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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 367 Celebrating the life of Police Officer Hunter Edwards.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 20, 2019

 

WHEREAS, Police Officer Hunter Edwards, a dedicated member of the Winchester Police Department and a beloved son, husband, father, brother, and friend, died in the line of duty on November 24, 2018; and

WHEREAS, a native of Fredericksburg, Hunter Edwards attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax County and earned a bachelor’s degree from Christopher Newport University; and

WHEREAS, Hunter Edwards followed in the footsteps of his father, the late James Allen Edwards, Sr., as a sworn law-enforcement officer and joined the Winchester Police Department; and

WHEREAS, Hunter Edwards was very active in the Winchester Police Department, serving on the civil disturbance team and the SWAT team, and he taught and mentored other members of the department as a field training officer; and

WHEREAS, when he wasn’t serving and safeguarding the residents of Winchester, Hunter Edwards enjoyed golfing and working out at the gym, and his greatest joy in life was spending time with his family; and

WHEREAS, Hunter Edwards will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife, Tara; their son, Landon; his mother and stepfather, Anne-Berry and Edmund; his siblings, Allen and Samantha; and numerous other family members, friends, and fellow law-enforcement officers; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Police Officer Hunter Edwards, a respected member of the Winchester 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 Police Officer Hunter Edwards as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.