SR 96 — Celebrating the life of Edwin L. Barnes.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24107744DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 27, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Edwin L.

96 E Celebrating the life of Edwin L.

––––––––––N TR Patron––HackworthAgreed Rto ––––––––––by Othe Senate, February 29, 2024 WHEREAS, Edwin L.

Barnes, a longtime leader within the Virginia Community College System and O a beloved member of the Winston-Salem, North Carolina community, died on February 7, 2024;

and DL workingWHEREAS, full-timeraised forin aeastern periodNorth ofCarolina, 20Edwin years,"Ed" ultimatelyBarnes earningattended threecollege degrees,part-time includingwhile aL doctoral degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;

andandg three degrees, including a doctoral degEee WHEREAS, after working in the textile industry for 10 years with Cone Mills Corporation and what is now Burlington Industries, Ed Barnes devoted the remainder of his career to supporting the ED communitycomWHEREAS, collegeEd systemsBarnes infaithfully Northserved Carolinawith andthe Virginia Community College System for several decades, fulfilling various leadership roles with the Commonwealth;agency, including serving as president of New River Community College and Paul D.

Camp Community College and WHEREAS,as interim president of Wytheville ComWHEREAS, Ed Barnes faithfullyinvested servedextraordinary withtime theand Virginiaenergy Communityto Collegeensure Systemthat forVCCS severalstudents Dachieved Communitysuccess Collegeboth in and Paulout D.of the classroom and that the institutions he served thrived both durSng his tenures and after;

Campand Community9 CollegeWHEREAS, andshortly asafter interimthe presidentannouncement of Wythevillethis ofdeparture Newfrom RiverWytheville Community College;College E staff to honor his legacy at the school;

and WHEREAS, Ed Barnes invested extraordinary time and energy to ensure that VCCS students achieved success both in and out of the classroom and that the institutions he served thrived both during his tenures and after;

and WHEREAS, shortly after the announcement of his departure from Wytheville Community College staff to honor his legacy at the school;

and 6 WHEREAS, inspired by his own experience, Ed Barnes was a passionate believer in the power of education to transform lives, leading him and his wife, Shirley, to create the Barnes Family Scholarship Endowment at WCC to benefit hardworking students in need;

andandey, to create the Barnes Family Scholarship WHEREAS, preceded in death by his loving wife, Shirley, Ed Barnes will be fondly remembered otherand familydearly membersmissed by his children, Stephen, Michael, and friends;Cynthia, and their families and by numerous othRESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Edwin L.

now, therefore, be itd Cynthia, and their families and by numerous RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Edwin L.

and, be it 34 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 35 presentation to the family of Edwin L.

Barnes as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for 36 his memory.