Bill Text: VA HJR741 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Mary Louise Tuell.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules [HJR741 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HJR741-Introduced.html
WHEREAS, Mary Louise Tuell, a vibrant member of the Prince William County community, died on January 4, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Mary Tuell grew up in Cumberland County and pursued a career as a certified welder, traveling to cities throughout the United States to work on United States Navy ships; and
WHEREAS, after settling in Triangle, Mary Tuell worked as the head food service chef at the Washington-Reid School and later served as a health care provider; and
WHEREAS, Mary Tuell was a dedicated member of the Dumfries-Potomac Lions Club and American Legion Post 28 as well as a generous community volunteer with more than 20 years of service to the American Cancer Society and as an election official; and
WHEREAS, guided by her deep faith, Mary Tuell enjoyed fellowship and worship with the Triangle community at Mount Zion Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher and founded a missionary auxiliary, a nurses' ministry, and the Zionettes choir; and
WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Fred, and three children, Claude, Douglas, and Rhonda, Mary Tuell will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her children, William, Lester, Deloris, and Debby, and their families, and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Mary Louise Tuell; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Mary Louise Tuell as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.
