SR 34 — Celebrating the life of Geraldine Boyd Cole.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105387D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

34 IE Offered February 6, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Geraldine Boyd Cole.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patron––Hackworthto by the Senate, February 8, 2024 R O WHEREAS, Geraldine Boyd Cole, a vital member of the communities at Richlands Christian O Academy and Richlands Tabernacle and a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmotherD died on July 31, 2023;

andrnacle and a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, L WHEREAS, after graduating from Richlands High School in 1959, Geraldine Cole dedicated more UL than 50 years to Richlands Christian Academy as its secretary and bookkeeper, working tirelesslCtirelessly to E supWHEREAS, Geraldine Cole devoted herself over the years to raising her children and grandchilEren,grandchildren,D contributing immeasurably to their spiritual journeys and future success;

and WHEREAS, guided throughout her life by her deep and abiding faith, Geraldine Cole enjoyed DworWHEREAS, worshipGeraldine andCole fellowshipgave withabundantly to her community atand, Richlandsthrough Tabernacleher Churchcalm and gentle demeanor and fierce love for manyher years;family and church, made a positive and lasting impression on everyone sheWHEREAS, preceded in death by her loving husband, Stuart, and her daughter Sandra, Geraldine Cole will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by her children, Darrell, Karen, Kimberly, and R Rebecca, and their families;

and WHEREAS, Geraldine Cole gave abundantly to her community and, through her calm and gentle she met;

and fierce love for her family and church, made a positive and lasting impression on everyone WHEREAS, preceded in death by her loving husband, Stuart, and her daughter Sandra, Geraldine Cole will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by her children, Darrell, Karen, Kimberly, and Rebecca, and their families;

now, therefore, be ititE RESOLVED,Cole, Thata thecherished Senatemember of Virginiathe herebyRichlands notecommunity, withwhose greatkindness sadnessand thegenerosity losstouchedine ofBoyd GeraldineR BRyd countless lives;

and, be it the Richlands community, whose kindness and generosity touched 4 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Geraldine Boyd Cole as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for her memory.

/the 2family of Geraldine Boyd Cole as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect