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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the 
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members of the General Assembly were deeply saddened to learn 
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of the death of Alzata Pincham of Chicago on April 9, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was born June 27, 1925, to Katherine 
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Cox Henry and James Frederick Henry in Louisville, Tennessee; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, After graduating from Tennessee State University 
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in 1947, she taught elementary school in Lexington, 
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Mississippi; on August 31, 1948, she married R. Eugene Pincham; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She and her husband moved to Chicago in 1948, and 
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she continued teaching with the Chicago Board of Education 
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until 1959 while her husband was in law school; when he began 
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his career, she "retired" to a career of homemaker and mother; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Pincham was active in numerous community 
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organizations throughout her life; she was a member of the 
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Tennessee State University Vintagers 50-year alumni 
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association and the Chicago State University Taggers 
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Association, vice-president of the West Chesterfield Community 
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Association, president of the Gillespie Local School Council, 
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and former Sunday school teacher at Faith United Methodist 
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Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a 30-year breast cancer survivor and an 
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active member of Trinity United Church of Christ where she was 
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a charter-founding member and president of the Can-Cer-Vive 
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cancer survivors' ministry; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Alzata Pincham is felt by all who 
 


 






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knew and loved her, especially her husband of 57 years, retired 
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Illinois Appellate Court Justice R. Eugene Pincham; her 
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children, Robert, Andrea (Robert Benton), and James; her 
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sisters, Rowena Hodges (Robert) and Edith Butler (Wendell); her 
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grandchildren, Evan Eugene Pincham and Christina Pincham; and a 
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host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and lifelong friends; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that even as her death is mourned, we 
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give thanks for the blessing of Alzata Pincham's life and 
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extend our sincerest condolences to her family, friends, and 
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community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.