HJ 152 — Celebrating the life of Emerson Latham Gravatt.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24104293D I HOUSE JOfferedJOINT FebruaryRESOLUTION 8,NO. 2024 N Celebrating the life of Emerson Latham Gravatt.

––––––––––152 TE Patrons––Kent;Celebrating the life of Emerson Latham Gravatt.

Senators:N Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 12, 2024 R Agreed to by the Senate, February 15, 2024 O WHEREAS, Emerson Latham Gravatt, an esteemed public servant, longtime employee of L Rappahannock General Hospital, and active and beloved member of the Kilmarnock community, died on L March 19, 2023;

McDougle and Stuart R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, Emerson Latham Gravatt, an esteemed public servant, longtime employee of Rappahannock General Hospital, and active and beloved member of the Kilmarnock community, died Dn MarWHEREAS, Emerson Gravatt grew up in Kilmarnock and attended Hargrave Military Academy in U Chatham before graduating from what is today Campbell University;

andandve Military Academy in E WHEREAS, after returning to Kilmarnock, Emerson Gravatt taught mathematics and science at CD schools in Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, contributing greatly to the success of his stEdents,students, and worked for some time as a gas station attendant and oil delivery man before ultimately joining the staffstaWHEREAS, over a distinguished 37-year career at Rappahannock General Hospital;Hospital, Emerson Gravatt held many different positions and played a vital role in the hospital's efforts to meet the health care needs of the community, retiring as senior vice president of human resources and physician recruitment;

andandWHEREAS, Das helda manymember differentof positionsthe andKilmarnock playedTown aCouncil vitalover roleseveral interms, theEmerson hospital'sGravatt effortsJ toproudly meetrepresented thehis healthconstituents careand needsworked oftirelessly for the community,benefit retiring as senior vice president of humanKilmarnock resources and physicianits recruitment;5 residents;

and R WHEREAS, asEmerson aGravatt membergave generously of thehis Kilmarnocktime Townto Councilvarious overcivic severalorganizations terms,over Emersonthe GravattClub, proudlyKilmarnock representedLions hisClub, constituents and workedLancaster tirelesslyHigh forSchool theParent benefitTeacher ofAssociation; Kilmarnock and its residents;

andandStone years,Rotary includingWHEREAS, theEmerson KilmarnockGravatt Volunteerwas Firean Department,avid Kilmarnock-Irvington-Whitesportsman Stonewho Rotaryheld Club,a Kilmarnockstate Lionscross Club,country record as a teenager and Lancasterlater Highwon Schoolmedals Parentand Teacherchampionships Association;in skiing, tennis, and golf;

and 5spending WHEREAS,time Emersonwith Gravatthis waswife anand avidchildren sportsman who held a state cross country record as a 2 teenager and latersharing wonwith medalsthem andthe championshipsnatural inwonders skiing,of tennis,the andNorthern golf;Neck;

and WHEREAS, Emerson Gravatt was the consummate family man who was happiest when he was spending time with his wife and children and sharing with them the natural wonders of the Northern NecWHEREAS, Emerson Gravatt will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife of 54 years, Joan;

and numerous other family membersmemRESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of Emerson Latham Gravatt, a cherished member of the Kilmarnock community whose kindness and friends;dedication touched countless lives;

now,and, therefore, be it RESOLVEDfor bypresentation theto House of Delegates, the Senatefamily concurring, That the General Assembly hereby 34 note with great sadness the loss of Emerson Latham Gravatt,Gravatt aas cherishedan memberexpression of the KilmarnockGeneral 35Assembly's communityrespect whosefor kindnesshis andmemory. dedication touched countless lives;

and, be it 37 for presentation to the family of Emerson Latham Gravatt as an expression of the General Assembly's 38 respect for his memory.