2011-12-08-WP Johnson Retirement ResolutionPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
2011-12-08
VIRGINIA: At their adjourned meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors held on
Tuesday, December 20, 2011, in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse
Addition, the following resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, W.P. Johnson has served thirty-eight (38) years on the Pittsylvania County District
Soil and Water Conservation Board; and
WHEREAS, W.P. Johnson began his tenure on the Pittsylvania County District Soil and Water
Conservation Board in 1974, replacing the seat vacated by Mr. Owen Smith; and
WHEREAS, Governor Gerald L. Baliles appointed W.P. Johnson to serve four (4) years on the
Virginia State Soil and Water Conservation Board; Governor George Allen appointed W.P. Johnson to
serve four (4) years on the Virginia State Soil and Water Conservation Board; and Governor Jim Gilmore
appointed W.P. Johnson to serve four (4) years on the Virginia State Soil and Water Conservation Board,
totaling twelve (12) years of service on the Virginia State Soil and Water Conservation Board under the
leadership of three (3) Virginia Governors; and
WHEREAS, in 1968, W.P. Johnson was named Virginia Conservation Farmer of the Year, a
program that was sponsored by Goodyear Industries, which included Mr. Johnson traveling to Arizona to
meet and share ideas with the winners from all 50 States at the National Soil and Water Conservation
Convention; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Johnson, has been a lifelong resident of Pittsylvania County; and he and his
wife, Emma Jean, live on Johnson Mill Road in Gretna, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, at the age of 17, Mr. W.P. Johnson took over the operations of a grist mill built in
1830, known as Mt. Airy Roller Mills, which he continues to operate to this day and is the only provider
in Pittsylvania County of custom ground livestock feed; now
THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, on the behalf of the Pittsylvania County Board
of Supervisors and all of the citizens of Pittsylvania County, we express our sincere appreciation to W.P.
Johnson for his outstanding service and exemplary leadership that has made him a significant figure in the
growth and development of Pittsylvania County Soil and Water Conservation Program and wish him the
best in his retirement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLOVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mr. W.P.
Johnson.
Given under my hand this 20`h day of December, 2011
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Tim R. Barber, Chairman
Pittsylvani~ounty Board of Supervisors
William D. Sleeper, Clem( /
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors