Bill Text: VA SJR467 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Elizabeth May Verley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-03 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ467ER) [SJR467 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SJR467-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley, an active and beloved member of the Hampton community, died on January 23, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley was born in Brooklyn, New York; she attended Catholic schools and graduated from Wingate High School in Brooklyn; and
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley loved to sing; in her youth in the late 1950s, she and her group appeared on television on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour; and
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley lived with her husband, Edmund T. Verley, for many years in the Gowanus Apartments in Brooklyn; she was employed by Gimbel Brothers department store in New York until it closed; she was then employed by Local 1199 SEIU, from which she retired; and
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley moved to Hampton in 2004; she loved traveling and visited such places as Japan, France, Italy, Germany, and Jamaica; she also went on cruises with a group of friends; and
WHEREAS, Elizabeth May Verley loved to keep busy, and after moving to Virginia she began volunteering at Cooper Elementary School and Machen Elementary School; she also volunteered her time in support of several local and state election campaigns; and
WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband, Edmund, Elizabeth May Verley will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Edmund, Wayne, and Wonda, and their families; 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 Elizabeth May Verley, an active and beloved member of the Hampton community; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Elizabeth May Verley as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.