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Mount Vernon town meeting honors late community leader Jerry Highland
Summary
At the 38th annual Mount Vernon town meeting, the moderator led a tribute to longtime Mount Vernon District leader Jerry Highland, recounted his community service, and announced a community celebration of life on March 28 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church.
The moderator opened the Mount Vernon town meeting by paying tribute to Jerry Highland, who founded the town meeting tradition and served the Mount Vernon District for nearly three decades. "Jerry left this world quietly in his sleep on January 19," the moderator said, noting Highland’s long record of community service and leadership.
The moderator recounted Highland’s public work, including his years on the county board of zoning appeals and his election in 1987 as Mount Vernon District supervisor, where he served for 28 years. The moderator credited Highland with local preservation efforts and community projects, including work to close a landfill, keep a hospital open and support transformations in the Lorton community. The tribute included personal anecdotes about Highland helping residents during floods and shoveling snow for a widow, underscoring his hands-on approach to constituent service.
The moderator invited residents to a community celebration of life that the family will sponsor on Friday, March 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, with a reception to follow. The meeting closed the tribute with a standing ovation for Highland.
The remarks were delivered as part of the town meeting’s opening recognitions and no formal action or vote was taken regarding Highland’s legacy during the session. Any future formal recognitions or naming actions were not described in the transcript excerpt.
