Full Text of HR0811 95th General Assembly
HR0811 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Robinson, Jr., who passed away on September 28, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. was born on March 2, 1937 in | 6 |
| Tribbett, Mississippi; his parents were Hamp Robinson, Sr. and | 7 |
| Estella Robinson; he married Lee Anna Reed on November 9, 1957 | 8 |
| in Inverness, Mississippi; and
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| WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. was educated in the public | 10 |
| school system in Mississippi; he moved with his family from the | 11 |
| south to Chicago in 1968; he worked at Spiegel in Chicago from | 12 |
| 1968 until Spiegel's relocation away from Illinois in 1996, | 13 |
| when he worked for Greater Chicago Auction until his retirement | 14 |
| in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. received Christ as his Lord and | 16 |
| Savior in 1980 and was baptized at the Kingdomland Missionary | 17 |
| Baptist Church; in 1981, he relocated to the New Faith | 18 |
| Missionary Baptist Church, where he remained until his passing; | 19 |
| he was well known in the church for his faith and love for the | 20 |
| Lord and his followers; and
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| WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. was preceded in death by his |
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| son, Carl; his parents, Hamp, Sr. and Estella; his brothers, | 2 |
| Cleveland, Sammy, Ellis Earl, Charlie, and Henry; and his | 3 |
| sisters, Margaret and Maybell; and
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| WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. is survived by his wife, Lee | 5 |
| Anna; his daughter, Pamela; his granddaughter, Lakeisha; his | 6 |
| god-daughter, Alicia; his god-granddaughter, Alissa; his | 7 |
| brother, Johnny Robinson; his sisters, Sally Pearl Billingsly, | 8 |
| Louise Johnson, and Laura Robinson; his 2 brothers-in-law and 8 | 9 |
| sisters-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 10 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Hamp | 14 |
| Robinson, Jr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Hamp Robinson, Jr. as an expression | 17 |
| of our sympathy.
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