Alpha Cline ROCKFORD - Alpha Cline of Rockford will celebrate her 100th birthday Saturday at an open house for family and friends. The open house will be from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Evans United Methodist Church, 7605 N. Second St., Machesney Park. Alpha Sumpter was born May 9, 1898, in Low Ground, Mo., the daughter of Eli and Armada Belle Sumpter. She is the last survivor of eight siblings. She married Lerma Cline Aug. 30 1912, in Centerville, Iowa. He died Sept. 6, 1975. They had 11 children. She has survived five of her children and her husband. She has 268 descendants including grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. (Rockford, IL. 1998)