Bill Text: VA SJR455 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Leonard Carlyle Ford.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-03 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ455ER) [SJR455 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-SJR455-Enrolled.html

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 455
Celebrating the life of Leonard Carlyle Ford.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, February 21, 2019
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 23, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Leonard Carlyle Ford, a respected member of the James City County community and an extraordinary public servant, died on November 14, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Carlyle Ford was born in Mabel, Minnesota, and moved to Virginia when he was three years old; and

WHEREAS, Carlyle Ford graduated from the Matthew Whaley School and served in the United States Army; and

WHEREAS, Carlyle Ford worked for Stadium Oil Sales, ran a Lum's restaurant, was a business license inspector for James City County, and retired as the commissioner of the revenue for James City County; and

WHEREAS, Carlyle Ford was engaged in the civic life of his community as a member of the Ruritan Club, the James City County Board of Agriculture, and the Norsemen's Federation, and was a life member of VFW Post 8046 and American Legion Post 1776; he was also an active member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Norge; and

WHEREAS, Carlyle Ford will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Katherine; stepdaughter, Lynn Starling; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Leonard Carlyle Ford, a respected member of the James City County community and an esteemed public servant; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Leonard Carlyle Ford as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.

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