Bill Text: VA HR40 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Carrie Weaver Mason-Wyche.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-03 - Bill text as passed House (HR40ER) [HR40 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HR40-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Carrie Weaver Mason-Wyche, the beloved matriarch of a large family and a respected member of the southeastern Virginia community, celebrated her 95th birthday in 2019; and
WHEREAS, born to the late Isaac Tucker and Eunice Weaver, Carrie Mason-Wyche learned the value of hard work and responsibility at a young age during the Great Depression; and
WHEREAS, Carrie Mason-Wyche witnessed many of the seminal events of the 20th century, from World War II to the Civil Rights movement and the dawn of the Internet age; and
WHEREAS, throughout her career, Carrie Mason-Wyche supported her family as a farm laborer in the cotton and tobacco fields of Virginia and served as a live-in maid for the owner of a Coca-Cola plant in North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, Carrie Mason-Wyche subsequently joined the hospitality industry, beginning as a maid at a hotel on U.S. Route 301; in recognition of her tireless work ethic, her employer trained her in many other aspects of the hotel business; and
WHEREAS, Carrie Mason-Wyche has always been guided by her deep faith, and she has inspired countless people through her kindness, generosity, and grace; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Carrie Weaver Mason-Wyche hereby be commended on the occasion of her 95th birthday; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Carrie Weaver Mason-Wyche as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for her lifetime of service to her family and her community.
