VA SJR121

Honors the Honorable Barnie Keith Day, author, public servant, and community leader, who died on May 12, 2025

Served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 10th District from 1997 to 2002, earning admiration for his dedication to rural issues and bipartisan consensus-building

Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975, later earned a master's degree from Duke University, and worked as a journalist and editor before settling in Patrick County

After stepping away from state government due to Parkinson's disease, organized community service efforts including gardens for seniors, transportation assistance, venison programs for food-insecure families, and fundraisers for local fire and rescue departments

Authored the 2011 novel "The Last Pahvant" and edited "Notes from the Sausage Factory" on Virginia politics, earning recognition as "Virginia's Mark Twain" and "Virginia's country doctor of political satire"