Bill Text: IL HR0904 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Alice Carter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0904 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0904-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Alice | ||||||
| 4 | Carter; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Alice Carter was born in Pearl, Mississippi; she | ||||||
| 6 | moved to Chicago's West Side in 1950; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Alice Carter loved cooking soul food since she was | ||||||
| 8 | a child growing up in the Deep South of Mississippi; in 1961, | ||||||
| 9 | she brought her "down-home cooking" to Chicago when she landed | ||||||
| 10 | a job at a local West Side neighborhood eatery; in 1972, she | ||||||
| 11 | opened her first restaurant on 5638 West Chicago Avenue; in | ||||||
| 12 | 1983, she opened Alice's Soul Food at Madison and Parkside in | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago; in 1988, she moved back to the Chicago Avenue spot, | ||||||
| 14 | remaining there until she relocated to Division and Pine in | ||||||
| 15 | 2004; the restaurant once again returned to its Chicago Avenue | ||||||
| 16 | location in early 2010; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Alice Carter was well regarded by her many | ||||||
| 18 | customers for her attention to customer service and her warm | ||||||
| 19 | and welcoming demeanor; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, In addition to running her restaurant, Alice | ||||||
| 21 | Carter also worked for the Chicago Transit Authority beginning | ||||||
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| 1 | in the 1970s; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Alice Carter was the loving mother of 7 children; | ||||||
| 3 | her daughter, Jackie, and her son, Glenn, are the current | ||||||
| 4 | managers of Alice's Soul Food; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | ||||||
| 8 | Alice Carter; and be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Alice Carter as an expression of our | ||||||
| 11 | sympathy.
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