Illinois SR 293: MEMORIAL-BLANCHIE WHITE WILCOX

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SR0293LRB104 13441 LAW 25830 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Blanchie B. White Wilcox, who passed 

4away on April 16, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Blanchie White Wilcox was born to Vella Canada 

6and Lonnie Johnson Sr. in Chickasaw, Arkansas on May 30, 1935; 

7she committed to her faith at an early age through her 

8grandparents' church in Moscow, Arkansas; she received her 

9education from the school system in Winchester, Arkansas; and

10 WHEREAS, Blanchie White Wilcox married Carl Lee White Sr. 

11in Arkansas on January 16, 1951, and they had eight children; 

12she and her husband relocated to Texas in 1952, where they 

13lived for five years before relocating their family to Chicago 

14in 1957; shortly thereafter, she and her family joined the New 

15Zion M.B. Church, which became the Joshua M.B. Church in 1962; 

16when her husband became pastor in April 1964, she became first 

17lady of the church, where she was noted for faithfully serving 

18as a confident, self-aware mother of wisdom with style, poise, 

19and grace for many years; and

20 WHEREAS, Blanchie White Wilcox later moved her membership 

21to Sweet Kingdom M.B. Church, where she served on the love 

22ministry and the nurse's board; she married Clearance Wilcox 

SR0293- 2 -LRB104 13441 LAW 25830 r

1in the early 1990s, and their union had no children before he 

2preceded her in death; after relocating to Markham, she joined 

3Victory Christian International Ministries, which was under 

4the leadership of her son, Apostle Carl White Jr., where she 

5served until her passing; and

6 WHEREAS, Blanchie White Wilcox worked for General Electric 

7(GE) Motors for more than 20 years,