Virginia SR 28: Celebrating the life of Mary Dear Moon.

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2022SESSION
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SENATERESOLUTIONNO.28
Celebrating the life of Mary Dear Moon.
AgreedtobytheSenate,March3,2022
WHEREAS, Mary Dear Moon, an active and beloved member of the Charlottesville community, died
on July 17, 2020; and
WHEREAS, born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Gilbertsville, New York, Mary Moon attended
the University of Virginia School of Nursing, where she met her future husband, Dr. Cary N. Moon, Jr.,
who was a medical student at the time; and
WHEREAS, Mary Moon gave generously of her time for more than 60 years as a volunteer at
Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, which honored her service with its volunteer award in
2007; and
WHEREAS, in response to the school closings in the Commonwealth in 1958 due to the Massive
Resistance policy of the era, Mary Moon mobilized with other mothers to establish the Parents'
Committee for Emergency Schooling, educating more than 300 students in basements across the
Charlottesville community until schools were reopened; and
WHEREAS, Mary Moon fostered the achievements and success of others as president of the
parent-teacher association of Venable School in Charlottesville, as president of what is now the Junior
League of Charlottesville, and as a board member of Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge; and
WHEREAS, an avid gardener, Mary Moon was still tending to her yard into her 90s and was
admired by many for her ability to craft artful arrangements from the flowers and greenery she grew at
home; and
WHEREAS, guided throughout her life by her faith, Mary Moon enjoyed worship and fellowship
with her community at Christ Church Glendower in Albemarle County, where she served as senior
warden from 1986 to 1987; and
WHEREAS, preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Cary, and her second husband,
University of Virginia professor Norman Graebner, Mary Moon will be fondly remembered and dearly
missed by her children, Larr ́e Holladay (Douglas), Ridie Otey (David), Cary III (Leigh), Richard (Lori),
James "J" (Jenna), and Page (Elizabeth), and their families; and by numerous other family members and
friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Mary Dear
Moon, a cherished member of the Charlottesville community whose kindness and generosity touched
countless lives; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for
presentation to the family of Mary Dear Moon as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for
her memory.
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