Bill Text: VA HR110 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of C. Edwin Estes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-05 - Bill text as passed House (HR110ER) [HR110 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HR110-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, C. Edwin Estes of Richmond, an accomplished businessman who helped grow one of the largest trucking companies in the eastern United States, died on April 6, 2015; and WHEREAS, C. Edwin "Ed" Estes joined many of the other young men of his generation in service to the nation during World War II as a flight instructor in the United States Army Air Corps; after the war, he used his savings to purchase a plane and worked as a stunt pilot; and WHEREAS, Ed Estes began his career in the trucking industry with his father's company, Estes Express Lines, and later established his own freight-hauling business, C. E. Estes Contract Carrier in Shockoe Bottom; and WHEREAS, a shrewd businessman, Ed Estes helped his company grow by ensuring that resources were used efficiently and trucks never traveled empty; in 1997, he acquired Great Coastal, which would become Great Coastal Express, one the region's premier trucking companies, with a fleet of 550 tractors and nearly 900 employees; and WHEREAS, highly respected in the transportation industry, Ed Estes was inducted into the Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame in 1998; and WHEREAS, Ed Estes worked to enhance the community through his leadership and wisdom as a member of many civic and service organizations, and he enjoyed fellowship and worship with the community at River Road United Methodist Church and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; and WHEREAS, an alumnus of James Madison University, Ed Estes generously contributed $2.5 million, the largest donation in the university's history at the time, to build the Dorothy Thomasson Estes Center for Theatre and Dance, in honor of his late first wife; and WHEREAS, Ed Estes will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Susan; daughter, Martha, and her family; and numerous other family members, friends, and colleagues; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of C. Edwin Estes, a successful businessman and respected member of the Richmond community; 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 C. Edwin Estes as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory. |
