2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2199
Celebrating the life of Sandra Jean Caldwell Davis.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, June 29, 2026
WHEREAS, Sandra Jean Caldwell Davis, a passionate advocate for public higher education and an entrepreneur, business leader, and humanitarian who touched countless lives across Southwest Virginia, died on March 17, 2026; and
WHEREAS, Sandra “Sandy”Jean Caldwell Davis was born in Radford and grew up in Floyd County, where she graduated from Floyd High School in 1964; she began working for the Virginia Department of Health at the age of 17 and rose through the ranks over the next several decades to become a supervisor and health director serving Radford and Giles County; and
WHEREAS, Sandy Davis also worked at the Bank of Christiansburg for 14 years, ultimately becoming the first woman in Southwest Virginia to achieve the position of senior vice president of a bank; and
WHEREAS, having been unable to afford college when she graduated from high school, Sandy Davis was devoted to making higher education more affordable, and she and her late husband, Patrick Cupp, supported various scholarship funds at Radford University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech); and
WHEREAS, Sandy Davis and Patrick Cupp also established BCR Real Estate and Property Management, which maintained rental properties for college students; under their leadership, the business grew to include a portfolio of more than six hundred houses and apartments; and
WHEREAS, a recognized leader in the business community, Sandy Davis provided her wise insights to the boards of Go Virginia Region 2 and the Business Council of Roanoke; she also chaired the boards of the Blacksburg Partnership and the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and co-chaired a commission to study passenger rail development in the New River Valley; and