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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 767
Celebrating the life of Flournoy A. Keatts.
 
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 4, 2021
Agreed to by the Senate, February 11, 2021
 

WHEREAS, Flournoy A. Keatts, esteemed former member of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors and a beloved member of the Pittsylvania County community, died on April 28, 2020; and

WHEREAS, affectionately known by family and friends as “F.A. Keatts,” Flournoy Keatts was a graduate of Brosville High School in Pittsylvania County and worked early in his career at Dan River Mills; and

WHEREAS, F.A. Keatts would ultimately go into business for himself, operating a successful dairy farm for 33 years with grace and aplomb; and

WHEREAS, F.A. Keatts’s professional farming experience was an asset during his 32-year tenure as the Tunstall District representative on the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors, where he was a staunch advocate for vital public water, sewer, and soil conservation initiatives; and

WHEREAS, preceded in death by his loving wife, Nina, F.A. Keatts will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his children, Pam, Sherry, and Barry, and their families, and by numerous other 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 Flournoy A. Keatts, a distinguished public servant and farmer of the Pittsylvania County community whose unwavering kindness and generosity touched countless lives; 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 Flournoy A. Keatts as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.