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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 776 Offered January 21, 1999 On the death of Guy Otto Farley, Jr. ----------
Patrons-- Katzen, Albo, Black, Blevins, Davis, Drake, Dudley, Guest, Howell, May, McClure, O'Brien, Sherwood and Weatherholtz; Senators: Martin, Miller, K.G., Mims and Potts
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WHEREAS, Guy Otto Farley, Jr., a prominent Warrenton businessman and Northern Virginia attorney and a former member of the House of Delegates, died on November 1, 1998; and

WHEREAS, a native of Staunton, Guy Farley was a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Virginia School of Law; and

WHEREAS, for 25 years a successful attorney in Northern Virginia, Guy Farley also served as assistant Commonwealth’s attorney and was a member of the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association; and

WHEREAS, elected to the House of Delegates in 1963, Guy Farley represented the citizens of the 20th House District until 1969, serving on the House Courts of Justice, General Laws, and Labor Committees; and

WHEREAS, Guy Farley was also a member of the Virginia State Crime Commission; and

WHEREAS, a member of the National Platform Committee of the Republican Party, Guy Farley served as Virginia state chairman of the Citizens for Reagan and Bush in 1980; and

WHEREAS, more recently, Guy Farley was a prominent and successful hotel developer and chairman of a hotel management firm in Warrenton; and

WHEREAS, a founding elder of the Warrenton Bible Fellowship, Guy Farley served on the board of directors of Grace Ministries, a counseling ministry in Warrenton; and

WHEREAS, a man of many talents and significant accomplishments, Guy Farley leaves an enviable legacy of achievement and service to the citizens of the Commonwealth; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly mourn the passing of an exceptionally valuable Virginian, Guy Otto Farley; 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 Guy Otto Farley as an expression of the General Assembly’s deep and abiding respect for his memory.