SR 46 — Celebrating the life of Rocky S. Wood.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24104332D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

46 IE Offered February 7, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Rocky S.

TN –––––––––– Patron––Pillion R ––––––––––Agreed Oto by the WesternSenate, Region'sFebruary Vansant8, Office,2024 diedWHEREAS, onRocky MarchS. 9, 2023, while fighting a 15-acre wildfire along Lester's Fork Road near the Roseann community in Buchanan County;

andWood, Da WHEREAS,seven-year Virginia Department of Forestry employee who worked in O the Western Region's Vansant Office, died on March 9, 2023, while fighting a 15-acre wildfire along LesWHEREAS, Rocky Wood was scouting the area to determine where to create a containment line UL around the perimeter of the fire when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving overturned and he CerishedpeEished as a result of his injuries;

and D Virginia Department of Forestry honor guard, an instructor for wildland fire investigation and E suppression, and a leader and mentor of his peers;

and D WHEREAS, Rocky Wood had an outsized impact on the Haysi community as a 1987 graduate of Haysi High School, vice mayor of Haysi, chief of the Haysi Volunteer Fire Department, chairman of the building code committee of Dickenson County, owner and operator of Wood Construction Company,Company,n of the and member of the Grace Fellowship Baptist Church in Haysi;

and WHEREAS, Rocky Wood was born and raised in Wise County and was the lateson Lacyof Wood;Nina Wood and R and Alta Gartin Charles and Earl and Edna Ramey;

inands addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, JohnJohn6Gartin GartinWHEREAS, andRocky AltaWood Gartinwill Charlesbe andfondly Earlremembered and Ednadearly Ramey;missed by his loving wife, Debbie;

andR WHEREAS,his Rockydaughters, WoodLindsey willand beLauren, fondly remembered and dearlytheir missedfamilies; by his loving wife, Debbie;

S his daughters, Lindsey and Lauren, and their families;

and numerous other fam4lyfamily membersmemRESOLVED, andThat friends;the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Rocky S.

now,Wood, therefore,a becherished itmember 6of RESOLVED,the ThatHaysi thecommunity Senatewhose ofsuccess Virginiain herebyhis notepublic withservice greatcareer sadnessbrought thegreat losspride ofto Rockythe S.Commonwealth;

Wood,and, pridebe it presentation to the Commonwealth;family of Rocky S.

and, be itnity whose success in his public service career brought great RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Rocky S.

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