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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives  are saddened to learn of the death of the 
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Honorable Judge Terrence "Terry" Hopkins of Mount Vernon, 
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Illinois, who passed away on October 16, 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Terrence Hopkins was born on March 6, 1948 in 
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Christopher, Illinois; his parents were Gladys (Starkey) 
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Hopkins and the late George Hopkins, Sr.; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Terrence Hopkins received his Bachelor's degree 
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from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1970 and his 
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law degree from St. Louis University in 1974; he received a 
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JLLM degree from the judge's program at the University of 
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Virginia Law School in 2004; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins served as Franklin County State's 
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Attorney from 1976 to 1983 and as circuit judge in the Second 
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Judicial Circuit from 1983 to 1994; he was elected to serve as 
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a  Fifth District Appellate Court Justice in 1994; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins was a member of St. Mary Catholic 
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Church, where he was a member and past parish council president 
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and choir member; he was a member of St. John's Knights of 
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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 
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Frankfort Lions Club, a member of the West Frankfort Moose 
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Lodge, a sponsor of the Mount Vernon High School Mock Trial 
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Team and the Youth and Government Team, a member of the  SIUC 
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Moot Court Board, and a member of the Illinois Judges 
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Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Franklin 
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County Bar Association, Jefferson County Bar Association, and 
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the  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judge Hopkins was a member of the Cedarhurst 
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Theater Troupe and the Pyramid Players of Rend Lake College; he 
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was also a long-time Democrat; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judge Terrence Hopkins is survived by his wife, 
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Jerilee Hopkins; his mother, Gladys Hopkins; his twin sons, 
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Sean Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, and Aaron M. Hopkins; his 
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daughter, Lee Taylor Hornung; his brothers, George Hopkins, 
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Jr., and his wife, Tina, Leonard Hopkins and his wife, Lisa, 
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and Mike Hopkins and his wife, Holly; his sister, Maureen Hogg 
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and her husband, Jack; and his nieces and nephews; he was 
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preceded in death by his father, George Hopkins, Sr.;  
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therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
 


 






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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with all who knew him, the passing of the 
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Honorable Judge Terrence Hopkins; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of the Honorable Judge Terrence 
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Hopkins.