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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     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
 
6     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
 
9     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
 
18     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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1 Elks Club; and a member of the Mount Vernon Elks Club; and
 
2     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
 
10     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
 
13     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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1 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
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of the Honorable Judge Terrence
6 Hopkins.