SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23103740D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

118 IE Offered February 7, 2023 N Celebrating the life of Glanzy Spain, Jr.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––RuffAgreed Rto by the Senate, February 9, 2023 WHEREAS, Glanzy Spain, Jr., a community leader in Chase City and the vice chair of the O Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors, died on December 5, 2022;

and DL WHEREAS, a native of Farmville, Glanzy Spain attended the former Thyne Institute and graduated from West End High School in Skipwith;

he also served his country as a member of the United States L Air Force and received an associate's degree from Southside Virginia Community College;

and CE WHEREAS, Glanzy Spain made his career with Burlington Industries in Clarksville and retired from D theWHEREAS, desirous to be of service, Glanzy Spain ran for and was elected to the companyMecklenburg afterCounty manyBoard years;of Supervisors, where he served the community for 27 years beginning in 1995;

andin careeraddition withto Burlingtonserving Industriesas invice Clarksvillechair, andhe retiredwas Eromthe WHEREAS,longtime desirouschair toof bethe Personnel Committee and vice chair of service,WHEREAS, Glanzy Spain ranalso foroffered andhis wasleadership electedand expertise to the Mecklenburg County BoardSocial ofServices Supervisors,Board, wherethe heTri-County servedCommunity Action Agency Board, the communitySouthside forPlanning 27Commission, yearsand beginningthe inlocal 1995;branch of the NAACP;

in D addition to serving as vice chair, he was the longtime chair of the Personnel Committee and viceR chairdeacon ofthere thein Budget1973; and Finance Committee;

and Social Services Board, the Tri-County Community Action Agency Board, the Southside Planningy Commission, and the local branch of the NAACP;

and WHEREAS, Glanzy Spain joined Bluestone Baptist Church at a young age and was ordained as a deacon there in 1973;

and RE children,WHEREAS, Glynnis,Glanzy Antoine,Spain andwill Corey,be fondly remembered and theirgreatly families;missed by his wife, Jean;

andhis numerousR other family members and friends;

now, therefore, be ititd 8Corey, RESOLVED,and Thattheir thefamilies; Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Glanzy Spain, Jr., a highly admired member of the Chase City community;

and,and benumerous itother RESOLVEDfamily FURTHER,members Thatand theRESOLVED, ClerkThat of the Senate prepare a copy of thisVirginia resolutionhereby fornote hiswith memory.ngreat tosadness the familyloss of Glanzy Spain, Jr., asa anhighly expressionadmired member of the SenateChase ofCity Virginia'scommunity; respect for / 2

and, be it presentation to the family of Glanzy Spain, Jr., as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.