HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 948 Offered February 19, 2007 Celebrating the life of De'Nora Hill. ----------
Patrons-- Waddell, Abbitt, Amundson, Armstrong, BaCote, Bowling, Brink, Bulova, Byron, Callahan, Caputo, Carrico, Cline, Dance, Dudley, Ebbin, Englin, Gilbert, Hall, Hargrove, Howell, A.T., Hull, Ingram, Joannou, Johnson, Jones, D.C., Kilgore, Lewis, Marsden, Marshall, R.G., McClellan, McEachin, Melvin, Nixon, Phillips, Plum, Poisson, Reid, Shannon, Shuler, Spruill, Toscano, Tyler, Valentine, Ward, Ware, O., Ware, R.L., Watts and Welch; Senators: Bell, Colgan, Devolites Davis, Hawkins, Herring, Lambert, Locke, Miller, Puckett, Reynolds, Wagner and Williams
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WHEREAS, De'Nora Hill, an excellent student in her final year of college at the University of Richmond, died tragically on December 5, 2005; and

WHEREAS, a native of Colorado, De'Nora Hill graduated from Hermitage High School in Richmond and earned an associate's degree in liberal arts at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, where she maintained a 4.0 grade point average; and

WHEREAS, De'Nora Hill transferred to the University of Richmond in 2003 and continued her academic success there, majoring in political science and sociology; and

WHEREAS, smart and hard-working, De'Nora Hill was interested in becoming a lawyer and working on human rights issues; and

WHEREAS, driven to help others as well as achieve personal success, De'Nora Hill served as a mentor with Carver Promise, a program that matches college students with children at Carver Elementary School in Jackson Ward, and volunteered with Meals On Wheels; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of De'Nora Hill; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of De'Nora Hill as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for her memory.