2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 100
Celebrating the life of Robert Wayne Grove.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 16, 2026
WHEREAS, Robert Wayne Grove, a beloved member of the Fauquier County community and hardworking and respected cattle farmer who advanced the angus industry through various endeavors, died on November 18, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Robert “Bobby” Wayne Grove graduated magna cum laude from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and attended graduate school at Pennsylvania State University for some time before taking a job as a fieldman for the magazine Livestock Breeder Journal ; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Grove successfully transitioned his family's farm, White Ridge Farm in Somerville, to a registered angus herd throughout the 1980s, then joined the farm full-time in 1988; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Grove was deeply devoted to the task of raising cattle and gave extraordinary attention to detail in cultivating a thriving and bountiful herd; and
WHEREAS, Bobby Grove was an outspoken advocate for cattle farmers and consistently sought ways to promote excellence in the angus industry; and
WHEREAS, for four decades, Bobby Grove proudly served as a ringman at local cattle sales, aiding his fellow angus producers in the development of their herds; and