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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation
Honoree: Virginia A. Perry
Date(s): Saturday, November 21, 2020
Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Lincoln Street and Mercer Street
Ceremonial Intersection Name: Virginia Perry Way
Sponsor: Council President, Mildred C. Crump
Additional Information:
Original Resolution 7R8-a(S/AS) adopted on November 10, 2020
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R8-a(S/AS) adopted on November 10, 2020, the Municipal Council approved a ceremonial street designation for “Virginia Perry Way” located at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Mercer Street; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to amend the date of the ceremonial street designation from November 16, 2020 to November 21, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PDF-e, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and
WHEREAS, Virginia A. Perry was born in Bassett, Virginia on January 22, 1937, the eldest of ten (10) children, who after the death of her mother at the age of seventeen (17), worked hard to help her widowed father care for her siblings; and
WHEREAS, after high school she later attended and graduated from the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore with a degree in Business Administration, where she met and later married the love of her life, Orlando K. Perry, Sr.; and
WHEREAS, after a successful teaching career in the cities of Newark and Roselle, she re-enrolled in mortuary school and received her funeral director’s license in 1976, and joined her husband in the successful operation of Perry’s Funeral Home, the family-owned business that provided an elegant yet comfortable setting for grieving families of all income persuasions, to receive home-going services with graciousness and ease; and
WHEREAS, after the passing of her husband in 1990, Virginia successfully assumed the role as President of Perry’s Funeral, a position she held for twenty-eight (28) years; and
WHEREAS, Virginia was an iconic presence in Newark’ social and civic circles where she remained unpretentious and unselfishly participated in many Newark civic, business and religious organizations over the years and received numerous community and humanitarian service awards for her dedication to Newark’s progress.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council hereby amends the date of the ceremonial street designation and authorizes the honorary and ceremonial renaming of the intersection of Lincoln Street and Mercer Street as “Virginia Perry Way”.
2. The official name of the said streets shall remain Lincoln Street and Mercer Street.
STATEMENT
This resolution amends the date of the ceremonial street designation and authorizes the renaming of the intersection of Lincoln Street and Court Street as “Virginia Perry Way” for honorary and ceremonial purposes.