Full Text of SR0388 93rd General Assembly
SR0388 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Alzada Christian-Carr of | 4 |
| East St. Louis on November 14, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Alzada Christian was born on July 11, 1945 to | 6 |
| Theodore and Hattie Christian; she grew up with her family on | 7 |
| Goose Hill, attending Garfield and Carver Schools; she | 8 |
| continued her education at Rock Junior High School, and she | 9 |
| graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Christian-Carr went on to further her | 11 |
| education as an honor student of the American Institute of | 12 |
| Banking; she later graduated from the Municipal Clerks of | 13 |
| Illinois Institute and was a student of the Municipal Clerks of | 14 |
| Illinois Academy; she was a Registered Clerk, and was conferred | 15 |
| as a Master Municipal Clerk by the International Master | 16 |
| Municipal Clerk Academy; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Christian-Carr worked at National Stockyards | 18 |
| Bank of St. Louis, where she was one of the first recipients of | 19 |
| the Urban League Black Achievers Award in 1974; her banking | 20 |
| career also includes employment at Continental Bank of Chicago | 21 |
| and Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C., where she | 22 |
| supervised 30 women; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Christian-Carr served as Deputy Clerk of the | 24 |
| City of East St. Louis for ten years and was elected the first | 25 |
| female City Clerk for 4 terms; she was elected First | 26 |
| Vice-President of Districts 7, 8, and 9 of Southwestern | 27 |
| Illinois Municipal Clerks Association; and she was the first | 28 |
| City Clerk of East St. Louis to become a Certified Clerk of the | 29 |
| International Institute of Municipal Clerks; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Christian-Carr was appointed District |
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| Director of District IX of Illinois Municipal Clerks for | 2 |
| 1999-2000; in 2001, she was presented the Ilion Crabel Member | 3 |
| of the Year Award by the Municipal Clerks of Illinois, the | 4 |
| highest award to be received from the State Clerks; her | 5 |
| greatest achievement as City Clerk was to have the Municipal | 6 |
| City Code updated; the previous update to the Code was in 1974; | 7 |
| she retired from the position in May of 2002, the first City | 8 |
| Clerk to retire after 25 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, She
served as Democrat
Precinct Committeewoman of | 10 |
| Goose Hill for ten years; she served as
Secretary of the City | 11 |
| Central Democratic Organization and was Secretary of the
County | 12 |
| of St. Clair Democratic Organization for ten years;
her
local, | 13 |
| state, and national memberships, awards, and honors are far too | 14 |
| numerous
to name; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a Charter Member of the North End | 16 |
| Missionary Baptist Church
and
served as First
Financial | 17 |
| Secretary and First Announcing Clerk; she was a dependable and | 18 |
| loyal
member and served the church in many ways; she
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| affectionately called "Co-Pastor"; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Alzada Christian-Carr has been | 21 |
| deeply felt by many,
especially her
two daughters; Candace | 22 |
| (Richard) King and Gerri Butler;
her grandchildren,
Brandi
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| Butler, Dameon Christian, Kevisha White, Dennis Butler III, | 24 |
| Courtney Butler,
and Carlton King; her sisters, Fran (Howard) | 25 |
| Hairston, Voncille Cox, and
Sabrina (Tommie) Johnson; her | 26 |
| brothers, T.C. (Beverly) Christian, Jr.,
Taft
(Marie) | 27 |
| Christian, Sr., and Charles (Ruby) Christian, Sr.; her godson, | 28 |
| Roderick
(Corliss) Townsend; her "adopted" daughters, Phyllis | 29 |
| Mitchell and Karen
Robinson; sixty-two Daughters of Venus | 30 |
| Temple #1042; her many nieces,
nephews, great-nieces, | 31 |
| great-nephews, great-great nieces and nephews, and cousins;
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| her extended family of Griggs, Neely, Holloway, and Christian; | 33 |
| and her North
End Church
Family, Goose Hill Family, Elk Family, |
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| and many friends; therefore, be it | 2 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Alzada
Christian-Carr along with all who knew and loved her, | 5 |
| and we extend our sincere
condolences to her family, friends, | 6 |
| and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family
of Alzada Christian-Carr as an | 9 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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