Bill Text: VA HJR984 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Lorna Garrett Adkins.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-21 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ984ER) [HJR984 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HJR984-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Lorna Garrett Adkins, retired public school teacher and devoted Ridgeway public servant, died on July 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Lorna Adkins was born in Thomaston, Georgia, and was raised in the Draper section of Eden, North Carolina; she graduated as salutatorian of Draper High School and University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and
WHEREAS, the majority of Lorna Adkins' career was as a teacher for Henry County Schools at Ridgeway Elementary School; while teaching, she was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma; she was also an active member of Piedmont Arts and Piedmont Guild; and
WHEREAS, Lorna Adkins attended Ridgeway United Methodist Church for many years and served in multiple capacities including as a member of the pastor-parish relations committee and as a Sunday school teacher; most recently she attended Martinsville's First United Methodist Church; and
WHEREAS, upon the death of Lorna Adkins' husband in 2004, she was asked to fill his seat for the Town Council of Ridgeway; subsequently she was elected to the Town Council numerous times and served until her death; she was instrumental in the display of the Town of Ridgeway's seasonal banners; and
WHEREAS, preceded in death by her husband, Caleb, Lorna Adkins will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her daughter, Lynn, and her family, 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 Lorna Garrett Adkins, retired public school teacher and devoted Ridgeway public servant; 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 Lorna Garrett Adkins, as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.
