Bill Text: VA SJR378 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Joseph Frederick Hunnicutt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-03 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ378ER) [SJR378 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-SJR378-Enrolled.html

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 378
Celebrating the life of Joseph Frederick Hunnicutt.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, February 14, 2019
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 23, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Joseph Frederick Hunnicutt, a respected public servant, longtime firefighter, and devoted father and grandfather in Norton, died on April 15, 2018; and

WHEREAS, a nearly lifelong resident of Norton, Joseph "Huck" Hunnicutt graduated from John I. Burton High School and Clinch Valley College; in 1989, he graduated magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, where he served as an editor of the Cumberland Law Review; and

WHEREAS, Huck Hunnicutt made his career as an attorney and practiced at the firm Adkins & Hunnicutt; in addition, he was a business partner of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Norton, which was owned and operated by his family; and

WHEREAS, desirous to be of service to the community, Huck Hunnicutt ran for and was elected to several consecutive terms on the Norton City Council and was the city's representative to the Coeburn-Norton-Wise Regional Waste Water Treatment Authority for nearly two decades; and

WHEREAS, Huck Hunnicutt also safeguarded his fellow residents as a member of the Norton Fire Department, ably responding to fires, medical emergencies, and other crisis situations for more than 25 years; and

WHEREAS, Huck Hunnicutt supported young people as a coach and umpire with Norton Little League programs, and he volunteered his time with Suthers Lodge No. 259 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; and

WHEREAS, Huck Hunnicutt will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his children, Jessica, Lauren, and Joseph, and their families; his mother, Mary; 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 Joseph Frederick Hunnicutt; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Joseph Frederick Hunnicutt as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.

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