Prince George's County Councilman Calvin Hawkins also shared his condolences.

"Family and friends, it is with a heavy heart I inform you that one of our public servants, Joseph Kitchen, has transitioned to join our ancestors," Hawkins wrote. "I pray that the good that he accomplished on this side of the Jordan will be a public service legacy that we all may emulate."

Family and friends, it is with a heavy heart I inform you that one of our public servants, Joseph Kitchen, has transitioned to join our ancestors.

I pray that the good that he accomplished on this side of the Jordan will be a public service legacy that we all may emulate… pic.twitter.com/vG2K3G5p7q

— Calvin Hawkins (@Hawkins4PGC) August 17, 2020

Young Democrats of Maryland

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