2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26109225D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 366
Offered March 9, 2026
Celebrating the life of Sharon Morency Bryant.
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Patrons—McAuliff and Webert
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WHEREAS, Sharon Morency Bryant, a leader and respected advocate of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind communities in Maryland and Tennessee, died on December 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Bryant graduated from Fauquier High School and later attended Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where she learned American Sign Language and discovered her passion for working with individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Bryant later received a master's degree in counseling education at McDaniel University and an educational specialist degree in vocational evaluation at George Washington University and went on to make a profound and lasting impact on the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind communities in Maryland and Tennessee in a number of leadership capacities with distinguished institutions and organizations, such as the Maryland School for the Deaf and the Tennessee Association of the Deaf; and