 10 |
| life and extend our sincerest condolences to her family, | 11 |
| friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 14 |
| sympathy.
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