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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Alzata
4 Pincham of Chicago on April 9, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was born June 27, 1925, to Katherine
6 Cox Henry and James Frederick Henry in Louisville, Tennessee;
7 and
 
8     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 and
 
12     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 and
 
17     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
 
24     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
 
28     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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1 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
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 even as her death is mourned, we give thanks for the blessing
10 of Alzata Pincham's life and extend our sincerest condolences
11 to her family, friends, and community; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
14 sympathy.