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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 172 Offered February 23, 2023 Commending the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson. ---------- Patron-- Morrissey ----------

WHEREAS, for more than 15 years, the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson has provided wise spiritual counsel and leadership to the congregation of First Baptist Church of Petersburg; and

WHEREAS, Robert “Rob” Dawson graduated from Randolph-Macon College, earned his master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas, and then continued his pastoral studies at Virginia Commonwealth University; and

WHEREAS, for nearly four decades, Rob Dawson has served Baptist churches in the Commonwealth, beginning with Coan Baptist Church in Heathsville in 1984; he joined Bainbridge Street Baptist Church in Richmond in 1987, then became associate pastor for pastoral care and senior adults at First Baptist Church in Richmond in 2004; and

WHEREAS, in the fall of 2007, Rob Dawson joined First Baptist Church of Petersburg, where he is best known as “Pastor Rob”; he has helped the church grow in faith and number and led a campaign to raise $300,000 for repairs and renovations; and

WHEREAS, Rob Dawson is the proud father of his children, Lauren, Maryanne, Summer, and the late Morgan, and the proud grandfather of Isabella, Levi, and Dawson; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson be commended for his legacy of service as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Petersburg; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s admiration for his contributions to the Petersburg community.