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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 667 Celebrating the life of Eleanor Talbert Williams.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 13, 2017 Agreed to by the Senate, January 19, 2017

 

WHEREAS, Eleanor Talbert Williams of Glade Spring, a longtime high school English teacher, died on September 28, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Eleanor Williams was born near Meadowview, in Washington County, to the late Marcus and Mary Talbert; and

WHEREAS, Eleanor Williams graduated from Meadowview High School, then earned a bachelor’s degree from Emory & Henry College and master’s degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and Virginia Tech; and

WHEREAS, before she retired, Eleanor Williams taught for many years in Washington County Public Schools, Roanoke City Schools, and at Virginia Highlands Community College in Abingdon; she served as chair of the English department at Patrick Henry High School in Glade Spring for several years; and

WHEREAS, Eleanor Williams was a member of Old Glade Presbyterian Church in Glade Spring; she leaves behind cherished memories for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as all of the students whose lives she touched over the years; and

WHEREAS, preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Joseph, Eleanor Williams will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Stanley, David, and Jo Ellen, and their families, and many other relatives 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 Eleanor Talbert Williams, a longtime high school English teacher from Glade Spring; 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 Eleanor Talbert Williams as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.