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2022 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 105
Celebrating the life of Barry K. Jett.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 24, 2022
Agreed to by the Senate, January 27, 2022

 

WHEREAS, Barry K. Jett, a dedicated law-enforcement officer and member of the Board of Supervisors in Spotsylvania County, died on October 29, 2021; and

WHEREAS, born in Fredericksburg, Barry Jett worked at a department store warehouse after graduating from high school, then began a long and fulfilling career in public service when he joined the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office in 1992; and

WHEREAS, Barry Jett served and protected the community as a law-enforcement officer for more than 20 years and retired with the rank of lieutenant on January 1, 2019; and

WHEREAS, desirous to be of further service to the community, Barry Jett ran for and was elected to the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors that same year; and

WHEREAS, Barry Jett took office in January 2020 and served a one-year term as vice chair of the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors, working diligently to enhance the quality of life of all his fellow residents; and

WHEREAS, Barry Jett will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his children, Dylan, MaKenzie, and Dalton, numerous other family members and friends, and the citizens of Spotsylvania County, to whom he devoted his life; 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 Barry K. Jett; 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 Barry K. Jett as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.