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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Hamp
4 Robinson, Jr., who passed away on September 28, 2007; and
 
5     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
 
9     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
 
15     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
 
21     WHEREAS, Hamp Robinson, Jr. was preceded in death by his

 

 

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1 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
 
4     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
 
11     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
 
15     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.