2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 232
Celebrating the life of Annabel Morgan Edge.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2026
WHEREAS, Annabel Morgan Edge, a vibrant member of the Richmond community who worked as an educator at Virginia Commonwealth University for many years and a champion for the arts who served as a docent at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, died on February 11, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Annabel Edge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where her father was stationed during World War II, and grew up in Richmond, where she excelled academically, athletically, and as a student leader at St. Catherine's School; and
WHEREAS, Annabel Edge was a talented multisport athlete, who enjoyed golf, tennis, horseback riding, field hockey, lacrosse, basketball, and swimming, and was inducted into the St. Catherine's School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2024; she was the first female member of the local YMCA, which had the only indoor pool at the time, and set national and international records in competitive swimming; and
WHEREAS, Annabel Edge matriculated at Connecticut College and pursued post-graduate studies at Columbia University; from 1969 to 1984, she lived in Connecticut with her late husband, Samuel, and worked as a physical therapist and an educator; and
WHEREAS, Annabel Edge returned to Richmond to run her family's business, Morgan Brothers Bag Company, and subsequently earned a master's degree in physical therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she ultimately joined the faculty as an assistant professor; and