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2021 SESSION
21104080DWHEREAS, Edgar Kyle Baker, an esteemed draftsman and businessman and beloved member of the Botetourt County community, died on January 15, 2021; and
WHEREAS, born in Christiansburg and living most of his life in Botetourt County, Edgar Baker graduated from the former Danville Technical Institute, now Danville Community College; and
WHEREAS, in the early part of his career, Edgar Baker was an accomplished draftsman at Newport News Shipbuilding and at Hercules, Inc., in Covington; and
WHEREAS, after returning to Botetourt County, Edgar Baker established and operated multiple successful small businesses that contributed valued services to the community over several decades; and
WHEREAS, Edgar Baker gave amply of his time and talents as a volunteer with the local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and as a member of corporate boards for the Bank of Botetourt, Friendship Manor, and Rockydale Quarries; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, Edgar Baker took great satisfaction in watching sunsets with family and loved ones at his home on Smith Mountain Lake; and
WHEREAS, guided throughout his life by his deep and abiding faith, Edgar Baker enjoyed worship and fellowship with his community at Daleville Church of the Brethren for many years; and
WHEREAS, preceded in death by his loving wife, Joann, Edgar Baker will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his devoted sons, Edward, Todd, and Jeff, and their families and by numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Edgar Kyle Baker, a cherished member of the Botetourt County community whose unwavering kindness and generosity touched countless lives; 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 Edgar Kyle Baker as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.