SR 37 — Celebrating the life of the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105389DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 6, 2024 N Celebrating the life of the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton.

––––––––––37 TE Patrons––HackworthCelebrating andthe Pillionlife Rof –––––––––– O WHEREAS, the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton,Horton. an esteemed educator and faith leader and active and beloved member of the Richlands community, died on October 27, 2023;

andN DR juvenileAgreed correctionalto center,by Titusthe HortonSenate, answeredFebruary 8, 2024 WHEREAS, the callReverend toTitus helpPhillip establishHorton, Richlandsan Tabernacleesteemed Christianeducator Academyand infaith theleader midand 1970sactive and O beloved member of the schoolRichlands officiallycommunity, openeddied itson doorsOctober in27, 1977;2023;

and L WHEREAS, after graduating from thatBluefield yearState untilUniversity hisand retirementteaching infor 2014,some Titustime Hortonat workeda tirelesslyL toChristian supportAcademy in the academic,mid social,1970s emotional, and spiritualthe growthschool ofofficially hisopened students,its firstdoors in his1977; capacity as higE school supervisor and shortly thereafter as principal;

andandabernacle E WHEREAS, from that year until his retirement in 2014, Titus Horton worked tirelessly to support the academic, social, emotional, and spiritual growth of his students, first in his capacity as high school D supWHEREAS, Titus Horton gave generously of his time through service in his community, including andchairas chair of the Tazewell County Electoral Board and the Richlands Industrial Development Authority;

WHEREAS, guided throughout his life by his deep and abiding faith, Titus Horton enjoyed worship and fellowship with his community at Richlands Tabernacle for many years;

andandorton enjoyed worship WHEREAS, following the death of his brother and close friend, the Reverend Ralph Horton, who S was previously pastor of Richlands Tabernacle, Titus Horton assumed the great responsibility of leading 3 his church's congregation and carried out this purpose for more than a decade with extraordinary grace, E comWHEREAS, Titus Horton had prepared for his role as pastor of Richlands Tabernacle through his R past work as youth pastor at Keen Mountain Pentecostal Holiness Church in Oakwood from 1977 to 7 1982 and as co-pastor of Phelps Pentecostal Church in Phelps, Kentucky, in the early 1980s;

he also notablynotWHEREAS, served in recentevery yearsaspect asof vice-presidenthis oflife, theTitus FreeHorton Pentecostalexuded Churcha ofservant's Godheart Association;and was a source of;

and WHEREAS, in every aspect of his life, Titus Horton exuded a servant's heart and was a source of inspiration, stability, and spiritual guidance to countless members of the Richlands community;

and years,WHEREAS, CarolynTitus Sue;Horton will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his loving wife of 52 yeaRESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton, a treasured member of the Richlands community whose kind and generous spirit made a profound impact on countless lives;

andand, numerousbe otherit presentation to the family membersof andthe friends;Reverend Titus Phillip Horton as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for his memory.

now, therefore, be itof 52 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton, a treasured member of the Richlands community whose kind and generous spirit made a profound impact on countless lives;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for :

35 presentation to the family of the Reverend Titus Phillip Horton as an expression of the Senate of 36 Virginia's respect for his memory.