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2019 SESSION

19104016D
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 103
Offered January 31, 2019
Celebrating the life of Marjorie Hodges Lamar.
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WHEREAS, Marjorie Hodges Lamar, former co-owner of the Madison Drug Company pharmacy and a dedicated public safety professional in Madison County, died on July 4, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Marjorie Lamar was born in Nathalie in 1931 and lived most of her life in Madison, where she was an active member of Beth Car Baptist Church; and

WHEREAS, Marjorie Lamar was a founding and charter member of the Madison County Rescue Squad and served the community from 1963 until the time of her passing; and

WHEREAS, as a member of the Madison County Rescue Squad, Marjorie Lamar was credited with answering 15,000 calls for assistance, was one of the original 16 individuals statewide to achieve shock trauma status in 1976, and became a cardiac technician in 1982; and

WHEREAS, Marjorie Lamar served the squad as their Board of Governors representative to the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads for over two decades; and

WHEREAS, Marjorie Lamar retired as the co-owner and manager of the Madison Drug Company and was a member of the Virginia Pharmacist Association Auxiliary; and

WHEREAS, Marjorie Lamar will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband of 67 years, James; three children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Marjorie Hodges Lamar, a respected resident of Madison County, who made many contributions to the community through her work as a business owner and an emergency medical services professional; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Marjorie Hodges Lamar as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s respect for her memory.