2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25106716D

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 677

Offered February 12, 2025

Celebrating the life of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis.

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Patrons—McQuinn, Clark, Cole, Cordoza, Cousins, Green, Hope, Keys-Gamarra, Martinez, Mundon King, Owen, Rasoul and Ware

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WHEREAS, the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis, an esteemed faith leader, accomplished educator, and beloved member of the Richmond community, died on January 27, 2025; and

WHEREAS, Robert Calloway Davis served as pastor at Union Baptist Church in Richmond for 48 years and at Antioch Baptist Church in Richmond for nine years; and

WHEREAS, as a faith leader, Robert Davis worked tirelessly to provide his congregation with uplifting and inspiring spiritual guidance while caring for the success and longevity of his church; and

WHEREAS, as a social studies teacher with Richmond Public Schools, Richard Davis devoted himself to the academic, social, and emotional well-being of his students and supported his fellow faculty in their educational endeavors; and

WHEREAS, preceded in death by his wife, LaVerne, Robert Davis will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by his daughter, Denise, and by numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis, a cherished member of the Richmond community whose integrity, compassion, and faith inspired all who knew him; 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 the Reverend Robert Calloway Davis as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.