HR 298 — Celebrating the life of Archie Goodwyn.

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298 NE Offered February 8, 2023 Celebrating the life of Archie Goodwyn.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––Wareto by the House of Delegates, February 13, 2023 R ––––––––––O WHEREAS, in every community and county of the Commonwealth there are ancient families whose O descendants in every generation lead lives of dignity and quiet virtue that contribute to the wDll-beingwell-being of all;allWHEREAS, in Powhatan, the Goodwyns are such a family, and Archie Goodwyn led such a life;

L and E WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn, aged 85, passed away on September 14, 2022, surrounded by his family, at home in Powhatan, not far from the Goodwynsland arethat suchhad alikewise family,nourished the bodies and souls of hisWHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn ledwas suchborn ain life;Powhatan on March 24, 1937, the son of Richard C.

U andWHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn, aged 85, passed away on September 14, 2022, surrounded by his C family, at home in Powhatan, not far from the land that had likewise nourished the bodies and sEulsMary ofW. his forebears;

and WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn was born in Powhatan on March 24, 1937, the son of Richard C.

and D Mary W.

H Joe) Whitney;

and 9 WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn is survived, too, by four grandchildren, Brittany Goodwyn (Mrs.

CoryHCory) Fridley,E Landis Clayton Goodwyn, Joseph Paul Whitney, Jr., and Anne Elizabeth Whitney, and two 2 great-grandchildren, Easton and Caroline Fridley, as well as numerous nieces and nephews;

andando 8R WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn graduated from Powhatan High School in 1957 and attended the andversityUniversity of Richmond, where he continued his athletic competitiveness in both baseball and football;

WHEREAS,and Archie Goodwyn spent the entirety of his adult life working with his brothers in the family business, R.C.

Goodwyn and Sons Lumber Company, in the Goodwyn's beloved PowhatanPowhatans in the County;

and WHEREAS,Church Archie Goodwyn was a life-long and faithful member and deacon of Red Lane Baptist ChuWHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn served on the boardchurch's ofBrotherhood directorsSmall ofGroup; Huguenot Academy, which has in 36 recent years grown to become Blessed Sacrament Huguenot School, located on land donated for the / 37 purpose by the Goodwyn family;

and /member 38and deacon of Red Lane Baptist WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn served,served too, on the board of directors forof theHuguenot VirginiaAcademy, Buildingwhich 39has Materialin Dealersrecent Associationyears andgrown wasto abecome memberBlessed ofSacrament bothHuguenot theSchool, Powhatanlocated Lionson andland Powhatandonated Ruritanfor clubs;the purpose by the Goodwyn family;

and WHEREAS, Archie Goodwyn embodied,served, andtoo, lefton as his principal legacy, the virtuesboard heof alsodirectors infor athe termVirginia ofBuilding endearment,clubs; "Old Powhatan";

now,andealers therefore,Association beand itvewas ofa whatmember isof wellboth andthe rightlyPowhatan deemedLions toand be,Powhatan RESOLVED,Ruritan ThatWHEREAS, theArchie HouseGoodwyn ofembodied, Delegatesand herebyleft noteas withhis greatprincipal sadnesslegacy, the lossvirtues ofhe Archiealso Goodwyn,inherited––faith, adevotion Virginiato gentlemanfamily, ofneighborliness, theand Olda Schoollove whoseof lifewhat wasis well and joyfullyrightly liveddeemed andto whosebe, passingin isa rightlyterm andof widelyendearment, mourned;"Old Powhatan";

now, therefore, be it Goodwyn, a Virginia gentleman of the Old School whose life was well and joyfully lived and whose passing is rightly and widely mourned;