Bill Text: WV HR15 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Memorializing the life of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton, teacher and public servant
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 61-39)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-18 - Completed legislative action [HR15 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-HR15-Introduced.html
HOUSE RESOLUTION 15
(By Delegates Fleischauer Behalf of All Members of the House)
[Introduced February 18, 2019]
Memorializing the life of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton, teacher and public servant.
Whereas, Mary Pearl Compton was born on September 24, 1930, at Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Russel K. and Susie Shisler Geyer; and
Whereas, Mary Pearl graduated from Concord College with a B.S. and went on to earn an M.A., C.A.S. from West Virginia University. She began her career as an educator in 1948 and taught in Monroe and Greenbrier counties; and
Whereas, Mary Pearl was first elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1988 and was reelected in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. During her fourteen years in the House of Delegates, she served as a member of the Committee on Education and as Vice Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources for the 70th and 71st Legislature and Chair of the Committee on Health and Human Resources for the 72nd, 73rd and 74th Legislature; and
Whereas, Mary Pearl was a trustee and elder of the Union Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, the International Reading Association, and was a Charter Member of the Monroe Reading Council and a Charter Member and Past President of the West Virginia State Reading Council. In addition, she was a member Monroe County Historical Society and a Charter Member and Past President of the Greenbrier County Historical Society; and
Whereas, Mary Pearl was predeceased by her husband, Delmar R. Compton, a sister, June S. Geyer Hill, and 2 half-brothers, Russell Hill Geyer and Thomas Hill Geyer. She is survived by two sisters, Betty Penrod and Pat Tomlinson of Lewisburg, and a brother, George Shisler Geyer, of Grand Blanc, Michigan. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins; and
Whereas, Sadly the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton passed away on June 21, 2017; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates of the West Virginia Legislature:
That the House of Delegates hereby memorializes the life of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton, teacher, principal, history buff and public servant; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the House of Delegates hereby extends its sincere sympathy at the passing of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the family of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton.
