2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 110
Celebrating the life of Jane Leighton Wright Goss Hicks.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, February 12, 2026
WHEREAS, Jane Leighton Wright Goss Hicks, an esteemed educator, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, and cherished member of the Norfolk community, died on October 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS, affectionately known by family and friends as “Tweeda,” Jane Hicks graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk in 1959 and married her first husband, Major Warren J. Goss, Sr., three years later; and
WHEREAS, Jane Hicks was widowed at the age of 27 following her husband's death in the Vietnam War, and with extraordinary determination and resolve, she worked tirelessly to raise her three children; and
WHEREAS, Jane Hicks later returned to school and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from Norfolk State University before teaching psychology at Tidewater Community College and Elizabeth City State University and assisting with recruitment in the Office of Student Affairs at Norfolk State University; and
WHEREAS, as a professor and administrator, Jane Hicks worked tirelessly to nurture her students' aspirations and to prepare them for success both in and out of the classroom; and