HR322: Celebrating the life of Melanie Morrison Chambers.
WHEREAS, Melanie Morrison Chambers, a vibrant member of the Culpeper community, died on January 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers grew up in Hawaii and graduated from Kailua High School; she enjoyed body surfing in her youth and brought a few rays of Hawaiian sunshine to everyone she met over the course of her life; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers continued her education at Michigan State University, where she built strong friendships, then returned to Hawaii and worked for Pan American World Airways; she subsequently worked for the American Automobile Association in Boston; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers met her husband, Robert, in 1968; they married in New Hampshire the following year and settled in Victor, New York, to raise their family; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, Melanie and Robert Chambers relocated to Culpeper to be closer to their daughter, and she was an active member of the community for the next two decades, serving as a civic leader, an advocate for women and girls, a travel agent, and a volunteer emergency medical services and hospice care provider; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers was an avid traveler who loved every opportunity to explore new places with her family and had visited six of seven continents in her lifetime; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband of 53 years, Robert; her two children, 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 Melanie Morrison Chambers, a highly admired resident of Culpeper; 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 Melanie Morrison Chambers as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for her memory.
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 322
WHEREAS, Melanie Morrison Chambers, a vibrant member of the Culpeper community, died on January 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers grew up in Hawaii and graduated from Kailua High School; she enjoyed body surfing in her youth and brought a few rays of Hawaiian sunshine to everyone she met over the course of her life; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers continued her education at Michigan State University, where she built strong friendships, then returned to Hawaii and worked for Pan American World Airways; she subsequently worked for the American Automobile Association in Boston; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers met her husband, Robert, in 1968; they married in New Hampshire the following year and settled in Victor, New York, to raise their family; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, Melanie and Robert Chambers relocated to Culpeper to be closer to their daughter, and she was an active member of the community for the next two decades, serving as a civic leader, an advocate for women and girls, a travel agent, and a volunteer emergency medical services and hospice care provider; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers was an avid traveler who loved every opportunity to explore new places with her family and had visited six of seven continents in her lifetime; and
WHEREAS, Melanie Chambers will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her husband of 53 years, Robert; her two children, 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 Melanie Morrison Chambers, a highly admired resident of Culpeper; 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 Melanie Morrison Chambers as an expression of the House of Delegates’ respect for her memory.