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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James | ||||||
4 | Willis Robinson of San Diego, California, who passed away on | ||||||
5 | January 17, 2013; and
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6 | WHEREAS, James Robinson was born on July 26, 1938, in Pine | ||||||
7 | Bluff, Arkansas, to Jimmie Louis and Virginia Robinson; he was | ||||||
8 | baptized at the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Pine | ||||||
9 | Bluff; he graduated from Wabbaseka High School in 1957 and | ||||||
10 | attended business college in Chicago; he married Edna Monroe; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, James Robinson moved to San Diego in 1971 and | ||||||
13 | worked for the Mitchell-Pacific Development construction | ||||||
14 | company and the Coronado Navel Station; and
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15 | WHEREAS, James Robinson was dedicated to the deaconship at | ||||||
16 | Paradise Baptist Church and he could always be counted on to | ||||||
17 | perform his duties passionately; and
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18 | WHEREAS, James Robinson was preceded in death by his | ||||||
19 | parents; his wife; his son, Harold; and his sister, Bettye | ||||||
20 | Joann; and
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1 | WHEREAS, James Robinson is survived by his sisters, Pamela | ||||||
2 | P. (Sammie) Turner and Tamela E. (Walter) Philmon; his | ||||||
3 | daughters, Diane Petty, Glenda K. Bridges, and Regina Robinson; | ||||||
4 | his step-children, Barbara Monroe and Dexter Monroe; his | ||||||
5 | sister-in-law, Mary Jones; his uncles, Vernon Robinson and A.W. | ||||||
6 | Robinson; his 5 grandchildren; his 3 great-grandchildren; his | ||||||
7 | nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and his Paradise church | ||||||
8 | family; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we mourn the passing of James Robinson, and we extend our | ||||||
12 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
13 | and loved; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of James Robinson as an expression of | ||||||
16 | our deepest sympathy.
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