Full Text of HJR0149 94th General Assembly
HJ0149 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the passing of the Honorable Judge | 4 |
| Terrence "Terry" Hopkins of Mount Vernon, Illinois, on October | 5 |
| 16, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Terrence Hopkins was born on March 6, 1948 in | 7 |
| Christopher; his parents were Gladys (Starkey) Hopkins and the | 8 |
| late George Hopkins, Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor's degree from Southern | 10 |
| Illinois University Carbondale in 1970 and his law degree from | 11 |
| St. Louis University in 1974; he received a JLLM degree from | 12 |
| the judge's program at the University of Virginia Law School in | 13 |
| 2004; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins served as Franklin County State's | 15 |
| Attorney from 1976 to 1983 and as circuit judge in the Second | 16 |
| Judicial Circuit from 1983 to 1994; he was elected to serve as | 17 |
| a Fifth District Appellate Court Justice in 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins was a member of St. Mary Catholic | 19 |
| Church, where he was a member and past parish council president | 20 |
| and choir member; he was a member of St. John's Knights of | 21 |
| Columbus; he was a past Exalted Ruler of the West Frankfort | 22 |
| Elks Club; and a member of the Mount Vernon Elks Club; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member and past president of the West | 24 |
| Frankfort Lions Club, a member of the West Frankfort Moose | 25 |
| Lodge, a sponsor of the Mount Vernon High School Mock Trial | 26 |
| Team and the Youth and Government Team, a member of the SIUC | 27 |
| Moot Court Board, and a member of the Illinois Judges | 28 |
| Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the | 29 |
| Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins was a member of the Cedarhurst | 2 |
| Theater Troupe and the Pyramid Players of Rend Lake College; he | 3 |
| was also a long-time Democrat; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Terrence Hopkins is survived by his wife, | 5 |
| Jeri Hopkins; his mother, Gladys Hopkins; his twin sons, Sean | 6 |
| Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, and Aaron M. Hopkins; his daughter, | 7 |
| Taylor Hornung; his brothers, George Hopkins, Jr., and his | 8 |
| wife, Tina, Leonard Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, and Mike | 9 |
| Hopkins and his wife, Holly; his sister, Maureen Hogg and her | 10 |
| husband, Jack; and his nieces and nephews; he was preceded in | 11 |
| death by his father, George Hopkins, Sr.; therefore, be it | 12 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 14 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn, along with all who | 15 |
| knew him, the passing of the Honorable Judge Terrence Hopkins; | 16 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of the Honorable Judge Terrence | 19 |
| Hopkins.
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