SR 85 — Celebrating the life of Marie Brinkley Hill.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108128DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 22, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Marie Brinkley Hill.

––––––––––85 TE Patron––JordanCelebrating Rthe ––––––––––life Oof WHEREAS, Marie Brinkley Hill,Hill. an active and beloved member of the Suffolk community who made a profound and lasting impact on many lives over the past 102 years, died on July 9, 2023;Dand Suffolk Public Schools by being among the first parents to send their children to the recently integrated Chuckatuck Elementary School and through her efforts to integrate the former John Yeates High School Junior-Senior Prom;

andN CR Agreed to by the Senate, February 29, 2024 WHEREAS, aMarie longtimeBrinkley Hill, an active and beloved member of the NAACP,Suffolk Mariecommunity Hillwho marchedO withmade Dr.a profound and lasting impact on many lives over the past 102 years, died on July 9, 2023;

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andgand 8 WHEREAS, guideda throughoutstrong herbeliever lifein bythe herimportance deepof andeducation, abiding faith, Marie Hill enjoyedwas worshipundeterred andin fellowshipher withE othersblindness andin activelyone servedeye and the communitylimited asuse aof memberher ofright Macedoniaarm, Baptistto Churchearn inher Suffolk;diploma at the age of 94;

andandg R WHEREAS, guided throughout her life by her deep and abiding faith, Marie Hill enjoyed worship and fellowship with others and actively served the community as a member of Macedonia Baptist ChuWHEREAS, preceded in death by her loving husband, Ernest, Jr., and her son Joe, Marie Hill will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by her children, Ernest III, Clyde, Julius, Odell, Wendy, now,Roxanna, therefore,Mary, beand itronica,Veronica, and their families;

RESOLVED,nowRESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Marie Brinkley Hill, a treasured member of the Suffolk community whose life of accomplishments and good deeds was an inspiration to all who knew her;

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 Marie Brinkley Hill as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for 36 her memory.