The House on Tuesday honored two members who died last year, Reps. Calvin Hill and Quincy Murphy.
Lawmakers rose from their seats and applauded them. Surviving relatives were invited to join House Speaker David Ralston on the dais as photos of Hill and Murphy were displayed on video screens flanking them.
“We lost two of our finest this past year,” said Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, who introduced resolutions honoring to Hill and Murphy. “This House was made better because of their service.”
A Republican from Canton, Hill, 66, died from leukemia in October. He was first elected in 2002 and served on the Appropriations Committee and Banks & Banking Committee. And he was chairman of the Code Revision Committee.
Murphy, a Democrat from Augusta, died in August after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 60. Like Hill, Murphy was first elected in 2002. Murphy served on the Appropriations and Higher Education committees.
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