SJ 96 — Celebrating the life of Caramine Kellam.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22104502D SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

96 IE Offered February 7, 2022 N Celebrating the life of Caramine Kellam.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––LewisAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the House of Delegates, February 14, 2022 O JanuaryWHEREAS, 4,Caramine 2022;Kellam, a highly admired longtime resident of the Eastern Shore, died on L JanWHEREAS, Caramine Kellam graduated from Penn Hall Preparatory School and Junior College in L Pennsylvania, then attended St.

and Kellam, a highly admired longtime resident of the Eastern Shore, died on WHEREAS, Caramine Kellam graduated from Penn Hall Preparatory School and Junior College in D Pennsylvania, then attended St.

and UE WHEREAS, Caramine Kellam was an active and generous volunteer who supported the Colonial CD Dames,Virginia, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Historical Society of the Eastern Shore of VirWHEREAS, Caramine Kellam also offered her leadership and expertise to several local, state, and national boards and commissions, taking a particular interest in expanding access to health care through the Eastern Shore RuralCommunity HealthCollege, System,among Riversideother Healthorganizations; System, and the American Medical Association Alliance;

andande Eastern Shore of WHEREAS, Caramine Kellam wasalso theoffered firsther womanleadership chairand ofexpertise theto boardseveral forlocal, Northampton-Accomackstate, Memorialand Hospitalnational boards and helpedcommissions, thetaking hospitala growparticular interest in expanding access to betterhealth servecare thethrough community;Alliance;

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and 6R WHEREAS, Caramine KellamKellam's willgreatest bejoy fondlyin rememberedlife andwas greatly missed by her daughters,family, now,and therefore,she berelished itevery Somers,throughout and their families;lives;

andchildren in all their academic, athletic, musical, and professional endeavors WHEREAS, Caramine Kellam will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her daughters, Kellam, Caramine, and Somers, and their families;

RESOLVEDnowRESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Caramine Kellam;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentationher memory.n to the family of Caramine Kellam as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.