[Speaker Change] You know, really, really getting down low. I called Maryanne to see if, if we could come down and we were planning to go. Planning to be there on the day that he passed. And I really miss him. I really do. I miss him from being in this chamber and missing, missing, seeing his face around, around the campus. And I just regret that many of you did not get the opportunity to meet him because he truly was a good person. I commend the resolution to you. [Speaker Change] Representative Adams, please state your purpose. [Speaker Change] Thank you Mr. Speaker. To speak on the resolution. [Speaker Change] The lady is recognized to debate the resolution. [Speaker Change] Ed Jones was clearly a unique gentleman. It was a privilege for me to work with him as he served in the House and in the Senate He was always supportive of the Legislative Black Caucus and the Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. He was always well dressed. Pressed and dapper. Distinguished in his bowtie. And I always commented to him how good he looked in it. He was committed to, to education and to children as you’ve heard. During the last Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s event in last year, I had talked to him about serving as one of our presenters and I knew that Ed was sick and I didn’t want to put too much on him. But he called and said I’m happy to do it, I’ll be there. He came and he presided and he stayed all day and participated in all of the events. And even on that evening, I remember at the banquet, we, the Foundation Board made a decision that we would dedicate, in his honor at that time, all of the funds, the one hundred plus thousand dollars that we issued to the HBC used in North Carolina in his honor. And he was really moved by that and very grateful. He made his comments to the audience that night, poor folk that didn’t know he was ill and this was probably going to be the last time he said that I’ll see you. But I want you to know that I was so privileged, and I’m so privileged to have been honored by the residents of my district, to have been able to serve them. He was always genuine about his service and very committed to doing very good work. So I was just pleased to have some times to actually talk with him. He was always encouraging. I remember going to Elizabeth City State to meet him there. And I said if you don’t feel, he says I’ll be there and he met me there. And we actually made the check presentation to Elizabeth City. It was in his district. And made a special contribution to a student majoring in criminal justice in his honor. So I’m very pleased to say that I miss him, we truly miss him. But he was always very kind and very genuine, very unique gentleman and we miss him and I commend the resolution to you. [Speaker Change] Representative Lewis, please state your purpose. [Speaker Change] To speak on the resolution. [Speaker Change] The gentleman is recognized to debate the Bill. [Speaker Change] Thank you, thank you Mr. Speaker. I won’t take long and I can’t add much to what’s been said but there’s an old saying that goes, if you’re really good at something you don’t have to tell folks how good you are. And Ed Jones was a good man. He was a man who would always take time to speak with you. To ask you how you were and actually cared what you what you said when you replied back to him. There are people that each of us will serve with and will reflect upon our time with and will have realized that we have benefited from knowing them. And for me Ed Jones is one of those folks. Thank you Mr. Speaker. [Speaker Change] Representative Michaux, please state your purpose. [Speaker Change] To speak on the resolution. [Speaker Change] The gentleman is recognized to debate the resolution. [Speaker Change] Much has been said about Ed Jones and all of it has been true. I got to really know Ed pretty good because he would come, I would eat breakfast in the morning. I would come over a little bit early and I’d go down stairs to eat breakfast and he would come by and he would eat breakfast. And we had a little bit of a relationship because when he served on the highway patrol up in the mountains, he said he ran across a couple of my folks up there. And I said, well what did you do with them Ed? He said, I gave them a ticket but.