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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5114
Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Manning Paige.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 12, 2014
Agreed to by the Senate, June 12, 2014

 

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Manning Paige, a devout and beloved member of the Phoebus community, died on June 1, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of Franklin County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Manning Paige was raised on her family’s farm; she graduated from Albion Academy and attended Fayetteville State Teachers College; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Manning Paige relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she met and married the Reverend Charles Thomas Paige; the Paige family moved to Texas and Tennessee before settling in Phoebus in 1963; and

WHEREAS, Elizabeth Manning Paige enjoyed fellowship and worship with the community as an active member of Zion Baptist Church in Hampton; and

WHEREAS, a loving matriarch, Elizabeth Manning Paige cared deeply for her family, and she shared her joy through her delicious home-cooked meals and by leading songs at family gatherings; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband, Thomas, and three sons, Milton, Robert, and Jesse, Elizabeth Manning Paige will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her daughters, Helen, Jeanette, Sarah, Inena, Carlena, Vivian, and step-daughter, Jacqueline, and their families 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 Elizabeth Manning Paige, a woman of faith and a beloved member of the Phoebus community; 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 Elizabeth Manning Paige as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.