Bill Text: VA HR677 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-17 - Agreed to by House [HR677 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2025-HR677-Introduced.html
2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 677
Offered February 12, 2025
Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis.
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Patrons—McQuinn, Cole, Cousins, Hope, Keys-Gamarra, Martinez, Rasoul and Ware
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WHEREAS, the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis, an esteemed faith leader, accomplished educator, and beloved member of the Richmond community, died on January 27, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Robert Calloway Davis served as pastor at Union Baptist Church in Richmond for 48 years and at Antioch Baptist Church in Richmond for nine years; and
WHEREAS, as a faith leader, Robert Davis worked tirelessly to provide his congregation with uplifting and inspiring spiritual guidance while caring for the success and longevity of his church; and
WHEREAS, as a social studies teacher with Richmond Public Schools, Richard Davis devoted himself to the academic, social, and emotional well-being of his students and supported his fellow faculty in their educational endeavors; and
WHEREAS, preceded in death by his wife, LaVerne, Robert Davis will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his daughter, Denise, and by numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis, a cherished member of the Richmond community whose integrity, compassion, and faith inspired all who knew him; 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 the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.
