First Regular Session

Sixty-second General Assembly

LLS NO. M99­0579.01 Megan Leddy

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVES Tate and Clarke

HOUSE MEMORIAL 99-1002

MEMORIALIZING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE KING TRIMBLE.

WHEREAS, By the Will of Divine Providence, our beloved former member, the Honorable King Millard Trimble, departed this life on November 19, 1998; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble was born March 27, 1943, in Cincinnati, Ohio; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble was raised in Denver and attended Manual High School and Colorado State University; and

WHEREAS, After serving as an assistant United States attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative Trimble returned to Denver and began private practice specializing in personal injury, public finance, and business law; and

WHEREAS, In the early 1970's, Representative Trimble was a member of the 'young Turks', a group of up­and­coming black community leaders who challenged the older African-American leadership and is credited for changing the face of Denver politics; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble is a founding member of the Sam Cary Bar Association, an African-American lawyer's group; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble served well and faithfully this state representing District 8 as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1977 to 1980; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble further served his community as a member of the Denver City Council, but chose to cut his term short to care for his wife who was being treated for breast cancer; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble served the remainder of his life as co­counsel on bond issues for DIA in conjunction with his private practice; and

WHEREAS, Representative Trimble served the people of Colorado as an inspirational civic leader, organizer, and strategist; and

WHEREAS, It is fitting that we, the members of the Sixty­second General Assembly, pay tribute to the years of dedicated public service by Representative Trimble and express our deep regret and sorrow occasioned by his death; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­second General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

That, in the death of King Trimble, the people of the State of Colorado have lost an outstanding citizen and a devoted public servant and that we, the members of the House of Representatives of the Sixty­second General Assembly, do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family and pay tribute to a man who served his community and the State of Colorado well and faithfully.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Memorial be sent to his wife, Dixie Lee, his son Omari, his mother Dorothy Peacock and brother Ralph Peacock of Denver, and his sister Effie Smith of Illinois.