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2022 SESSION
WHEREAS, Patricia Goode Satterfield, an inspirational presence in public life both in Richmond and across the Commonwealth, died on August 8, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Patricia “Pat” Goode Satterfield grew up in Bedford County, where she lived until the early 1980s; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield graduated from the University of Mary Washington and studied history and political science in a graduate program at the University of Richmond; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield served the Commonwealth and the citizens of her native county as chief legislative aide to Delegate Lacey E. Putney from 1980 through 1982; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield subsequently served the Virginia State Corporation Commission as assistant to the commissioner from 1982 to 1985; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield then served community bankers of the Commonwealth with great distinction as chief staff officer of the Virginia Association of Community Banks from 1985 through 2012; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield, the epitome of the exceptional nonprofit trade association executive, was always professional, bright, engaging, articulate, persistent, humorous, and a joy to be around; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield was a tenacious advocate for community banking who guided the Virginia Association of Community Banks out of financial hardship and onto healthy financial footing; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield continued to champion community banking in the last phase of her career as a community bank relationship manager for the law firm Williams Mullen; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Richmond, where she served as president of the church’s chapter of United Methodist Women and as a trustee and where she volunteered with the CARITAS and Trinity Stitchers community outreach programs; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield was active in the Forest Ridge Civic association and supported the McShin Foundation, a Richmond-area recovery community organization; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield leaves behind a large family, as well as innumerable adoring friends and admiring business associates throughout the Commonwealth and across the nation; and
WHEREAS, Pat Satterfield particularly enjoyed spending her summers in Cape May, New Jersey, with her family and her many Chalfonte friends; and
WHEREAS, preceded in death by her son, Wade and her parents, W.D. and Virginia, Pat Satterfield will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband, Jim; her daughters Melinda, Jennifer, and Lee; her grandchildren, Tripp, Walker, Lola, Violet, Hadden, and Henry; her brother, William; her “Steel Magnolia” girlfriends; and every other member of their wonderful family; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Patricia Goode Satterfield, who believed in people and helped so many become better versions of themselves; 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 Patricia Goode Satterfield as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for her memory.