Bill Text: VA HJR721 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of William Clinton Walker.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-31 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ721ER) [HJR721 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HJR721-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, William Clinton Walker, a respected educator, hardworking farmer, and beloved member of the Smyth County community, died on September 20, 2018; and
WHEREAS, William Walker shared his professional expertise as a farmer with local youths as an agriculture teacher at Chilhowie High School, where he was a positive role model for his students and earned the admiration of his fellow Smyth County Public Schools educators; and
WHEREAS, William Walker supported and inspired young people as coach of the Chilhowie Warriors junior varsity basketball and football teams; and
WHEREAS, highly admired in the community, William Walker never met a stranger and was always willing to help a friend or neighbor in need; and
WHEREAS, William Walker will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Ashley; daughter, Emery; mother and stepfather, Angela and Jeff; father and stepmother, Daniel and Kim; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of William Clinton Walker; 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 William Clinton Walker as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.
