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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Christine Crushella "Chris"
4Radford-Eastern, who passed away on October 14, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Christine Radford-Eastern was born in St. Louis,
6Missouri to Johnnie Sr. and Jacqueline Cotton Radford on
7October 11, 1970; she grew up in Parkside and graduated from
8East St. Louis Senior High School in 1988, where she was named
9Homecoming Queen; she later graduated from The Academy School
10of Beauty Culture and became a licensed cosmetologist; she
11married Robert "Bobby" Eastern III in Sarasota, Florida on June
128, 2012; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Christine Radford-Eastern was employed briefly
14with the Casino Queen; she then worked at Diva 226 Salon; she
15later moved to The Mainstreet Salon; in 2005, she became
16co-owner and signature master stylist at Jaqueline's Salon; she
17became one of the premier designers of hair and a personal
18stylist in the bi-state area; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Christine Radford-Eastern was baptized at her
20home church, Power of Change Christian Church; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Christine Radford-Eastern was preceded in death

 

 

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1by her father, Johnnie; her grandmother; and her nephews, DeJan
2Raphael Radford, and Jeremiah DeJan Radford; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Christine Radford-Eastern is survived by her
4husband, Robert; her children, Christian Cooper, Ra'Ven,
5D'Moi, Shayvon, D'Wan, and Robert Eastern IV; her mother,
6Jaqueline (Frank) Smith; her brothers, Johnnie (Tamaria)
7Radford, Jeremiah (Felicia) Radford, and David Smith; her
8sisters, Amanie Smith, Teresa Harris, and Jessica Radford; her
9aunt, Diane Cotton; her special traveling nurse and aunt, Lorna
10Sanders; her uncles, Ronald Carpenter, and Donald (Donna)
11Carpenter; her godmothers, Billie Jean Thornton, and Dorcas
12Jackson; her godsisters, Demetria McPherson, and Samantha
13Jackson; her goddaughter, Tahira Nash; her "besties", Shantel
14Nfiller, Nfichelle Hopkins-Harris, Gina Jones-Manual, Dettra
15Blakely-Fields, Cassandra Carter, Laton Chairs, and Eudora
16Lawary; her special cousins, Amandra Cotton-Jones, and Enita
17Johnson-Rodgers; Bobby's Angels; and a host of nieces, nephews,
18cousins, relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
21Christine Crushella "Chris" Radford-Eastern, and extend our
22sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew
23and loved her; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Christine Radford-Eastern as an
3expression of our deepest sympathy.