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2022 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 192
Celebrating the life of Christopher Ray Agee.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 2022
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 10, 2022

 

WHEREAS, Christopher Ray Agee, a dedicated law-enforcement officer and highly admired member of the Axton community, died on January 23, 2022; and

WHEREAS, Christopher “Chris” Agee grew up in Martinsville and began working at a Kroger grocery store at the age of 16; he was promoted to supervisor within a few months, a testament to his maturity, sense of responsibility, and work ethic; and

WHEREAS, Chris Agee subsequently became the youngest person hired as part of the security team at the Tultex textile manufacturing plant in Martinsville, then accepted a job performing inspections at nursing homes throughout the Commonwealth and Maryland; and

WHEREAS, Chris Agee fulfilled his longtime dream to become a law-enforcement officer when he joined the Newport News Police Department, and 13 years later, he returned to Southside Virginia as a member of the Danville Police Department; and

WHEREAS, Chris Agee was a trusted mentor and devoted friend to his fellow police officers, and he inspired everyone he met through his commitment to servant leadership; and

WHEREAS, Chris Agee will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his mother, Kathy; his fiancé, Krystina; numerous other family members and friends; and his fellow law-enforcement officers at the Danville Police Department; 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 Christopher Ray Agee; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Christopher Ray Agee as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for his memory.