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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Alice 
4Carter; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Alice Carter was born in Pearl, Mississippi; she 
6moved to Chicago's West Side in 1950; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Alice Carter loved cooking soul food since she was 
8a child growing up in the Deep South of Mississippi; in 1961, 
9she brought her "down-home cooking" to Chicago when she landed 
10a job at a local West Side neighborhood eatery; in 1972, she 
11opened her first restaurant on 5638 West Chicago Avenue; in 
121983, she opened Alice's Soul Food at Madison and Parkside in 
13Chicago; in 1988, she moved back to the Chicago Avenue spot, 
14remaining there until she relocated to Division and Pine in 
152004; the restaurant once again returned to its Chicago Avenue 
16location in early 2010; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Alice Carter was well regarded by her many 
18customers for her attention to customer service and her warm 
19and welcoming demeanor; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, In addition to running her restaurant, Alice 
21Carter also worked for the Chicago Transit Authority beginning 
 
 
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1in the 1970s; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Alice Carter was the loving mother of 7 children; 
3her daughter, Jackie, and her son, Glenn, are the current 
4managers of Alice's Soul Food; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
6NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
7we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of 
8Alice Carter;  and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Alice Carter as an expression of our 
11sympathy.