Bill Text: VA SR24 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of the Reverend Gary Michael Roberts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-03-03 - Bill text as passed Senate (SR24ER) [SR24 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-SR24-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, the Reverend Gary Michael Roberts, a dedicated religious leader and highly admired member of the Richlands and Cedar Bluff communities, died on May 13, 2021; and
WHEREAS, a lifelong resident of Tazewell County, Michael "Mike" Roberts graduated from Richlands High School and was one of the first students to major in business administration at Southwest Virginia Community College; and
WHEREAS, Mike Roberts worked for Deskins Supermarket, the Richlands News-Press, and WR Boyd Construction; he was a Class A contractor as well as a master electrician and plumber; and
WHEREAS, Mike Roberts began to cultivate his deep and abiding faith at a young age and became a lay preacher and evangelist at Richlands Tabernacle; he subsequently became the pastor of Westside Holiness Church in Raven; and
WHEREAS, over the course of his long career as a minister, Mike Roberts also served and supported young people as a founding member of the Southwest Virginia Holiness Youth Camp, also known as Camp Golan; and
WHEREAS, Mike Roberts was an avid reader and a passionate historian and scholar, who spent much of his life building a library of Christian works that was second to none in the area; and
WHEREAS, predeceased by his first wife, Debra, Mike Roberts will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his loving wife, Connie; his sons, Aaron, Jonathan, and Benjamin, and their families; his stepchildren, Marthanna and Ashley, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend Gary Michael Roberts; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of the Reverend Gary Michael Roberts as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.
