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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 643
Offered January 28, 2021
Celebrating the life of Nancy Todd Renfro.
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Patrons-- Hope, Levine, Lopez and Sullivan; Senators: Ebbin, Favola and Howell
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WHEREAS, Nancy Todd Renfro, who made many contributions to the Arlington community and touched countless lives as a teacher and school administrator, died on September 27, 2020; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Renfro graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and subsequently earned a master’s degree from The George Washington University; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Renfro pursued a long and fulfilling career as an educator and administrator in public schools in Charles County, Maryland, and gave many students the tools they needed to become lifelong learners and achieve success in and out of the classroom; and

WHEREAS, during Nancy Renfro’s tenure as principal of Milton M. Somers Middle School, the school earned national accolades with an Excellence in Education award for performance during the 1984–1985 academic year; and

WHEREAS, for 23 years, Nancy Renfro served as president of the Organized Women Voters of Arlington, a nonpartisan organization that empowers women in the community by distributing information about important civic issues; and

WHEREAS, Nancy Renfro will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by numerous family members 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 Nancy Todd Renfro, a respected educator and active member of the Arlington 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 Nancy Todd Renfro as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.