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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Christine Alexander of Glenwood, who
4recently passed away; and
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born on January 26, 1922 in McNeil,
6Arkansas, to the late Bloomer and Jonah Buffington, Sr.; she
7accepted Christ at an early age at St. Matthew Missionary
8Baptist Church in McNeil, Arkansas; she attended elementary
9school at St. Matthew and graduated from Hobson High School in
10Earlyview; and
 
11    WHEREAS, She married Fred Alexander on December 25, 1940
12and they moved to Chicago to start their new life; Christine
13attended and graduated from APEX School of Cosmetology and
14became the owner of her own beauty salon in her home; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Together with her husband, Christine Alexander
16were active in the community, working with the Greater Lawndale
17Community as well as the local 1800 Drake Block Club; in 1956
18Christine won the 1800 Drake Block Club Beautification Award,
19one of her proudest memories; and
 
20    WHEREAS, She was a long time and active parishioner at Our
21Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church for many years and later

 

 

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1at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, where she worked with the
2Altar and Rosary Society and other church ministries; and
 
3    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her
4parents; her siblings, Walter, Ora Belle, Paul, Jonah Jr., and
5Susie; and her son-in-law, John Blakey; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Christine Alexander is survived by her daughters,
7Dr. Evonne F. Blakey, Deborah A. Henderson (Jerald), and Mary
8Stanback (Albert); her grandchildren, Randall K. Blakey
9(Sonya), Ricia C. Blakey (Trenton), and Aaron A. Henderson
10(Maja); her great-grandchildren, Noel Z. Blakey, Destinee F.
11Blakey, Justice A. Taylor, and Zion G. Taylor; and a host of
12special cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
15her family and friends, the passing of Christine Alexander; and
16be it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
18presented to the family of Christine Alexander as a symbol of
19our sincere sympathy.