2025 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 546
Celebrating the life of Charles Daniel Spruill.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 28, 2025
Agreed to by the Senate, January 30, 2025
WHEREAS, Charles Daniel Spruill, a longtime civil servant and highly admired youth athletics coach in Seaford, died on July 26, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Charles Daniel Danny Spruill grew up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and subsequently graduated from Christopher Newport University in Newport News; and
WHEREAS, Danny Spruill spent much of his career working for the United States Department of the Army as a civilian employee at Fort Monroe, retiring in 2006 after 36 years of service; and
WHEREAS, Danny Spruill was best known as a youth football, baseball, and softball coach, who touched countless lives in Newport News and York County through his compassion, inspirational leadership, and dedication to service; and
WHEREAS, Danny Spruill was recognized as a pioneer in local youth athletics and helped his players achieve their fullest potential on and off the field; he forged lifelong friendships with his players and their families, often keeping up with their achievements through high school and beyond; and
WHEREAS, Danny Spruill also enjoyed boating, fishing, hunting, gardening, or simply spending time with family and friends at his Seaford home; and
WHEREAS, Danny Spruill will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife of 30 years, Renee; his children, Candice and Andrew; his stepchildren, Craig and Lindsay; his children and stepchildren's families, including 13 beloved grandchildren; and numerous other family members and friends; 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 Charles Daniel Spruill, a respected member of the Seaford 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 Charles Daniel Spruill as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.