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2024 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 287
Celebrating the life of Emily Beer.
 
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 5, 2024
Agreed to by the Senate, March 7, 2024
 

WHEREAS, Emily Beer, a member of the Richmond community who devoted her life to helping and supporting others, died on January 1, 2024; and

WHEREAS, Emily Beer had lived in the Commonwealth for more than a decade and was a talented entrepreneur who owned a graphic design business; and

WHEREAS, outside of her career, Emily Beer was a passionate activist who supported a number of nonprofit organizations, charities, and worthy causes at the local, state, and national levels; and

WHEREAS, Emily Beer was a longtime volunteer with the Virginia Young Democrats, a supporter of Virginia Against Youth Discrimination, and a staff member of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus and the office of Delegate Charniele Herring; and

WHEREAS, outside of her career and community service, Emily Beer was deeply spiritual, and she enjoyed spending time with her dog, Honey, and sampling the Commonwealth’s many fine restaurants; and

WHEREAS, Emily Beer’s personal mission in life was to ensure that other people were happy, healthy, and successful; she created joy wherever she could and went out of her way to solve problems without being asked; 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 Emily Beer; 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 Emily Beer as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.