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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, State Senator Kwame Raoul, State Representative
3 Monique D. Davis and the members of the General Assembly were
4 deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alzata Pincham of
5 Chicago on April 9, 2005; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was born June 27, 1925, to Katherine
7 Cox Henry and James Frederick Henry in Louisville, Tennessee;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, After graduating from Tennessee State University
10 in 1947, she taught elementary school in Lexington,
11 Mississippi; on August 31, 1948, she married R. Eugene Pincham;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, She and her husband moved to Chicago in 1948, and
14 she continued teaching with the Chicago Board of Education
15 until 1959 while her husband was in law school; when he began
16 his career, she "retired" to a career of homemaker and mother;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was active in numerous community
19 organizations throughout her life; she was a member of the
20 Tennessee State University Vintagers 50-year alumni
21 association and the Chicago State University Taggers
22 Association, vice-president of the West Chesterfield Community
23 Association, president of the Gillespie Local School Council,
24 and former Sunday school teacher at Faith United Methodist
25 Church; and
 
26     WHEREAS, She was a 30-year breast cancer survivor and an
27 active member of Trinity United Church of Christ where she was
28 a charter-founding member and president of the Can-Cer-Vive
29 cancer survivors' ministry; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The passing of Alzata Pincham is felt by all who
2 knew and loved her, especially her husband of 57 years, retired
3 Illinois Appellate Court Justice R. Eugene Pincham; her
4 children, Robert, Andrea (Robert Benton), and James; her
5 sisters, Rowena Hodges (Robert) and Edith Butler (Wendell); her
6 grandchildren, Evan Eugene Pincham and Christina Pincham; and a
7 host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and lifelong friends;
8 therefore, be it
 
9     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
10 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
11 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that even as her death is mourned, we
12 give thanks for the blessing of Alzata Pincham's life and
13 extend our sincerest condolences to her family, friends, and
14 community; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
17 sympathy.