Full Text of HR0008 95th General Assembly
HR0008 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 the | 4 |
| Honorable Judge Terrence "Terry" Hopkins of Mount Vernon, | 5 |
| Illinois, who passed away on October 16, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Terrence Hopkins was born on March 6, 1948 in | 7 |
| Christopher, Illinois; his parents were Gladys (Starkey) | 8 |
| Hopkins and the late George Hopkins, Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Terrence Hopkins received his Bachelor's degree | 10 |
| from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1970 and his | 11 |
| law degree from St. Louis University in 1974; he received a | 12 |
| JLLM degree from the judge's program at the University of | 13 |
| Virginia Law School in 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 |
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| 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 | 3 |
| Frankfort Lions Club, a member of the West Frankfort Moose | 4 |
| Lodge, a sponsor of the Mount Vernon High School Mock Trial | 5 |
| Team and the Youth and Government Team, a member of the SIUC | 6 |
| Moot Court Board, and a member of the Illinois Judges | 7 |
| Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Franklin | 8 |
| County Bar Association, Jefferson County Bar Association, and | 9 |
| the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins was a member of the Cedarhurst | 11 |
| Theater Troupe and the Pyramid Players of Rend Lake College; he | 12 |
| was also a long-time Democrat; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Terrence Hopkins is survived by his wife, | 14 |
| Jerilee Hopkins; his mother, Gladys Hopkins; his twin sons, | 15 |
| Sean Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, and Aaron M. Hopkins; his | 16 |
| daughter, Lee Taylor Hornung; his brothers, George Hopkins, | 17 |
| Jr., and his wife, Tina, Leonard Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, | 18 |
| and Mike Hopkins and his wife, Holly; his sister, Maureen Hogg | 19 |
| and her husband, Jack; and his nieces and nephews; he was | 20 |
| preceded in death by his father, George Hopkins, Sr.; | 21 |
| therefore, be it | 22 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 |
| mourn, along with all who knew him, the passing of the | 3 |
| Honorable Judge Terrence Hopkins; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to the family of the Honorable Judge Terrence | 6 |
| Hopkins.
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