VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2014 SPECIAL SESSION I

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5152 Celebrating the life of Jack J. Green.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, September 18, 2014 Agreed to by the Senate, September 18, 2014

 

WHEREAS, Jack J. Green of the Town of Crewe, a respected businessman and a dedicated civic and community leader, died on June 26, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of Nottoway County, Jack Green graduated from Luther H. Foster High School and furthered his education at the University of Maryland, European Extension; and

WHEREAS, desirous to be of service to his country, Jack Green joined the United States Air Force after high school; he was stationed in Germany, then served a tour in Vietnam; and

WHEREAS, Jack Green returned to the Commonwealth to become a leader in his community, serving as a past president of the District IV Community Action Program in Hampton and the Nottoway County branch of the NAACP; and

WHEREAS, working to enhance the quality of life for his fellow residents and strengthen the community, Jack Green also served as a member of the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors for many years; and

WHEREAS, in 1985, Jack Green founded a prominent local newspaper, the Voice, which serves communities from Richmond to Hampton Roads; as the longtime publisher of the Voice, he worked to inform, entertain, and unite his readership; and

WHEREAS, predeceased by his wife, Ruby, and two sons, Jack Green will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his daughter, Jackie, and her family; and numerous other family members, friends, and colleagues; 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 Jack J. Green, a pillar of the Nottoway County 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 Jack J. Green as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.