SJ 174 — Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Sexton Harrington.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22106845D SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

174 IE Offered March 1, 2022 N Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Sexton Harrington.

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Delegates:she continued her education at the Norfolk Division of The College of William and Mary and E Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now known as Old Dominion University;

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and WHEREAS, Betty Harrington served the Commonwealth as a member of the Virginia Commission on WHEREAS, Betty Harrington's greatest joy in life was her beloved family and she relished every opportunity to impart her sense of kindness and wisdom to her children and grandchildren;

and WHEREAS, a woman of deep and abiding faith, Betty Harrington enjoyed fellowship and worship S with the community as a member of First Christian Church in Fredericksburg;

and 1 WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband, Baldwin, and one daughter, Jill, Betty Harrington will 4e fondly remembered and greatly missed by her children, Win, Anna, Dean, and Keith, and their families;

andRESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Elizabeth Sexton Harrington;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Elizabeth Sexton Harrington as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.