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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5020 Offered April 11, 2014 Celebrating the life of Charles Evans, Sr. ----------
Patrons-- Marsh, Barker, Ebbin, Edwards, Favola, Howell, Norment, Petersen, Puckett, Ruff, Saslaw and Wagner; Delegates: Carr, Cole, Cox, Dance, Davis, Futrell, Hope, Keam, Kory, Krupicka, Landes, LaRock, McQuinn, Minchew, Morrissey, Plum, Rasoul, Simon, Spruill, Surovell, Tyler, Ware and Watts
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WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., was born on April 27, 1940, in Disputanta and passed away on March 26, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., attended the Disputanta Training School and graduated from J. E. J. Moore High School in 1957, where he was class president; in 1960, he received his master’s degree in barbering from Virginia State College, now Virginia State University; and

WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., joined the United States Air Force in 1963; he served as a maintenance operator for four years and was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant in 1967; and

WHEREAS, in 2000, Charles Evans, Sr., retired from Central State Hospital after 33 years as a barber supervisor; seeking productivity during his retirement, he started a second career in private security as a security officer and attained the rank of major in just two years; he was employed as a security officer at Anthem Health Incorporated in Richmond and for the City of Petersburg Area Transit for nearly eight years; and

WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., affectionately known as “Chuck,” was an active congregant of Lebanon Baptist Church, which he joined as a 10-year-old; he was devoted to his faith and served as chairman of the deacon board, as a member of the trustee ministry, and as the church treasurer; and

WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., was active in his community and a faithful member of the Sunlight Elks Lodge #1558 since 1976, where he served as the Lodge’s exalted ruler for 30 years; and

WHEREAS, Charles Evans, Sr., leaves a host of loving family, relatives, and friends to cherish his memory, and his presence will be sorely missed; 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 Charles Evans, Sr.; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Charles Evans, Sr., as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.