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
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.
