HJ364: Celebrating the life of Mary Patricia Moynahan Mullins.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 364
WHEREAS, Mary Patricia Moynahan Mullins, a respected pharmacist and educator who touched many lives in the Richmond region through her kindness, professionalism, and wisdom, died on January 13, 2019; and
WHEREAS, a proud native of Kentucky, Patricia Mullins grew up in Nicholasville and attended Jessamine County Schools; after studying at Sullins College in Bristol for one year, she transferred to the University of Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, during her time at the University of Kentucky, Patricia Mullins made lifelong friendships as a member and president of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was accepted into a newly created doctor of pharmacy program, of which she was honored to become the first graduate; and
WHEREAS, Patricia Mullins worked as a pharmacist in Illinois and Missouri before relocating to Richmond in 1978, when she joined the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy; and
WHEREAS, Patricia Mullins subsequently worked in private practice for a number of years and offered her expertise to Bon Secours Hospice as a consultant to its drug formulary committee and the Richmond Academy of Medicine Alliance as a past president; and
WHEREAS, Patricia Mullins also volunteered her time as an election official for her voting precinct, and she enjoyed fellowship and worship with the Richmond community at St. Bridget Catholic Church; and
WHEREAS, predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Maurice, Patricia Mullins will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her sons, Connell and Broderick; 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 Mary Patricia Moynahan Mullins; 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 Mary Patricia Moynahan Mullins as an expression of the General Assembly’s respect for her memory.