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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 513 Celebrating the life of Brian Wayne Jones.   Agreed to by the Senate, June 12, 2014  

WHEREAS, Brian Wayne Jones, an admired law-enforcement officer with the Norfolk Police Department and beloved husband and father, gave his life in service to the community on May 31, 2014; and

WHEREAS, a native of Livingston County, Kentucky, Brian Jones learned the value of hard work and service to the community at a young age; he mowed the lawn for Lola Pentecostal Church and generously helped tend a local farm after the owner died; and

WHEREAS, Brian Jones joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school; from 1999 to 2007, he was stationed in Hawaii, Maryland, and Hampton Roads, rising to the rank of petty officer second class; and

WHEREAS, after his honorable discharge, Brian Jones joined the Norfolk Police Department and fulfilled his lifelong dream to become a law-enforcement officer; and

WHEREAS, an active leader within the department, Brian Jones was a member of the Honor Guard and was assigned to the Traffic Unit, Crime Prevention Unit, and Third Patrol Division; and

WHEREAS, Brian Jones cared deeply for the Norfolk community, and he was an exemplar of the professionalism, dedication to duty, and compassion displayed by law-enforcement officers throughout Hampton Roads and the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Brian Jones will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by his wife, Rebekah; children, Bryson, Mariah, and Kyler; and numerous other family members, friends, and fellow law-enforcement officers and first responders; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Brian Wayne Jones, a dedicated law-enforcement officer in Norfolk and beloved family man; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Brian Wayne Jones as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s respect for his memory.