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2020 SESSION
20100006DWHEREAS, Melanie Bandazian Kerneklian of Manakin-Sabot, a champion for the Armenian community in the Commonwealth, died on February 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Kerneklian worked as a legislative aide for the Honorable Eric Cantor and served on the Armenia/Virginia Advisory Commission under Governor George Allen and the Advisory Board on Service and Volunteerism under Governor Jim Gilmore; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Kerneklian was most passionate about Armenian causes and played a vital role in efforts to include the history of Armenia in the Virginia Standards of Learning; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Kerneklian was a member of the Armenian Relief Society, the Armenian National Committee of America, and St. James Armenian Church, where she taught Sunday school and was chair of the Women’s Guild; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Kerneklian will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband of 59 years, Murad; her daughters, Sona, Seta, and Seran, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Melanie Bandazian Kerneklian; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Melanie Bandazian Kerneklian as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.