2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26104750D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 422
Offered March 12, 2026
Celebrating the life of the Reverend A. Lincoln James, Jr.
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Patrons—Cousins, Carr, Cole, N.T., Keys-Gamarra, Martinez, McPike, McQuinn, Rasoul, Schmidt, Ward and Ware
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WHEREAS, the Reverend A. Lincoln James, Jr., a highly admired faith leader who strengthened the Richmond community through his commitment to humanitarian outreach and advocacy, died on December 17, 2025; and
WHEREAS, A. Lincoln James was born in Richmond, Virginia, to the Reverend A. Lincoln James, Sr., and Clara Rose Thompson James, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor's degree from what is now North Park University; and
WHEREAS, faith played a central role in A. Lincoln James' life from a young age, and after receiving a master of divinity degree from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology of Virginia Union University, he served as a youth minister under his father at Greater Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois; and