Full Text of SR0104 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Reverend Jeremy Brooks Robinson of | 4 | | Bethalto, who passed away on January 26, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jeremy Robinson was born on April 24, 1968 in | 6 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee; his parents were Rev. Julian and | 7 | | Jeannie Robinson; he married Ginger Sanders in May of 1993; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jeremy Robinson graduated from Cleveland | 9 | | High School in Cleveland, Tennessee in 1986; he subsequently | 10 | | graduated from Lee University in 1990 and the Church of God | 11 | | Pentecostal Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity in | 12 | | 1993; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Having acknowledged a ministerial calling at a | 14 | | very young age, Rev. Jeremy Robinson preached his first public | 15 | | message at the age of 10; at the age of 16, he became a | 16 | | credentialed minister with the Church of God in Cleveland, | 17 | | Tennessee, where he rose to the rank of Ordained Bishop in | 18 | | 1993; he was a popular speaker for local church revivals, youth | 19 | | camps, conferences, and camp meetings throughout the country | 20 | | and outside the United States, where he also led mission teams | 21 | | to China, Brazil, and Paraguay; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After marrying, Rev. Jeremy Robinson moved to | 2 | | Florence, Kentucky, where he and his wife founded the Open Door | 3 | | Community Church of God; they co-pastored the Open Door | 4 | | Community Church for 12 years before moving to Bethalto in | 5 | | February of 2005; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, For the past 10 years, Rev. Jeremy Robinson and | 7 | | his wife, Ginger, served as Senior Pastor of the Bethalto | 8 | | Church of God in Bethalto, a community to which they became | 9 | | well-known pastors at large through the church's ministry | 10 | | efforts in and around the Riverbend area; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jeremy Robinson was elected by his Church of | 12 | | God ministerial colleagues at various times to serve as a | 13 | | member of the Youth and Discipleship Board in Kentucky and the | 14 | | State Councils of Kentucky and Illinois; he was also appointed | 15 | | to other boards and committees, including the Pentecostal | 16 | | Theological Seminary Board of Directors; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jeremy Robinson was preceded in death by his | 18 | | mother, Jeannie Robinson; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Jeremy Robinson is survived by his wife, | 20 | | Ginger; 2 daughters, Madray and Mallory; his father, Julian B. | 21 | | Robinson, and his wife, Peggy; 3 brothers and sisters-in-law, | 22 | | Rev. Jeffrey B. (Carla) Robinson and Carla Robinson, Rev. Mark |
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| 1 | | and Delta Schrade, and Aaron and Tonya Barbee; 5 nephews, | 2 | | Gabriel and Josiah Schrade, Stone Robinson, and Breckin and | 3 | | Brock Barbee; and 2 nieces, Abigail and Lily Robinson; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 7 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Reverend Jeremy Brooks | 8 | | Robinson; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Rev. Jeremy Robinson as an | 11 | | expression of our sympathy.
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