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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 984 Offered February 14, 2019 Celebrating the life of Lorna Garrett Adkins. ---------- Patrons-- Marshall and Adams, L.R.; Senator: Stanley ----------

WHEREAS, Lorna Garrett Adkins, retired public school teacher and devoted Ridgeway public servant, died on July 1, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Lorna Adkins was born in Thomaston, Georgia, and was raised in the Draper section of Eden, North Carolina; she graduated as salutatorian of Draper High School and University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and

WHEREAS, the majority of Lorna Adkins’ career was as a teacher for Henry County Schools at Ridgeway Elementary School; while teaching, she was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma; she was also an active member of Piedmont Arts and Piedmont Guild; and

WHEREAS, Lorna Adkins attended Ridgeway United Methodist Church for many years and served in multiple capacities including as a member of the pastor-parish relations committee and as a Sunday school teacher; most recently she attended Martinsville’s First United Methodist Church; and

WHEREAS, upon the death of Lorna Adkins’ husband in 2004, she was asked to fill his seat for the Town Council of Ridgeway; subsequently she was elected to the Town Council numerous times and served until her death; she was instrumental in the display of the Town of Ridgeway’s seasonal banners; and

WHEREAS, preceded in death by her husband, Caleb, Lorna Adkins will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her daughter, Lynn, and her family, and 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 Lorna Garrett Adkins, retired public school teacher and devoted Ridgeway public servant; 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 Lorna Garrett Adkins, as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.