HR3: Celebrating the life of William Marshall Gunter.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 3

Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled December 11, 2019
Celebrating the life of William Marshall Gunter.
Patron-- Knight

WHEREAS, William Marshall Gunter, esteemed member of the Virginia Beach community, died on April 15, 2019; and

WHEREAS, William “Bill” Gunter was born December 9, 1939; after the death of his father, Bill Gunter at 20 years old became the third generation to own and operate M.M. Gunter and Son, a grading and excavating company in Hampton Roads; and

WHEREAS, as head of M.M. Gunter and Son, Bill Gunter contributed to several major construction projects, including the Pembroke Mall in 1965, the original site work for the retirement community Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in 1982, and the approach to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in 1999; and

WHEREAS, Bill Gunter had the joy of passing along his company to his son, Matt, continuing a proud Gunter family tradition; in 2020, M.M. Gunter and Son will mark its 100th anniversary of providing excellent grading and excavation services to the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, Bill Gunter was dedicated to helping his community; he was a member of the National Exchange Club and served on the school board of Virginia Beach City Public Schools and the boards of the Bank of Virginia Beach and the Bank of Tidewater; and

WHEREAS, preceded in death by his daughter, Nikki, Bill Gunter will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife of 51 years, Margaret; his children, Kim, Matt, and Claire, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of William Marshall Gunter, revered member of the Virginia Beach community; 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 William Marshall Gunter as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for his memory.