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Vol. 49 #1 Michael L. McKay, Editor,
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Circulation 332 30th April 2008
Also serving Sowers, Kerfoot and other related families.
GREETINGS
Welcome to my fourth edition of The Robert Mackay Clan Newsletter.
This Newsletter is made possible by the generous donations from its readers. Without you we wouldn’t have the funds needed to produce our family Newsletter. The expenses for the spring 2007 Newsletter totalled $878.32. Due to the increasing costs of postage we found it necessary to ask the readers to send a donation prior to receiving your copy of this year’s Newsletter. The Newsletter is printed in the Spring in order to get the information regarding the forthcoming Virginia McKay Reunion out in a timely fashion.
Please consider sending a donation to help us cover the expenses for producing this Newsletter.
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ANNUAL VIRGINIA McKAY REUNION
(McKay-Sowers-Kerfoot)
You should have received a separate announcement about our annual Virginia Robert McKay Clan Reunion but as a reminder our annual gathering will be held on Sunday 22nd June 2008 with lunch starting at 1:00 p.m.
This year’s reunion will be a covered dish picnic and will be held at the Lion’s Park Shelter # 5 in Front Royal, VA. If you have misplaced your notice about the picnic and need directions you can reach me at the contact information in the above right corner of this page.
COLLETT-McKAY PICNIC
The annual Collett-McKay Picnic held every year since 1866 is scheduled to be held on the family picnic grounds at the corner of Inwood and Gurneyville Roads in northwestern Clinton County, Ohio on Saturday 9th August 2008 beginning at 12 noon.
To get to the picnic grounds from I-71 take U.S. 68 South and turn right onto Gurneyville Road. Follow Gurneyville Road for about three miles. Picnic grounds are on the left at the corner of Inwood and Gurneyville Roads.
BETHEL MEMORIAL INC. MEETINGS
Meeting and Traditional Service
The annual Bethel Memorial Incorporated Meeting and Traditional Service will be held on Sunday 24th August 2008 at Bethel Church south of Millwood, VA beginning at 11:00 a.m. with a picnic under the oaks immediately following the service. The details have not yet been completed as to whom the guest speaker will be but will be posted on the Robert Mackay Clan website once they become known. Bethel has been the home church for many generations of our Sowers and Kerfoot families.
To get to Bethel on U.S. 50 between the Shenandoah River and the U.S. 340 interchange at Waterloo turn onto State Route 622 (Red Gate Rd.). Follow 622 (Red Gate Rd.) for about a mile or so and turn left onto State Route 624 (Swift Shoals Rd.). Drive about a half mile or so and turn right onto Bethel Lane. Bethel Church is located on the top of the hill. The road encircles the building.
Christmas Carols and Lessons Service
Additionally, Bethel’s annual Christmas Carols and Lessons Service will be held on Sunday 21 Dec 2008 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Our Christmas service has been well attended in the past. Due to the fact that there is no heat in the building attendees should be prepared to dress warmly. The service usually lasts about 30 minutes
PAST REUNION NEWS
Collett-McKay family unite for 142nd annual reunion
By HOWARD DOSTER
Family recorder
We did it! We called this the 142nd annual Collett-McKay picnic on Aug. 11. Those persons who keep these articles will thus not have an article for a 141st picnic; anyway, after all these years, we now appear to have the correct count for the picnic that started in 1866.
Gustagorial delights
After welcoming his cousins, McKay Collett jumped from his Collett table to get a special treat. The Inwood twins brought a huge “organic Irish salmon” (a farm raised specie of salmon) from Findley Market in Cincinnati, one of many gustatorial delights plunged into the maws of 210 Colletts and McKays from 16 states.
From 4 months to 104
Rachel Denny, aged 4 months, daughter of David and Martha Denny of Springboro, was the youngest of 18 picnic first-timers. At 104, Esther Doster was again the oldest, and Helen Louise Schneider recorded her 88th picnic attendance. Joel McKay and Nicholas Kelly were recognized for now serving in the army. Jana Rother, from Hemes, Germany, came the furthest distance. Clint Hackney, though he lives only one-half mile south on Inwood Road, came to his first picnic in 32 years.
Doug and Janet Reynolds celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary, after being married at Jonah’s Run Baptist Church immediately following the 1956 picnic. Her father, Charles Doster, was born on picnic day in 1900, the only picnic her grandmother missed between 1866 and 1945.
McKay Collett recognized Wilbur McKay’s death since the last picnic, and pointed to the new tree planted in his memory. Picnic site purchased in 1805.
Steve Collett indicated the trustees would gladly accept more financial bequests. Later, Steve and others considered ways to acquire additional acreage adjacent to the four acre picnic site, bought in 1805 as part of their first 1,000-acre Ohio purchase by our northern Virginia Quaker ancestors, Moses and Abigail Shinn McKay, from the first Northwest Territory surveyor, and, later, War of 1812 general, Nathaniel Massie.
About 1816, when Moses and Abigail moved to one mile north of now Harveysburg on the west side of Caesar Creek, they left a Haines neighbor near Cedarville, Va., but soon acquired another Haines neighbor, their daughter, Rachel, who had married Nathan Haines in 1813 in Virginia and was already living just across Caesar Creek.
Genealogy research
Genealogy researchers also reported Joshua Haines, Daniel Collett’s future father-in-law, purchased 1,180 acres on Bullskin Creek, just southwest of Charlestown, W.Va., then in northern Virginia, in 1752 with a young surveyor, George Washington. Collett, newly removed with his parents from near Baltimore, was, like Washington, an Anglican. He served the colonies in the Revolution, though as a private. Our Collett ancestor, who learned to read and write as an adult, was sheriff of Jefferson County, Va., and neighbor of Noah Haines on Bullskin Creek, when he purchased 2,358 Ohio acres, mostly in Chester Township, just east of the Bullskin Trail, Ohio’s first 1807 north-south state road, and just south of now Jonah’s Run Church, in 1814. He was president of the Clinton County Bible Society in 1825 and his heirs were the charter members of the church founded in 1838, three years after he died and was buried at Caesar Creek Quaker Meeting cemetery where his daughter-in-law, Rebecca Haines Collett, and his wife, Mary Haines Collett had moved their memberships from Hopewell Quaker Meeting in northern Virginia in 1805 and 1812. No longer Quakers, two of Daniel Collett’s grandsons, one a Collett and the other a McKay, both Civil War casualties, are buried at Jonah’s Run.
Out-of-state attendees
Those attending from out-ofstate were, from Arizona, Annette Hanson Chesvick and Diane H. Hanson; from Colorado, Rachel Pidgeon and Steve Baugh; from Florida, Jennifer and Lonnie Lawson, Earl and Dorothy Koehler Holtgrefe, Barbara Doster Deppner, Nancy Collett DalPlain, Saundra L. Ames, Marjorie S. Ames and Elizabeth Hahn; from Georgia, Charles Doster, Joseph Deppner and wife, Imelda, and daughter, Ileana; from Iowa, Patricia Talmage Giesting and Jim Giesting and Marilyn Talmage; from Illinois, Robin Fabian, Karla and Allen Inwood; from Michigan, Dave and Cynthia Doster, and sons Drew and Adam Doster; from Minnesota, Karen and David Conradi-Jones; from Montana, Jennifer and Paul Dunn and John P., Anna, Rebekah, Sarah, Ashley and Aaron Dunn; from Nevada; Pamela Hanson Robles and sons Evan and Christian Hanson Robles, Brent Bogan and Eric Bogan; from Pennsylvania, James and Susan Holtgrefe and children Gretchen, Walter, Heidi and Marcie; from South Dakota, Gary L., William and Kathy Conradi; from Virginia, Michael McKay; from Vermont, Kimberly A. Becker Price and Delwyn L. Price with children Zoe, Emma E. and Seth Howard Price; and from Wisconsin, Guy Lee Fields and Ellen Magee. (Where it reads 'from Vermont' it should say 'from Utah')
To read articles for previous picnics, log on to . Email additional picnic articles to Mike@.
Photos from the Picnic
[pic]McKay Collett giving the opening remarks.
[pic]One of the three framed group photos of past picnics.
[pic]Your editor with cousins (l-r) Sam Billingsley, Josh Billingsley,
Jeweli Billingsley, Rebecca Dunn & Dawn Billingsley.
62nd annual Robert McKay Clan Reunion
Held at Travelodge in Winchester, VA
There were 27 people present at the 62nd annual Virginia Mckay Reunion. A buffet style luncheon was served consisting of entrees of Beef Tips with Noodles and Baked Chicken. The Luncheon Buffet also included a salad bar, potato and vegetable (chef’s choice), dessert, rolls and beverage (tea, coffee, soda).
It was decided to try an informal picnic style gathering for the 63rd reunion in 2008. Possible locations that were considered were Hopewell Friends Meetinghouse in Clearbrook, VA and also Abram’s Delight in Winchester, VA. Some cousins also volunteered their residences as possible picnic sites. In the end it was left up to the officers to decide the picnic location.
We were fortunate to be able to tour the grounds of the old Robert Mackay Jr. home and also I, your webmaster, was able to go through Fairview and get some pictures of the interiour.
It is the hope of those present that by trying the more informal route that these gatherings will be more enjoyable for younger members of our family which seem not to be found in large numbers here as of late.
Old Bethel annual meeting speaker will
address progress of world peace
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday, 23 August 2007)
By Val Van Meter
The Winchester Star
MILLWOOD — If you are planning to compete in a beauty pageant any time soon, Dr. Charles "Chuck" Call suggests that you listen to his talk at Old Bethel’s annual meeting Sunday morning.
Call’s talk is part of the traditional service at the church, once a Baptist congregation and, prior to that, the site of a Quaker meeting house that is one of the earliest religious structures in the Shenandoah Valley.
The historic building is now kept in trust for the people of Clarke County.
Call is assistant professor of international relations and peace and conflict resolution in the School of International Service at American University.
Before joining AU in 2004, he was a full-time staff member of the United Nations’ Secretariat, where he worked in post-conflict peace-building.
"I will be speaking on ‘World Peace: Are We Making Progress?’" Call said.
"Basically, if you plan to be a beauty pageant contestant and would like to see ‘world peace,’ this talk will be a primer on the basics you need to know."
Call will reflect on his time working with the UN in its peace-building efforts, and give an overview of the worst forms of warfare and violence in the world today.
"We’ve made remarkable progress in negotiating an end to wars and in reducing the number of wars over the past 15 years," Call noted, "but warfare has taken new forms and seems concentrated in certain regions."
Call can use specific examples from his travels, he said, since he has conducted field research on post-conflict peace-building in Central America, Haiti, Afghanistan, West Africa, the West Bank and Gaza, and in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Call was the only foreigner to live in a rural village of displaced persons in El Salvador during that country’s civil war and in 2000, he and a colleague from Human Rights Watch were the first non-governmental human rights team to enter the guerrilla-controlled zone in Colombia to gather testimonies about war crimes.
As part of the traditional service, with the Rev. Anne Manson of Cunningham Chapel Episcopal Parish as officiant, Dr. James Laster — now starring in "Tuesdays with Morrie" with the Wayside Theatre — will serve as organist.
Ian R.D. Williams, president of The Bethel Memorial Inc., urged visitors to bring a lawn chair and a covered dish to share at the picnic following Call’s talk, to be held, rain or shine, under the oaks surrounding the old brick structure.
Donations will be accepted, Williams said, to help defray the $15,000 cost of repairs on the building’s windows.
The second annual event at Old Bethel is the traditional Christmas Lesson and Carols Service, scheduled for 5 p.m. Dec. 23, Williams said.
Old Bethel is on Swift Shoals Road, just southeast of the Long Branch Historic House.
Go back to the past at Millwood’s Old Bethel Church
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday 20 December 2007.)
By Val Van Meter
The Winchester Star
MILLWOOD — "The acoustics are lovely," said Diana Kincannon, "because of all those hard surfaces."
Kincannon will be the featured soloist on Sunday for the traditional Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service at Old Bethel Church in southeastern Clarke County.
"I hope everyone will come who wants to enjoy Christmas as it was one hundred, or 150 years ago," said organizer Ian Williams, a member of the board of trustees for Old Bethel.
The church building, which served a Quaker congregation in the mid-1800s, and a Baptist one until 1920, is one of the earliest religious sites west of the Blue Ridge mountains.
This National Historic Landmark is open twice-a-year for a talk and picnic each August and the December Christmas celebration.
The Rev. Anne Manson of Christ Episcopal Church, Millwood, will lead the service, composed of Christmas story lessons. Everyone is invited to sing traditional carols and the Sixth Dimension Handbell Ensemble will perform.
Kincannon, the featured soloist for the service three years ago, said she was happy to return.
She has a master’s degree in music education. She studied at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and East Carolina University.
The classically-trained soprano, who taught voice for many years, has performed with the Washington Opera Chorus, the Prince George’s Opera Company and the Northern Virginia Opera Company.
At her last Old Bethel performance, Kincannon sang an old African-American Christmas song, while standing in the church balcony, "where the slaves were seated," when the church was in use before the Civil War.
"It was a special feeling," Kincannon said. "I like the idea of the sound wafting from up there."
Williams warned everyone to dress appropriately for the weather, because as part of its Civil War ambiance, the church has no electricity and no heat.
Participants receive candles and the rest of the building is lit with oil lamps.
The holiday decorations are all natural greenery.
The service begins at 5 p.m. and lasts about 25 minutes, Williams said, adding, "Dress warmly."
Old Bethel is on Bethel Lane, off Swift Shoals Road, south of U.S.50.
Recollections of Christmases past
Church service travels back in time
(From The Winchester Star dated Monday 24 December 2007.)
By Ed Farrell
The Winchester Star
Millwood — The spirit of Christmas, through the hearts and voices of hundreds of worshipers and tinkling bells, warmed the chilly sanctuary of Old Bethel Church.
"If you like the idea of an 1850s Christmas, we’ve still got it," said Ian Williams, president of the Bethel Memorial Association.
The church, originally constructed in 1733 and rebuilt in 1836, "is lit exactly like it was 150 years ago. There’s no heat. And it’s really just like it was back then," Williams said.
The church is one of the oldest religious structures west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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|Ten-year-old Locke Gooditis of |
|Clarke County joins in the |
|candlelight singing on Sunday |
|evening at Old Bethel Church’s |
|“Lessons and Carols” Christmas |
|service. |
|(Rick Foster) |
First used as a Quaker meeting house, the church later hosted Baptist services into the 1920s.
Oil lamp chandeliers provided the bulk of the light for the service, combined with a generous blessing of candles and lanterns.
The pumping pedals of the church’s old wind organ kept time with the beautiful music provided by organist Ronald Hottle.
Some people drove for miles to attend the service, located at the top of a dirt road near Millwood, in Clarke County.
With condensing breathe erupting from mouths, pew after pew filled up, as did the balcony section.
All the while, The 6th Dimension Handbell Ensemble, a collection of ladies affiliated with Shenandoah University, provided a lively selection of holiday music.
The service, "Lessons and Carols," was less than an hour long, punctuated by brief Gospel passages and Christmas carols.
The Rev. Anne Manson, minister of Christ Church Millwood, was the officiant. Other lessons were delivered by Williams, Peter Cook, Nancy Talley, Robert Randolph, and Thomas Gilpin.
Soloist Diana Kincannon provided special music for the evening service.
"We had heard about this, how lovely the service was," said Dot Royston of Boyce, who attended with husband Jim and family friend Connie Boole. "We thought it would be a nice thing to do.
"So much of the Christmas spirit is gone. We thought this would be a good place to find it."
Boole, of Franktown on the Eastern Shore, said attending the service with the Roystons awoke old memories.
"I’ve been in some churches just as cold as this," she said, adding that her father was a Methodist minister. "I’ve been in a lot of little old churches just like this one."
— Contact Ed Farrell at
efarrell@
NEWS FROM CARDS AND LETTERS
G.W. Mitchell Jr.: Please keep us on the mailing list. We will be in Tenn. That week-end.
Ralph & Patsy Shipp: Will be in CA. Look at my web page for pictures of McKay Reunion
John & Helen Kenner: We enjoyed last year’s but have other plans this summer.
Virginia J. Kerin: Son Michael married Kathy Messenger 11 May – Reception 30 June Morgantown, WV.
Marjorie H. Sears: We’re in the process of moving.
Michael W. McKay: Mike – My brother Matt’s daughter Addison Brownley McKay will have her baptism that day. Thanks. Mike.
Freda S. Kines: I certainly did enjoy the newsletter, especially the article of my Uncle and Aunt’s wedding, Lee & Beryl Sowers. Also knew so many that had passed away. I am sending a donation to help with cost. Thank you. Freda.
Mary Dawes Chawla: Richard Maurice Dawes deceased 5/18/2007 of Leukemia. Born 3-29-29. (My brother)
Wallace & Dorothy Shipp: Dear Mike, the McKay N/L was great. Keep up the good work. We will be able to attend the reunion this year.
Richard H. McKay: 1-9-2007 Richard had open heart surgery. Doing well. 1-22-07 Hazel was in hospital, doing ok now. 3-3-2007 Hazel became a Great-grandmother, Danielle Paige, a girl.
Charlotte Williams: Michael, I am enclosing a check for $20.00 as a donation to the McKay Reunion. I don’t believe anyone from this family will be able to attend. Charlotte Williams.
Minnie Randall: Dear Michael, I will not attend the McKay reunion this Sunday as I had planned. My granddaughter, Jessica Catherine Randall passed away June 9, 2007 of a brain tumor. She fought bravely for a year against this cancer. Sincerely, Minnie Randall. (Ed note: Obituary is listed later in the Newsletter.)
Mary E. Levo: Not attending reunion due to gasoline prices. Glad you get to our Ohio Collett-McKay Picnic!
Karen McKay Starberg: I will not attend the reunion this year but I do love receiving the McKay Newsletter.
Stanley McKay Walker: Stanley McKay & Dorothy (Kern) Walker celebrating 65th wedding anniversary, May 13.
Billy & Paula Vanscoy: God Bless you Mike!
Joan Woosnam: Michael – Hope this helps a bit. I do enjoy the Newsletter. Joan Woosnam.
Yvonne Schneider: Sorry cannot attend at this time, I’m still living in Florida.
Nancy Hendricks: 28 April 2007. Dear Michael – After more than a decade, and a name change, I am delving back into Genealogy.
I plan to re-start the Hendricks newsletter, which researches the ancestry of my grandfather – Haines and Parkins branches to be included.
I’d be glad to include you as a researcher and as a subscriber ot the newsletter (free).
If you wish this, please update your information for me (address, tel., e-mail)
Sincerely, Nancy Lee Hendricks (formerly Sandrock)
Patsy L. Hopper: wife of Richard Hopper. Richard passed away Jan 2, ’07. He was proud of his McKay heritage and would have loved to attend one of the reunions. He is greatly missed.
Sue Ellen McKay Tyree: Dear Michael, enclosed our reservation. I’ve also enclosed something to read to maybe get the ball rolling on Robert McKay house. What’s the hold up when the grants are there to be had? See you soon. Sue Ellen McKay Tyree. (enclosed poem follows)
Over the many, many years, we have searched for answers to the questions of the survival of our ancestors. We have walked the hills and valleys, examined old ruins, we have searched and gathered information on how they all lived, and we are here today as many times before, to share any new information that will answer some of the questions that we are searching for.
We know they worked the land, to feed their families and clothe everyone. We know they tried to educate their children and prepare a better opportunity for them to have a better life.
We cherish the knowledge that we have learned a little at a time. We gather as we have today, to share what we have and to learn more.
We hope that our children and grandchildren will appreciate the history that we share, and know that they are obligated to share these things that they have learned with the future generations.
We are who and what we are, because of what was done for us. Our obligation is to continue on and to see that ways are found to preserve all of this for others.
We need to be proud of our ancestors and share the love of this land, and the dreams they had for our future.
Herb & Linda Brown: I will be touring Ireland June 14-28 2007. I am looking forward to attending a reunion in 2008! Thank you for a wonderful job. The Newsletter is excellent!!
Don & Judy McKay: Hi Mike, Just wanted to let you know that we did receive the notice about the reunion but will not be able to attend. Hope you all have a great time! Don and Judy McKay, Milwaukie, Oregon
Michael L. McKay: I have the privilege to report a few births that I’m aware of in the family. First of all, my niece:
Wyatt Catherine McKay was born on 18th Oct 2007 to Bob and Jodi (DeOms) McKay. Bob is the son of Archie & Catherine (Jenkins) McKay and the grandson of the late Winston L. & Mary (Robinson) McKay.
Jada Faith Longenecker was born on 27th Apr 2007 to Tim and Kim (McKay) Longenecker.
Silas William McKay was born on 8th Nov 2007 to Kevin & Melissa McKay.
Both Kim and Kevin are the children of Charles William & Jennifer McKay and the grandchildren of the late Charles M. & Lucille (Fiddler) McKay.
McKye Anthony Gerardi was born on 2nd Jul 2007 and is a great-grandson of the late Richard McKay Gore.
Joshua Henry McKay was born on 1st Nov 2007 to Michael W. and Kimberly (Courtney) McKay. Michael is the son of Beverly Thomas & Carolyn McKay and the grandson of the late Julian Brownley Mckay.
Kendra Renea Billingsley was born on 2nd Oct 2007 to James L. & Melissa (Steele) Billingsley. James is the son of Kristen (Becker) St. John and the grandson of Katherine (Hackney) Luby. He is also the grandson of the late John F. Becker Jr. James is the great-grandson of the late Howard S. & Lucille (Morrow) Hackney.
NEWS ITEMS
FAIR USE - Doctrine of International Copyright Law
Musical Talent in the Family
Visit Tim’s music web page at
Tim Longenecker, husband of Kim (McKay) Longenecker, has been recording Christian Rap Music for a few years now.
From his music web page listed above we find this opening statement describing his style of music:
‘What is the theme of most rap music? What topics do most artists typically stick to? Whether it's hustlin', girls, skills, or whatever, most rappers focus on self elevation. Explaining to everyone how and why YOU are the greatest.
My aim has exaltation in mind too, but not mine. Even if I have talent or skills or whatever it's only because it's been given to me.
My purpose in life or in death is to bring glory to God. To SHINE the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ so that it blazes through the darkness, useful to restore sinful man to a loving relationship with holy God.
I grew up being poisoned and brainwashed listening to rappers like Biggie, Pac, Bone Thugs, Cube and whoever else, talented as they are, were spittin' death as their fans blindly stumble into the inevitable pitfalls.
My mission statement is to make rap music that I can still perform when I get to heaven. Pure, biblically sound, Christ exalting, real, without compromising excellence. Not fans, money and fame, but Christ, disciples, and worship.
I was once trouble to all that it is good. Now I'm Trouble to the kingdom of darkness.’
His music is recorded under the name Eternal Progression Records where he uses the name Trouble. Sometimes his wife Kim sings background vocals on some of his songs. Tim serves as the Youth Pastor at their church in Lynchburg, VA and he and Kim are involved in a number of church activities.
They have also been blessed with their first born child, Jada Faith Longenecker who is listed in the News From Cards And Letters section of the Newsletter.
Visit his web page at the beginning of this article and listen to four of his songs that are featured there.
Front Royal, Warren haggling over land
From the Northern Virginia Daily
dated Thursday 21 June 2007.
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|Dennis Grundman / Daily file |
|McKay Springs near Reliance Road and U.S. 340-522 is near a small |
|trailer court. The spring is in the county but the water rights |
|are owned by the town. |
McKay Springs Property - Town, county share stake, struggle with plan for marketing -- By Robert King (Daily Staff Writer)
FRONT ROYAL — The Warren County Board of Supervisors wants Front Royal to know that the county already had a plan to market the McKay Springs property.
Last week, the Town Council requested a joint development plan from the county for the McKay property. The property is located off U.S. 340-522 north of Front Royal.
The town and the county jointly own parts of the 14- to 16-acre property that also includes a spring and a historic house.
Supervisor Tony F. Carter said during a board meeting Tuesday that the county sent the town a development plan for the property in January.
Warren County Administrator Douglas P. Stanley sent the town a letter with a list of tasks that would get the property ready for commercial marketing.
They include vacating a right of way and surveying the property. The list also includes responsible parties for those tasks and completion dates.
The county and the town want to market parts of the property to potential buyers.
The Warren County-Front Royal Economic Development Authority would be responsible for marketing the property.
"If we had gotten together and followed [the tasks] then the EDA would be in the process of marketing it," said Carter, who represents the Happy Creek District. "I was just trying to comply [with the council's request] as quickly as possible, and obviously the council was unaware that this [letter] was sent over. Obviously there was some type of miscommunication."
The supervisors agreed during their meeting Tuesday to forward Stanley's January letter to the town again.
Town Manager J. Michael Graham said that he was aware of the letter, which originated in a liaison meeting between the town and the county.
But some additional costs emerged, which caused the town to hold off on moving forward. The costs were $6,000 to $8,000, Graham said.
The council couldn't cover the costs in its fiscal 2007 budget.
It has budgeted the funds in the fiscal 2008 spending plan, which goes into effect July 1, Graham said.
"We are ready to get started on it and we wanted the EDA to market [the property]," he said.
The county and the town jointly purchased the property roughly seven years ago.
The county wanted to use land to eventually realign Reliance and Rockland roads, while the town was primarily interested in the spring there as an additional water supply. The town owns the water rights to the spring but the property lies in the county.
An engineering firm performed a survey of the spring last summer.
It is unclear what approach the county and the town would take on the old house, which Carter said is among the oldest in the state.
The council wants the town, county and other organizations such as the Warren Heritage Society and the EDA to create a plan for the use of the house, according to minutes from the council's June 11 meeting.
* Contact Robert King at rking@
County concurs on McKay Property sale
Sent proposed plan to town manager six months ago
By KEVIN SEABROOKE
The Warren Sentinel
(From The Warren Sentinel dated Thursday 21 June 2007)
At Tuesday night's Board of Supervisors meeting Tony Carter (R-Happy Creek) said in watching a video replay of the June 11 town council meeting recently, he saw the council had "some concerns regarding the McKay property which was purchased roughly two-and-a-half years ago out on 522."
At that June 11 meeting the council spent some 30 minutes debating a resolution to contact the county "to request a development plan to turn the McKay Springs property over the EDA (Economic Development Authority) to market the property."
The request to put the item on the meeting agenda came from Councilman Stan Brooks, who wanted to know why the county was "dragging its feet on this."
The county and the town bought the property together, Carter said, with several ideas in mind.
The town owns the McKay spring and may need some additional property to put up a water treatment plant, and the county may need some property to realign the intersection of Rockland and Reliance Road, Carter said.
"When this property was jointly purchased several years ago, it was with the intent that it could be turned around and possibly rezoned to commercial property with the pieces needed for each respective body to incorporate with what we had." Carter said.
Carter said there was some discussion by the council about sending a letter asking the county to get together with the town, the Warren Heritage Society and the Economic Development Authority (EDA) to try to market the property.
According to the clerk, the county hasn't yet received the letter voted on by the council June 11.
"It's difficult to comment on a letter I haven't seen," Carter said. "But after watching the meeting I got the gist of what they're looking for."
Carter said he wanted to point out that County Administrator Doug Stanley sent a letter to Town Manager J. Michael Graham six months ago.
"To my knowledge, we never had any response to the letter," Carter said.
The letter, dated Jan. 11, outlines a proposed 10-step process and a timeline that would have had the McKay property ready to be marked by the EDA by Sept. 1 of this year.
"That's not going to happen now, obviously, because nothing has been done since January," Carter said.
Carter, with the assent of the board, asked that the Jan. 11 letter be re-sent to Graham as well as Mayor James Eastham and the council.
"In the spirit of cooperativeness and being proactive, we want to let the town council know that we are interested in doing something along those lines," Carter said.
Graham said Wednesday that he was aware of the letter and that "about 30 days after the last town-county liaison meeting," Stanley came back to him with a cost to get the project started.
"What happened was there was a $6,000 to $8,000 price tag on this and we didn't have it in the budget," Graham said. "We were surprised [the surveying] was going to cost that much."
In the meantime, Graham said, "we had bigger projects and bigger issues to deal with."
"The reason we brought it back up is that now we have the funding for it." Graham said. "The funding is built into the upcoming budget and we're ready to move forward."
Contact: kseabrooke@
Lauren McKay to wed Justin Cummings
(From The Winchester Star dated Saturday 20 Oct 2007.)
McKay-Cummings
Mr. and Mrs. Gary McKay of Berryville announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Meredith McKay to Justin Blaine Cummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cummings of Hampton Falls, N.H.
Miss McKay is a 2001 graduate of Clarke County High School and received a bachelor’s degree in media arts and design at James Madison University in 2005. She is a news producer for News Channel 8 in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Cummings is a 2003 graduate of Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.H., and received a bachelor’s degree in marketing at James Madison University in 2007. He is a sales representative for R.R. Donnelley in Fairfax.
A July wedding date has been set.
Front Royal to harvest spring water
(From The Northern Virginia Daily
dated Thursday 15 November 2007.)
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Dennis Grundman/Daily file
McKay Springs near Reliance Road and U.S. 340-522 is near a small trailer court. Front Royal owns the water rights.
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Council approves layout for McKay Springs,
including preliminary plan for treatment facility
By Robert King
Daily Staff Writer
FRONT ROYAL -- The development of McKay Springs into a water source for Front Royal has gotten a boost.
The Front Royal town Council approved $3,972 during its meeting Tuesday for a preliminary layout plan for the property. Warren County will cover the other half.
The town and county jointly purchased the 14-to-16-acre property near Reliance Road and U.S. 340-522 roughly seven years ago. The property includes a historic house.
The town owns the water rights to the spring, but the property lies in the county.
The town plans to use the spring as a water source. The county wants nearby land for a future realignment project for Rockland and Reliance roads.
The layout plan will cost $7,944, and will determine a preliminary plan for a water treatment package facility.
"The layout plan will identify the land area necessary for the town's installation of a facility to treat surface water from the spring," says a memo from Front Royal Director of Public Works Steve Burke to town officials.
The layout will map out locations for parts of the facility, says a letter from R. Stuart Royer engineering, which will do the plan.
It will show the size and location of pumping stations, storage tank, treatment units and other parts.
How much land is needed for the facility affects the other property uses, said Warren County Administrator Douglas P. Stanley.
"Until we define what is needed for the spring, we can't decide what needs to be rezoned or sold off," he said. "We are jointly trying to figure out what is needed for the two projects and what is left."
Warren County wants to use some of the property for right of way needs for the Reliance and Rockland roads realignment project.
The county and town want to market the remaining parcels to developers.
The town would use the spring as a water source. "Currently it flows about three quarters of a million gallons per day," Burke said.
The on-site treatment facility would treat and test water from the spring, he said.
"There would be a tank on site that would hold it," Burke added. "Once we established that the water was treated completely and in compliance with health standards it would be introduced into the water distribution."
The preliminary costs could be as high as $1 million, but the town hasn't budgeted that or done any estimates, Burke said.
After the layout plan is developed, the town and county must develop a final subdivision plat, according to Burke's memorandum.
It could cost an estimated $2,000 to develop a final plat.
"A funding source for the town's share of this effort will also need to be identified at a later date," Burke wrote.
Contact Robert King at rking@
Church stays true to its mission
(From The Winchester Star dated Friday 28 September 2007.)
By Cynthia Cather Burton
The Winchester Star
BERRYVILLE — Berryville Baptist has a long and important history among Baptist churches in the northern Shenandoah Valley.
The church, which just celebrated its 235th anniversary, is the oldest Baptist church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Baptist General Association of Virginia.
It is also the "mother church" of many Baptist churches in the region, including First Baptist Church in Winchester; Bethel, Salem, and Mountain Baptist churches in Clarke County; and Charles Town Baptist Church in Charles Town, W.Va.
To put the church into historical perspective, it’s older than the United States, having been founded on Sept. 12, 1772, as The Church of Christ in Buckmarsh, four years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
"We’ve been blessed with very good leaders over the years," said Dr. William Ingram, who has been pastor of the 350-member congregation for the last 22 years. More than 30 pastors have preceded him.
Since 1884, Berryville Baptist has occupied a steepled red-brick building on Academy Street. Inside, a pair of spiral staircases lead to the second-story sanctuary.
According to church lore, the staircases were built with a tight curve so horses couldn’t be stabled in the sanctuary — an apparent problem during the Civil War.
"I don’t know if that’s true or not, but it makes for a good story," Ingram said.
Another colorful bit of church history he likes to share involves the sanctuary’s distinctive dark wooden beams and arches.
In the 1950s, a decorator suggested that the church paint the woodwork. The matter came up for a vote at a poorly attended church business meeting one snowy, icy evening. The motion passed, much to the chagrin of church members who received the distressing news afterward.
"The ice on the telephone lines didn’t stand a chance," Ingram said with a chuckle.
Needless to say, the beams and arches weren’t painted.
A church with a mission
Berryville Baptist is described by its pastor as a church with a "very moderate and tolerant approach. We have all sorts of opinions on a variety of issues, yet, somehow, we are able to come together to do what we need to do."
Since its founding, the church has been involved in mission efforts, and that continues to be an important focus today, Ingram said.
Once a month, a group from the church serves brunch at The Salvation Army in Winchester. Another group knits prayer shawls for shut-ins. And the youth group regularly takes mission trips to impoverished areas to minister to children, usually bringing the church’s well-known puppet troupe to assist.
"We want these children to experience God’s love through the youth themselves," Ingram said.
Faithful to their beliefs
When the church was organized in 1772, Baptists were persecuted in Virginia for their beliefs, so much of the early history wasn’t recorded.
But the church persevered.
Now, the congregation has hopes of building a new fellowship hall, renovating the old one, and restoring the 50-year-old pipe organ in the sanctuary — a repair job that a few years ago was estimated to cost $100,000, Ingram said.
For his sermon celebrating the church’s 235th anniversary, Ingram reminded his congregation that Berryville Baptist "has been through good times and bad," surviving the Revolutionary and Civil wars and other modern-day conflicts.
"We need to thank God for the blessings bestowed upon this church," he told the congregation. "We have been given a trust to serve this community and beyond."
Berryville Baptist Church is at 114 Academy St. To contact the church, call 540-955-1423 or visit .
— Contact Cynthia Cather Burton at
cburton@
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Heiress’ mission benefits cancer
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday 17 May 2007.)
By F. C. Lowe
The Winchester Star
Winchester --- A mother lost to cancer and family members who survived the illness were the motivation for forming Heiress Productions.
Area native Mary Willis White is cofounder of the not-for-profit theater production company, raising awareness and funds for cancer organizations.
Her parents, Glenne White (11 years, breast cancer) and C. Ridgely White V (six years, prostate cancer) of Winchester are survivors.
“Advanced technology and the capability of physicians saved my parents lives,” White said in a recent e-mail. “Both my parents are lucky, and both have long set examples for me of giving back in the community.”
She met her partner in the nonprofit endeavor --- Laura Faith, who lost her mother to cancer --- in a film class.
After working together on an assignment, the two realized they had the same passions --- to produce a show where they had some artistic control (which White describes as “every actor’s dream”) and to give something to cancer education and research.
Their mission came to fruition when “Lunch Hour” by Jean Kerr opened April 26 at the Lion Theatre in New York City.
Proceeds (50 percent of the net) from the show, which runs through Sunday, will benefit Gilda’s Club of New York, formed in honor of the comedian Gilda Radner, who died of cancer in 1989. (Radner was the original star of “Lunch Hour” in its first Broadway production.)
The club offers a place where men, women, and children living with cancer --- and their families and friends --- can join to build social and emotional support, according to .
In a May 4 review posted on , Michael Criscuolo said “Heiress Productions is off to a good start with their new revival of Jean Kerr’s 1980 domestic comedy, ‘Lunch Hour.’ This talented new fledgling company shows they’ve got what it takes to mount a polished looking production. Their choice of material may be a little pedestrian, in this case, but they’re still a bunch worth keeping an eye on.”
Getting started was a labor of love as the two women set off to find a play, theater space, and funds.
“To go the route alone and take the risk alone was daunting, to take the risk together would be either ‘misery loves company’ or ‘two heads are better than one,’” White said.
And it has proven to be an effective route for both of them.
“Saying the words ‘my mom died from cancer’ or ‘my 22-year-old sister is a cancer survivor’ seem small in comparison to the reality of living with cancer in my family,” Faith said. “Creating Heiress Productions is my reaction --- a way to use passions, to heal, and to have a positive influence on the battle against cancer.”
They will celebrate their first Heiress anniversary June 7, and this milestone will afford them the opportunity to apply for grants, White said.
Both women studied and performed in the theater before embarking on the production route.
Faith, a graduate of Gordon College with a degree in communications and theater, did theater work in the Boston area and taught acting at Bellvoir Terrace, a fine and performing arts camp.
White, a music education graduate of Shenandoah University with a horn performance certificate, performed at Wayside Theatre in Middletown and at Shenandoah University. After moving to New York eight years ago, she performed in the city and taught at the Manhattan School of Music. She teaches tap at Broadway Dance Center and Steps in addition to her work with Heiress. She also was a cast member in “Lunch Hour.”
The next Heiress show has not been chosen, but titles are under consideration for the fall as well as the 2008 season.
A Web site is under construction and should be online in the next few weeks.
And they don’t plan to slow down when the current show closes this weekend.
“Currently, we are working on an outreach program of theater classes and performances that we, as an organization, will offer to our nonprofit partners,” White said. “Essentially we will be going into the hospitals and residences of these partner organizations to bring some of the magic of theater to the children who are dealing with cancer [as patients or family members of patients].”
Contact Heiress Productions Inc., 255 W. 75th St., Suite 1F, at 917-441-1592 or e-mail Heiressproductions@. The Web site is under construction.
--- Contact F. C. Lowe at
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Heiress Productions stages ‘AFFLUENZA!’
to benefit Miracle House
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday 20 March 2008.)
By Star Staff Report
New York — Heiress Productions presents its New York premiere of James Sherman’s farce "AFFLUENZA!"
The organization was founded to raise cancer awareness and funds through entertaining and inspirational professional theater.
Proceeds from the play will benefit Miracle House, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to caregivers and patients coming to New York City for treatment.
The production will run through April 6 at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd St., bet. 9th & 10th Ave.) with Maura Farver directing.
Heiress Productions founders, Mary Willis White, formerly of Winchester, and Laura Faith, have inherited family pain, loss, and healing from cancer.
They created Heiress Productions to reach the public, using the company’s artistic gifts and passions to bring information and financial support to patients and their families through respected foundations.
It is a not-for-profit organization committed to raising cancer awareness and funds through entertaining and inspirational professional theater productions which reflect on the small moments that create art in daily life.
The play, a comedy of manners, is a modern-day Moliere, a witty story of the twists and turns of a multi-millionaire and the family members who hope to be his heir.
The Chicago Reader raved that "AFFLUENZA!" is "a clever and delightful piece of theatre."
Heiress’ first production, "Lunch Hour," benefited Gilda’s Club of New York City.
Miracle House, an organization founded in 1990 to provide temporary housing to caregivers coming to New York City to support people living with HIV/AIDS.
Through the years, its mission has grown to include anyone seeking critical medical treatment including cancer, clinical trials, reconstructive surgery, and more.
Proceeds from the production will be donated to the non-profit organization.
Tickets for $20 are available at or at 212-279-4200.
— Contact Star Staff Report at
news@
A milestone for McKay
Clarke County dairyman starting
20th year on Planning Commission
(From The Winchester Star dated Saturday 6 Jan 2007)
By Robert Igge
The Winchester Star
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MILLWOOD --- As chairman of the Clarke County Planning Commission, Beverly McKay is an integral part of the front line of the county’s defense against overdevelopment --- and he says solid planning and more state aid will help keep it at bay.
McKay is beginning his 20th year on the commission and can look back on a tenure that has seen Clarke County struggle with the question of how to balance revenue enhancement and job creation with preventing overdevelopment.
McKay, appointed to the commission on Jan. 20, 1987, to succeed Vergil Bates, said some of the best tools available to the panel include the county’s comprehensive plan and Berryville’s master plan.
“The Berryville master plan is something that needed to be done and that we did,” he said. “It led to better changes than we would have seen without it. It has helped keep our county rural by focusing growth in Berryville and Boyce where there are water and sewage resources.
“We need to follow our county’s comprehensive plan. In that plan, we see our county’s future, which makes it even more important that we follow it and update it as we need to.”
As the operator of the Hazelwood Farms dairy operation, McKay has a close perspective on the need for open-space preservation.
“This county has a viable and versatile agriculture industry that is definitely worth protecting,” he said. “People often don’t know how much we have to offer.”
One roadblock counties have in their sprawl prevention efforts is what McKay sees as a lack of state support.
“Preventing sprawl has been very difficult for all counties,” he said. “The state only allows county governments a few opportunities for revenue. We need to see more alternatives for tax revenue.”
McKay particularly wants to see relief from property taxes, which he considers oppressive, especially for long-time residents.
“You have a lot of people who have been living here all of their lives who see their $50,000 homes valued at $450,000 or more and their paying taxes on a house that’s valued higher than they ever dreamed it would be worth,” he said. “There have to be some other avenues we can be allowed to pursue.”
McKay, a graduate of Virginia Tech, said he has no timetable for his continued participation in the Planning Commission.
“I’ve always had strong feelings for Clarke County and appreciated how it was cared for by my predecessors. This is a county worth protecting and keeping as beautiful as it has always been. I hope in my time I was successful in that.”
--- Contact Robert Igoe at
rigoe@
Cute little pumpkin
(From The Winchester Star dated Wednesday 10 October 2007.)
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Fourteen-month-old Emileigh McKay displays a big grin as she finds a pumpkin just her size on Tuesday at the Marker-Miller Orchards Farm Market on Cedar Creek Grade near Winchester. Emileigh is the daughter of Heather and Jeff McKay and the maternal granddaughter of Marker-Miller owners Carolyn and John Marker. (Ginger Perry)
OBITUARIES
Henrietta Collett Miller
(From The Wilmington News Journal
dated Wednesday 3 Jan 2007)
Henrietta Collett Miller, 94, formerly of Wilmington, died Friday (Dec. 29, 2006) at Foulkeways retirement community, Gwynedd, Pa., of congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene J. Miller, who died in 1985. They were married in 1933.
Mrs. Miller was born on Easter Sunday, April 7, 1912, in Lebanon, daughter of Howard and Mary Collett of Wilmington. She grew up in Wilmington and graduated in 1929 from Wilmington High School. She attended Wilmington College and graduated in 1933 from Denison University, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She and her husband spent the first three years of their marriage in Hillsboro before they moved to Loudonville in 1936 to publish The Loudonville Times. She wrote a column for the newspaper, "Afterthoughts," chronicling activities of local residents and her family. In 1950, it was named the best original column in an Ohio weekly newspaper by the Ohio Newspaper Association. In her later years in Loudonville, she taught in an elementary school in nearby Lakeville. She and her husband sold the Times in 1952, and they moved to Upper Arlington in 1954, where she continued her teaching career and became an elementary school librarian. She had earned a library science degree at The Ohio State University after moving to Upper Arlington. She and her husband were avid naturalists and in 1965, they purchased a 100-acre farm near Bainbridge as a weekend retreat. The property was notable for unique geology and diversity of wildflowers in its location in Rocky Fork Gorge, and now is an Ohio state nature preserve, the Eugene and Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary. After her husband died, she lived in Upper Arlington for eight more years before she moved to Gwynedd, Pa., to be near her son and daughter-in-law, James and Abigail.
She is survived by three sons, James (Abigail) of Gwynedd, Pa., William of Arlington, Va., and Robert (Diana) of Sheridan, Wyo.; a granddaughter; a grandson; three stepgrandsons; a great-grandson; two stepgreat-grandchildren; three nephews; two nieces; and a brother-in-law, Thurman, formerly of Wilmington and now of Crystal Lake, Ill.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Wallace, who died in May 2006.
A memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at Jonah's Run Baptist Church, with burial in the Miami Cemetery, Waynesville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, with a note specifying the Miller Sanctuary Gift Rotary, in care of Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Attn.: Natural Areas and Preserves, 2045 Morse Road, Building F-1, Columbus, 43229
Mary Jean Keiter
(From The Wilmington News Journal
dated Monday 14 Feb 2005.)
Mary Jean Keiter, 77, of 1235 Stone Road, Wilmington, went to be with the Lord 7:18 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 10, 2005) at Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. Her husband, Edward Keiter, survives. They were married June 14, 1953.
Mrs. Keiter was born April 7, 1927, in Wilmington, a daughter of the late Dr. James C. Johnson and Beatrice Wilson Johnson. She was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Mrs.
Keiter was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, the Ladies Oriental Shrine, the Brush and Pen Club, and the Phoebe Group. She formerly was a member of the Wilmington Public Library Board. Mrs. Keiter graduated from Wilmington High School, Denison University, and The Ohio State University where she was a member of the first graduating class of dental hygienists.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Keiter is survived by three sons, Michael (Shelley) Keiter of Wilmington, James (Cheri) Keiter of Wilmington, and Stephen (Karan) Keiter of Wilmington; 10 grandchildren, Scott Hayden, Sara Hayden, Joseph Keiter, Matthew Keiter, Ethan Keiter, Allison Keiter, Ashleigh Keiter, Joel Keiter, Josiah Keiter and Anna Keiter; a brother-in-law, George (Jennie) Keiter; and a sister-in-law, Dr. Maxine Hamilton.
The funeral service will be conducted 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St. in Wilmington, the Rev. Donald K. Mertz officiating, with interment in the McKay Family Cemetery on New Burlington Road. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association of Ohio, 11113 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-1817, or the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 120 Columbus St., Wilmington 45177. Arrangements are under the direction of the REYNOLDS-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 327 N. South St. in Wilmington. For more information or to sign the funeral home's online registry of condolences, visit .
Jordan W. Haines
(From The Wilmington News Journal
dated Monday 27 Nov 2006.)
Jordan W. Haines, 86, of Wilmington, died Saturday morning (Nov. 25, 2006) in Kettering Medical Center, Kettering. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Dehan, who died June 1, 1997. They were married March 15, 1942, in Wilmington. He is survived by his second wife, Dorothy McFarland Sheeter Haines. They were married Oct. 15, 2000, in Centerville.
Mr. Haines was born April 3, 1920, on the family farm in the Wilmington area, son of the late Russell Sage and Mildred Jordan Haines. He retired from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base after 30 years of service in the aeronautical/engineering field. For many years he operated the Haines Coal Company with his first wife. He was a lifetime member of the Wilmington American Legion Post 49. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during World War II. He lived on and farmed the family farm and was an avid pilot and boatsman.
In addition to his second wife, he is survived by a son, William Haines of Dayton; two daughters, Nancy (Dennis) Conner of Clarksville and Mary Ann (Jeff) Foland of Clarksville; four grandchildren, Todd (Suzanne) Conner, Jodi (Harvey) Persson, John (Michelle) Conner and Sara Foland; 13 great-grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Nancy (Gary) Sheely of Lima and Patricia Sheeter of Dayton; a stepson, Mike (Penny) Sheeter of Jackson; four stepgrandchildren; and his caretaker, Marcella Ross of Wilmington.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at FISHER-EDGINGTON FUNERAL HOME, 97 W. Locust St. at North Mulberry Street, Wilmington, with burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Clinton Memorial Hospital Foundation, 610 W. Main St., Wilmington, 45177. For more information and to access the funeral home's online register book, visit .
Jessica Catherine Randall
(Paid obituary appeared in Northern Virginia Daily)
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Jessica Catherine Randall, 17, of Marshall, VA, formerly of Front Royal, VA, died Saturday, June 9, 2007 in her home, surrounded by her family and loved ones.
Jessica was born June 6, 1990 in Fairfax, VA to Mark and Heide Randall. She attended E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School in Front Royal, VA; Marshall Middle School in Marshall, VA; and was most recently enrolled in the eleventh grade at Fauquier High School.
Jessica enjoyed photography, art, literature, and web design.
Jessica was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Helmuth T. Scherer, and her paternal grandfather, Lindburg V. “Randy” Randall. Jessica is survived by her parents, Mark and Heide Randall, and her brother Jake; her maternal grandmother, Irmgard Scherer and maternal step-grandfather Emmett Holman, of Fairfax, VA; her paternal grandmother, Minnie Catherine Randall, of Front Royal, VA; 7 uncles; 7 aunts; and 13 cousins. Jessica also leaves behind her very special friend, Joel Bothun.
Visitation will be on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, VA, beginning at 9:30AM. A graveside memorial service will follow at 11AM at the Orlean Cemetery on John Barton Payne Rd. in Orlean, VA. The family would like to invite family and friends to their home afterwards to continue the celebration of Jessica’s life.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Brain Tumor Association: Jessica Catherine Randall Memorial Fund (2720 River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018; ); or to the Jessica Catherine Randall Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Marshall National Bank & Trust, PO Box 38, Marshall, VA 20116.
Richard West Hopper
(Obituary sent to me by Patsy Hopper
from Harrell Funeral Home)
Richard West Hopper passed away January 2, 2007.
He was born in Manitou, Oklahoma, March 21, 1926. He joined the navy in 1944 and served in the Pacific on the USS Wichita during WWII. His ship was one of the first to enter Nagasaki, Japan at the end of the war. When the Korean War started he re-entered the Army and he was selected to join the CIC later known as Army Intelligence. He retired with twenty-four years and served his country proudly with honor and respect. After military retirement he became the manager of the Chamber of Commerce in San Benito, TX and later moved to Austin to work in real estate and with the IRS. After retirement he became interested in genealogy and has done extensive research into his family background. Recently he participated in the National Geographic DNA research from which he was excited to trace his line back 60, 000 years.
Richard leaves behind his wife of 62 years, Patsy; four children , daughter, Terry Shockley of Austin, sons, Richard D. Hopper of Marion, NC, Ronald Hopper of Fort Mill, SC and Mark Hopper of Vancouver, B.C.; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
He will be missed and is dearly loved by his family and friends.
The family will receive friends from 3:00 – 6:00 P.M. Friday, January 5, 2007 at Harrell Funeral Home, Austin . Interment will be in the Veteran’s Cemetery near Ft. Hood, TX.
Guest book and obituary available online at
4435 Frontier Trail
Austin, TX 78745
512-443-1366
R. Michael Fritts
(Obituary appeared in The Warren Sentinel
during the week of 22 - 28 July 2007.)
R. Michael Fritts, 56, of Front Royal, died Monday, July 23, 2007, in Winchester Medical Center.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 27, at 11 a.m. at Maddox Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Thursday, July 26, from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Fritts was born Dec. 4, 1950, in Front Royal, the son of Richard Fritts and Margie Robinson Beulke, both of Front Royal. He was a retired in-house collections manager for Valley Health Systems in Winchester; a graduate of Warren County High School Class of 1970; a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 2382, where he served several terms as Exalted Ruler; a charter member of the Stephens City Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 2483 and the Sons of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1860; a member of the Sons of the American Legion Post 53; and a member of the Rockland Community Church.
Surviving with his parents are his wife, Wanda Hawkins Fritts; two daughters, Melissa Sackett of Front Royal and Lorene Sealock of Front Royal and her husband Dale; a brother, Dale Fritts and his wife Joyce of Berryville; a half-sister, Gloria Knott and her husband Doug of Martinsburg, W.Va.; and four grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Kinsey, Larry Thompson, Bill Harrell, Junior Chadwell, Myron King, Dave Bowers and members of BPOE 2382.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to BPOE 2382 for the Elks National Foundation c/o Ellen Cardinali, Treas., P.O. Box 1542, Front Royal, VA 22630.
Mary J. Furr, Housekeeper
(Appeared in The Washington Post dated
Friday 27 July 2007. One correction made here.)
Mary Jenkins Furr, 72, a housekeeper in the Washington area for more than 20 years, died July 23 at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park.
She had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Mrs. Furr was born in Winchester, Va., and settled in the Washington area by the late 1950s.
After retiring in the early 1980s, she moved into Holly Hall apartments in Silver Spring and was active in its senior citizens' programs.
Her marriage to Turner Furr ended in divorce.
Three children died, Donald Furr in 1969, and Nancy Furr in 2005 and Mary Hungerford in 2006.
Survivors include five children, Shirley Wetzel of Frederick, James T. Furr of Pedricktown, N.J., David Furr of Bunker Hill, W.Va., Deborah McCall of Saltville, Va., and John Furr of Dickson, Tenn.; four brothers; three sisters; 19 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. (She was also survived by one great-great-grandchild. She was your editor’s Aunt. MLM)
Agnes C. Yarian
(Obituary appeared in The Winchester Star
dated Wednesday 1 August 2007.)
Agnes Cleland Yarian, 89, of Stephens City, formerly of Silver Spring, Md., died Sunday, July 29, 2007.
She was married to Franklin Yarian.
Surviving are four children, Darlene Lantz, Janet Morrow, Dianne DeOms, and Gregg Yarian; a sister, Joan Stratton; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Kernstown United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be made to Kernstown United Methodist Church, 3239 Valley Pike, Winchester 22602.
Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home, Silver Spring, is handling arrangements.
John F. Becker Jr.
(Obituary appeared in The Wilmington News Journal
dated Monday 6 August 2007.)
John F. Becker Jr., 65, of Fairborn, died Friday (Aug. 3, 2007) at Mercy Medical Center, Springfield. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Faye Arnett. They were married for 20 years.
Mr. Becker was born June 10, 1942, in Dayton, son of the late John and Dorothy Botts Becker. He was a volunteer fireman with Washington and Chester townships. He was a member of the F&AM in Dayton. He was an elder of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, John F. (Kathy) Becker III of Wilmington, Kevin (Lora) Becker of New Carlisle and Michael (Angie) Rogers of Tipp City; five daughters, Kristen (Dean) Billingsley St. John of Wilmington, Jennifer (Paul) Dunn of Shepherd, Mont., Kimberly (Delwyn) Price of Midvale, Utah, Mary Rogers of Springfield and Susan Becker of Fairborn; 23 grandchildren; a great grandchild; a brother, Frederick (Janet) Becker of Beavercreek; a sister, Joyce Becker of Centerville; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Howard Becker.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the TROSTEL, CHAPMAN, DUNBAR & FRALEY FUNERAL HOME, New Carlisle, with burial in the Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to any National City Bank. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the funeral home's Web site at .
Robert M. “Bob” Sager USAF, Ret.
(Paid obituary appeared in The Winchester Star
dated Tuesday 14 Aug 2007.)
Robert Melvin “Bob” Sager, 72, of Stephens City, Virginia, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 12, 2007, following a lengthy battle with Lymphoma.
Mr. Sager was born in 1935 in Winchester, Virginia, the son of the late Melvin L. “Pete” and Anna Sager. Mr. Sager was a Deputy Sheriff with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Department for twenty-five years. He served on the Frederick County Board of Supervisors from 1992-2004. Mr. Sager was a former Middletown Administrator, police officer, and retired from the Virginia Department of Corrections in White Post, as a guard. He attended Texas Lutheran College, San Antonio College, Southern Methodist University and the University of Maryland. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and Air Force achieving the rank of Master Sgt. And served in Africa, Turkey, Germany, Greece, Viet Nam, Korea, and Southeast Asia. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1973 after twenty-two years of service.
He married Deanna Lee Oates on May 29, 1981, in Winchester, Virginia.
Surviving with his wife of twenty-six years are his children, Greg Sager, his wife, Ivy and children, Anna, Shea and Todd of Mechanicsville, Virginia; Stephanie Ryder and her husband, Kenneth, children, Christine and Chris of Stephens City, Virginia; Sarah Watkins and her husband, James, children, Ian, Rachael, Maribeth and Corrine of Stephens City, Virginia; James Michael Sager and Fiancée, Cindy Cohen of Winchester, Virginia; Kylie Anne Sager of Stephens City, Virginia, and Seth Sager of Stephens City, Virginia, Brenda Long and Deborah O’Hara of Winchester, Virginia; and his sister, Betty Knee and her husband, Ross, of Winchester, Virginia.
One grandson, Benjamin Ryder, and a brother, James Franklin Sager preceded him in death.
Bob was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and loved people and being a part of Frederick County. He served them all well.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Thursday, at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel, with Evangelist Chris Straley and Evangelist Charles Doughty officiating. Interment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park with Military Honors accorded by VFW Post #2123.
Pallbearers will be Sheriff Robert Williamson, Captain Louis VanMeter, Ian Watkins, Christopher Ryder, Tom Scully and Ron Bowers.
The family will receive friends at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Wednesday evening from 5-8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert M. Sager Memorial Trust Fund, P.O. Box 643, Stephens City, Virginia 22655.
Ex-Frederick Supervisor Sager dies
By Ed Farrell
(The Winchester Star (Tuesday 14 August 2007))
Stephens City — In the final meeting of his 12-year career on the Frederick County Board of Supervisors, Robert M. Sager offered an apology.
"I just wanted to make our community a better place to live," read an account the next day in The Winchester Star.
"For those who say I offended them, I offer my apologies. For those who say I did not represent them, I offer my apologies."
Sager, 72, died on Sunday in the Winchester Medical Center. He was a retired Air Force veteran with 22 years of service and served as a Frederick County deputy sheriff for 25 years. He was also a retired guard with the Virginia Department of Corrections, a former police officer, and an administrator in Middletown.
His friends emphasized on Monday that Sager never had a need to apologize about his long career in public service.
"Bob was just a top-flight citizen," said James L. Longerbeam, who served two terms alongside Sager on the board.
A Republican, Longerbeam said he never had any problems working with Sager, a staunch Democrat who was defeated in a bid for a fourth Opequon District term, in which he ran as an independent.
"We never let [political differences] get in the way of making the right decision," Longerbeam said. "Bob was one of the nice guys."
Margaret B. Douglas, who stepped down from office on the same night as Sager, said her longtime friend was "just exceptionally dedicated. Bob was such a loyal person, so likeable and so friendly. He would always go the second mile."
Many spoke of Sager’s love for his family — his wife Deanna, the couple’s six children, and three adopted children.
"I’ve known Bob for 60 years," said Richard G. Dick, a former chairman of the Board of Supervisors. "Bob was very dedicated, very sincere and very conscientious. He served the citizens of Frederick County very well, and our condolences go out to Deanna and his family."
Bill M. Ewing, the current Opequon supervisor and the man who defeated Sager in his bid for a fourth term, remembered his former opponent as "a good friend."
"Yes, we ran against each other, but we were still good friends," he said. "We just had different thoughts on government issues.
"But Bob not only served Frederick County, but he worked hard serving the county’s children as well," said Ewing, a Republican.
Cynthia Rawlinson, a former chairman of CLEAN Inc., served on that agency’s board of directors at the same time Sager was its treasurer. (Community and Law Enforcement Against Narcotics Inc. was founded in 1986 to provide leadership through education, advocacy, and networking for a safe, healthy, drug-free community.)
"I can tell you Bob was a very friendly gentleman," she said. "He was very family-oriented and was definitely dedicated to impacting the lives of teens.
"Bob was driven to help address youth with at-risk behaviors, and that’s why he did such a fine job with CLEAN. I was sorry to see him leave the board," Rawlinson said.
Sager also worked with the Shelter for Abused Women in Winchester and the Winchester-Frederick County Child Abuse council.
Frederick County Administrator John R. Riley Jr. recalled Sager as "a very effective supervisor" and "a very compassionate person."
His dedication, particularly to social services — "those services to constituents who sometimes fell through the cracks" — was remarkable, Riley said.
"Like every elected official I’ve worked with, Bob’s ultimate goal was to please everyone," he said, "which is always an admirable task. But there are always those tough decisions. Bob put his heart and soul into that effort."
Lynda J. Tyler, who served one term with Sager as the Stonewall District representative, called Sager "an epitome of constituent service — he understood what it meant to those whom he served. He held the public trust."
Tyler said Sager’s constituents knew "they could count on him to make the hard decisions. He was an incredible public servant."
Even more, however, Tyler praised Sager as "just a great human being. [He] was just incredible. His public service and helping the human race was what Bob was best at. I loved Bob, I loved his service, and I loved his family. I’m going to miss him, just knowing Bob not on this earth anymore."
Omps Funeral Home Amherst Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
— Contact Ed Farrell at efarrell@
Mr. Dudley Pendleton Powers
1915 – 2008
(From The Northern Virginia Daily dated Friday 11 Jan 2008.)
Dudley Pendleton Powers, 92, of the Rockland area of Warren County, passed on to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.
A funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Rockland Community Church conducted by Pastor Christof Weber and Rev. Joseph Swack. Interment will follow in the Rockland Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by VFW Post 2123 from Winchester, VA. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall of the Rockland Community Church.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 12, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal.
Mr. Powers was born August 31, 1915 in Rockland to Harry Pendleton Powers and Velma Sowers Powers. He attended Rockland School and Warren County High School until the Depression when he quit school by necessity to work on the family farm. During the 1930's he worked at Buncutter Tire in Winchester. In January 1942, Dudley enlisted into the Army Air Corps. He served in the 98th Bomb Group, 345th Bomb Squad, Transportation Division as Staff Sergeant. He was stationed in Palestine, Egypt, Libya, North Africa, and Italy. After returning home, he opened Powers-White Service Station from 1946-1955 at the corner of Royal Avenue and 6th Street, where the present day Sunoco is located. During this time, he started farming in his spare time. In 1955, he sold the station and continued farming for the rest of his life, making hay as recently as this past summer at the age of 91. In his retirement years, farming was more like a hobby for him, something he enjoyed dabbling with rather than to work at. He was happiest when he was on his tractor. The hobbies he really enjoyed were tending to his vegetable garden and exercising at Dominion Fitness 2 to 4 times a week, where he continued to workout as recently as September, when he suffered his first mini-stroke.
Anyone who knew Dudley knew of his mild manneredº, kind disposition. His positive attitude and young-at-heart ways made for a magical, jolly personality, which collected for him many friends of all ages. He was a joy to be around.
The family would like to give a special praise to the following people who made a difference in Dudley's life by attending to his special needs in these last few months. These people went above and beyond: Caregiver Steve Foster, Scarlet Posey, his niece Mary Powers-Ryan, Doctors Tom Patteson and John Quinn and the employees of the Lynn Care Center.
Mr. Powers was of the Methodist faith, a lifetime member of the Rockland Community Church.
He was married to Dorothy Ann Estes who passed away July 6, 1990.
He is survived by two daughters, Betty I. Powers and Dorothy Marie Corwin, both of Front Royal; two children from his wife's first marriage, Emily Jean Brown and Charlie Graham and their families from Missouri; one grandson, David Powers Corwin; nieces Mary Powers-Ryan, Sharon Tiahrt and Janet Werner; nephews, Bill Powers, Maynard Tiahrt and his feline buddy "Puddin."
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, G.W. Billy Powers and Marvin Powers and a sister, Julia Powers Tiahrt.
Pallbearers will be Bill Powers, Thomas Megeath, Maynard Tiahrt, Steve Foster, Bob Werner, and French Tolliver.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Tom Patteson, Giles Partlowe, Jason Keefer, Rick Sowers, and Jeff Lehew.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Rockland Community Church, 2921 Rockland Road, Front Royal, VA. 22630 or Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork St. Suite 405, Winchester, VA. 22601.
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Wilmer L. Landers
(From The Winchester Star dated Wednesday 16 January 2008.)
Wilmer Leonidas “Bill” Landers, 78, formerly of Winchester, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2008, in Riverside Regional Hospital, Newport News.
Mr. Landers was born July 19,1929, in Lithia, the son of Thomas Bowyer and Madge Shark Landers Wilson. He retired in 1990 as a telegrapher from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now CSX-Chessie System, after 45 years. He was a graduate of Miller School in Charlottesville.
He married Mabel McKay in 1953.
Surviving with his wife are three daughters, Anna Knighting Marquez of Bunker Hill, W.Va., Donna Dellinger of New Bern, N.C., and Sharon Landers of Yorktown; a sister, Donna Daarud of Clackamas, Ore.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Judy Landers-Dyke Bryson, and a brother, Thomas Landers, are deceased.
A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Shenandoah Memorial Park Chapel with Deacon Jimmy Evans officiating.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Helen Virginia Ricks
A Memorial Service for Helen Virginia Ricks of Elsberry, MO will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 4, 2008 at the Elsberry First Christian Church in Elsberry. Rev. Tom Schofield, church pastor, will officiate with inurnment in Elsberry City Cemetery.
Mrs. Ricks, 91, passed away Thursday evening, January 31, 2008 at the Elsberry Health Care Center in Elsberry. Born January 22, 1917 in Elsberry, she was the daughter of Paul Hunter and Nelle Millard Gibson. She was a 1934 graduate of Elsberry High School and attended one year at Chillicothe Business College. She later attended Eureka College in Eureka, IL. Helen was employed for several years at Caterpillar Corp. in Peoria, IL. During World War II, she worked for the Civil Service in Washington, D.C. She was united in marriage on November 28, 1948 in Washington, D.C. to Nathan Albert Ricks. This union was blessed with two children: James and Randy. She was an accomplished pianist and had a great love for music that never waned. She was a former member of the Elsberry First Christian Church, and was a member of the Florissant Valley Christian Church in Florissant, MO where she loved singing in the choir. She was a former member of Chapter AI of the P.E.O. Sisterhood in Elsberry.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nelle Gibson; three brothers: Lawrence Gibson, Ralph Gibson and Glover Gregory Gibson who died in infancy; and her beloved husband of 48 years, Nathan Ricks, who died January 12, 1997.
Survivors include two sons: James Ricks of Elsberry, and Randy Ricks and his wife, Laurie, of Lakewood, CO; and one grandson, Walker Ricks. She also leaves one sister-in-law, Kathryn Ricks of Elsberry; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service Monday at the Elsberry First Christian Church in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to Elsberry First Christian Church in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343. Online condolences may be made at .
Ellen J. Janney
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday 27 Mar 2008.)
Ellen Huyett Janney, 88, of Edinburg, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Augusta Nursing and Rehab Center in Fishersville.
Mrs. Janey was born Oct. 31, 1919, in Clear Brook, the daughter of William S. and Hattie Clevenger Huyett. She retired from First Virginia Bank in 1975.
She was 1937 graduate of Handley High School and a member of the Hopewell Meeting House in Clear Brook.
She was married to Crawford Monroe Janney.
Surviving are three daughters, Ann Janney of Stuarts Draft, Jane Janney of Los Angeles, and Susan Janney of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hopewell Meeting House.
The family will receive friends following the service at the meeting house.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell Centre Meeting, P.O. Box 165, Winchester 22604.
Dellinger Funeral Home, Woodstock, is handling arrangements.
Lucille Harriet Fritts Woodford
(From The Northern Virginia Daily
dated Monday 31 Mar 2008.)
Lucille Harriet Fritts Woodford, 99, of Front Royal, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Warren Memorial Hospital.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Joseph Swack and Rev. Christof Weber. Inurnment in Rockland Cemetery will be private.
Mrs. Woodford was born April 2, 1908 at Springdale Farm, Rockland, daughter of Bushrod Thomas and Sarah Gore Fritts. She graduated from Harrisonburg State Teachers College and taught 43 years in Warren County Elementary Schools. She was a member of Warren County Retired Teachers Association, AARP and the Rockland Community Church.
Surviving are two nephews Tommy Fritts and George Fritts of Front Royal; one niece Rebecca Jones of Charlotte, NC; and eight great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother Thomas Fritts; and two nieces Sarah Tate and Elaine Skyles.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Rockland Community Church, c/o George Chapman, 473 Bowling View Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630 or to Warren County Retired Teachers Association, c/o Carolyn Kissinger, 134 Gloucester Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630.
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Elizabeth Burch Burwell
(Paid obituary from The Winchester Star
Dated Tuesday 22 May 2007.)
Elizabeth Burch Burwell, 92, of Richmond, died on May 20, 2007. She was the widow of William Sneed Conrad Burwell, formerly of Upperville, VA and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julian Glenn Burch of Boyce, VA. She is survived by her two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Burwell of Hanover, VA and Lucy Burwell Meade and her husband, Edwin Baylies Meade, Jr. of Richmond; two grandchildren, Lucy Burwell Meade of Richmond and Mary Briggs Meade Evans and her husband, Coley Lee Evans III of Atlanta, and two great-grandchildren. Throughout her life she was an active member of the Episcopal church, most recently, St. Thomas in Richmond.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, VA. The burial will be private in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 530 E. Main St., Suite 20, Richmond, VA 23219; St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 3602 Hawthorne Ave., Richmond, VA 23227; or Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 127, Upperville, VA 20185. Arrangements by Royston Funeral Home, Middleburg, VA 20117.
Richard Maurice Dawes
(From The Daily Advertiser dated 25 March 2007.)
NEW ORLEANS - Richard Maurice Dawes, born March 29th, 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana, has entered into his eternal rest on Sunday, March 18th, 2007 after 77 years of sharing his light. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Laurie Oppenheim Dawes, and his first wife of their 6 children, Katherine Roy Dawes. He has blessed the world with many beautiful children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They are: Kay Dawes Mattei, husband Brad Mattei and grandson Seth; Rick McKay Dawes, wife Judy, and grandchildren Jessica, Cade, Jamie and Janay; great-grandchildren Parker McKay Dawes and Ansley Courville. Marie Dawes Jarrell, husband Ricky and grandchildren, Holly and Melissa; Roy Adrian Dawes, and grandchildren, Margo, Eli and their mother Diane Inguez, and Madeline; David Stephen Dawes, wife Terri and grandchildren Dana and Zachary, Anne Dawes Henderson, husband Stuart and grandchild Rachelle Henderson; and Mani Dawes and her husband Sean Josephs and Sarah Dawes. He is also survived by his sister-in-law Deborah Oppenheim, husband Rick Fifield and step-mother-in-law Audrey Oppenheim, and preceded in death by his parents, Addie and Richard Dawes and by Laurie and Deborah's parents, Bernard and Adele Oppenheim. He also is survived by his five siblings, sister Dorothy Dawes, Mary Dawes Chawla and husband Jack, William Dawes, James R. Dawes and wife Sandy Dawes with all of their children and grandchildren.
Richard (Dick as we all call him) had a remarkable career in the field of medicine for 42 years. He graduated from LSU Medical School in 1951 at 22 years old and had a rotating internship at the United States Public Health Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana (where he also completed his military service). He attended a residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana and an internship at the Leprosarium at Carville, Louisiana. He was a general practice Doctor in Thibodeaux, Gramercy and Lutcher, Louisiana. He also functioned as an assistant anesthesiologist for the River Parishes during his general practice years until 1963. He delivered over 1000 babies. In 1967, he completed a residency in Psychiatry at LSU medical school. He had a private practice in psychiatry and practiced at DePaul Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana (1967-1989), as well as volunteering at several mental health centers in South Louisiana. He also assisted in treated patients with ECT revolutionizing the use of anesthesia to assist in the kind and effective treatment for severe depression. In 1987-1989 he was medical director of River Region psychiatric hospital in Vacherie, Louisiana and in 1989 he co-directed a treatment program for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Monroe, Louisiana at St. Francis Medical Center. In 1990 he practiced psychiatry at Acadian Oaks Hospital and Cypress Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana as well as his private practice. In 1991-he was medical director of Teche Recovery Center in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Also in 1991 he began working at the state hospital in Jackson, Louisiana until his retirement because of illness in May of 1993. Dick was loved and respected by his staff and patients and had a unique ability to not only practice good psychotherapy, but understand medication management. He was a very spiritual and inspirational person, always searching for answers and filled with so much love and compassion. He was a prolific reader, loved music and the arts, and attended countless numbers of seminars and workshops to fulfill his love and quest of knowledge and learning; he loved the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints. Dick was very devoted to his children, family and friends and loved, admired and adored them. There will be a private memorial party at a later date and time. The family would like to thank the compassionate devotion of St. Joseph's Hospice. Please send any donations to the charity of your choices. Services entrusted to:
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Jerry Russell Brown
Wallace Shipp received word on the death of Jerry Russell Brown, 76, born 10 Jun 1931 and died 20 Aug 2007 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was the husband of Mary Ann McKay Brown. The cause of death was heart failure and pneumonia. Arrangements were handled by the Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater, MD. He was buried in Lakemont Cemetery, Davidsonville, MD.
I do not have an obituary of him at this time. If someone can provide one for the Newsletter and website I’d appreciate it.
Charles E. Affleck Jr.
(From The Winchester Star dated Tuesday 22 June 2008.)
Charles Eston Affleck Jr., 85, of Foxfield Road, Waxhaw, N.C., died Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Carrington Place.
Mr. Affleck was born April 9, 1923, in Berryville, the son of Charles E. and Ella Clevenger Affleck. He was a security guard for Winchester Medical Center.
He was a private first class in the Army in France and Belgium during World War II.
His wife, Mary B. Affleck, is deceased.
Surviving are two daughters, Carol Ann Affleck of Charlotte, N.C., and Sandra K. Whitecar of Alexandria; a sister, Ada Conrad of Leesburg; a brother, Lewis Affleck of Winchester; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Two brothers, Cecil Affleck and Grantham Affleck, are deceased.
A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Saturday in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, with the Rev. George H. Fletcher officiating. A reception will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lee-Jackson restaurant in Winchester.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Jones Funeral Home, Winchester, is handling arrangements.
OUT OF THE PAST
Red Gate featured on Clarke County
Garden Week tour
(From The Winchester Star dated Thursday 17 Apr 2008.)
By Nancy Talley
Special to The Winchester Star
Clarke County — Red Gate brings both art and history to the Clarke County tour that is a part of Historic Garden Week in Virginia 2008.
This example of Federal style typical of the first half of the 19th-century in what was then eastern Frederick County is the oldest house on the local tour. The present owner, Edward T. Wilson, has filled the rooms with a collection of fine paintings.
Featured in The Washington Post’s Sunday Source section recently, the tour is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 26 and 1 to 5 p.m. April 27. In addition to Red Gate, the tour includes Huntingdon and Foxcote along with Long Branch, where tea will be served 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
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Red Gate 914 Red Gate Road
Red Gate’s high site, at 914 Red Gate Road, allows a gentle slope of the Blue Ridge to serve as background for the house, built in stages beginning with a land purchase from the Carter/Fairfax tract by Joseph Fauntleroy as early as 1788. Entrance hall, living room, library, and dining room retain original pine floors, recently restored.
The property was called Greenville by the Fauntleroys. In 1811 Fauntleroy’s eldest son, Joseph, was married in the living room. His son, Joseph Jr., freed Greenville’s slaves in 1827, and moved to New Harmony, Ind. to join Robert Owen’s experiment in communal living.
A wry comment on the Indiana landscape, and on "slavery’s wrongs," was made by Joseph Jr.’s son Henry, five in 1827, when he published a poem "Greenville on the Shenandoah" around the time of the Chicago World’s Fair (he became the Fair’s poet laureate). Henry Fauntleroy wrote not only of lifelong nostalgia for his breathtakingly beautiful birthplace, but also of his affection for those who had to be left behind.
Changes were made on the property after 1833 by George L. Kerfoot, whose father had purchased the house and 583 acres from Fauntleroy, and by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, who bought Greenville — by then called Red Gate — in 1933. Virginia Senator John Warner acquired the property in 1965, and later, with his wife Elizabeth Taylor, purchased a tract adding frontage on the Shenandoah that is part of the view.
The present owner’s father bought Red Gate from the Warners in 1973. Edward Wilson’s paintings by Charles Emile von Marke (two large works depicting the cattle that made von Marke famous), Fritz Thaulow (an 1890 impressionist work), Alden Weir (a small portrait of Amerigo Vespucci the cartographer), join representative examples of Moinier, Hertog, Edwin Blashfield, Watts and others familiar to aficionados.
Period woodwork doors, hardware, and noble furniture create a fine setting for them. In an especially nice touch, two 17th century English armchairs covered in needlework are placed beneath portraits of the owner’s paternal grandparents by George Harcourt, a president of the Royal Academy.
The Jenkinses created gardens to complement the house and view. Extant drawings by noted landscape architect Ellen Shipman of New York were commissioned in 1936. In 1937, boxwood was ordered from a Richmond nursery, presumably for the lower terrace. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have retained the design of an English boxwood parterre in the upper terrace that has succumbed to disease, its visible footprint a shady lawn area, while reclaiming American boxwood by careful pruning.
In the middle distance, stands a stone building that may have been the original builders’ dwelling. Barely seen nearby, a tennis court is sized to keep the outline of a fallen barn used by the Jenkinses for their prize-winning cattle. An early French millstone, identical to one at the Burwell-Morgan Mill in Millwood but probably used on the property, bespeaks a thriving ante-bellum plantation culture as well.
Tickets are $25, single house admission $15, ages 6-12, full ticket $15, single house $10; ages 5 and under, free. Tickets may be purchased on tour day at any house on the tour. Advance tickets may be purchased at and the shop at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Kimberly’s, and Classic Touch.
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Recommended books
Within the past year I’ve added to my collection of family related books that I thought I’d mention to everyone in the event they would like to purchase copies themselves. The books are as follows:
With the Old Confeds: The memoirs of Capt. Samuel Dawson Buck can be purchased online by visiting . Type in ‘With the Old Confeds’ in the search box for a list of websites where you can purchase a copy.
He also has a brief biographical entry on the Internet called ‘BURNING A BRIDGE OVER THE RAPPAHANNOCK’ This can be viewed by visiting this URL:
New Burlington – The Life and Death of an American Village: Book written by John Baskin about New Burlington, Ohio prior to the building of the Ceasar’s Creek dam. It has interesting accounts of life in the New Burlington area in years gone by, plus personal stories by some of our McKay cousins in the area.
To read more about this book and for purchasing information visit this URL:
This book also has a companion website titled New Burlington, Ohio – When a Town Dies and can be visited by going to this URL:
Some quotes from pages within this book are as follows:
Howard S. Hackney –
‘When my ancestors came to the land here, the Manns, McKays, and Hackneys, there was absolutely no end to anything. There was no need for conservation. One man felt he could not dent this magnificent nature. But he had to clear the land. If you were going to push into this country, brutality was a prerequisite. The meek did not inherit the earth. There had to be a few robust souls. The Bennett family cleared two farms before they got to their land. In those days there weren’t quite as many billboards marking the way and Bennett ended up on the wrong farm. He knew it was the wrong land but the season was pressing so he put in a crop so he would have something to eat. Then he came east to Caesar’s Creek and cleared some more land on the fringes of the prairie and found he didn’t own that one either. Finally he got to his own land. It was a magnificent community gesture.’
The neighborhood as I knew it was closely knit. People had to work together. One man alone could not build such barns and houses as were on the homeplace. In the evening they found a little time to make some ice cream. This was a spillover from the closeness in the work. The matter of in kind was a rather complex social situation. My parent’s generation was getting away from this. In my time it has become total. The machines created a division in the neighborhood, no matter what their virtues were.’
‘My great-grandfather was the first farmer here to try the mechanical reaper. It was in that field at the top of the hill which is now in bluegrass. People came from all over. It was a new way of doing things. People were using the cradle. So my grandfather became proficient in binding the sheaves, and my father was one of the families in the McKay Company, which bought a thresher. They threshed for each other, then they worked for outsiders. I was the young upstart using rubber tires and I bought the first small combine sold in the county. That act was possibly the beginning of the breakup of the McKay Company.’
The Farmers (regarding Albert McKay) –
‘The McKay genealogy runs through the farmhouse and over the countryside, filled with living McKays, and into the graveyard between Albert’s house and Frank’s, filled with the legendary McKays. And into the fields where Albert’s maiden great-aunts lie buried under the corn.’
‘The McKays, like Albert and his father, Clarence, are modest, unassuming. Neighbors sometimes talk about “the McKay money” as if it were a solid and precious lump buried someplace nearby but no one sees evidence of McKay wealth except in the fields during a good season. When Clarence buys a new suit he orders it to be made exactly like the one which he has just worn out. It is only in the fields that the McKays are immodest. Here they are bold, unabashed, almost fierce.’
‘Albert’s great-great-grandfather, Moses, came in 1818 from Virginia. Albert says Moses was following rumor. “They heard people brag on Ohio land,” he says. Moses McKay brought 11 sons, enough to buy 1,600 acres of land, and horses to plow it. Albert’s great-grandfather, Francis, 16 years old, drove the horses through while Moses and his other sons came on a flatboat with the gold. Albert tells his grandsons that the reason no one stole it was because Moses’ boys sat on it.’
‘”They were so lazy they just sat there. And they were so heavy no one could lift them off. Three of them weighed a thousand pounds. Francis was a big man, too. But he married a little bitty Frenchwoman and some of the kids didn’t seem up to snuff.”’
‘The land begins at the New Burlington Road where Albert now farms and stretches into the next county south. Moses paid three dollars an acre. Most of the land was still forest and had to be cleared. Such a family as this is watched carefully for signs of sloth, neglect, and insufficiency. These are qualities which would make the McKays vulnerable and therefore more equal.’
‘The family has always been a landowning people, which is possibly why they are considered wealthy. They can trace their history back to the early 13th century in Scotland where there, too, the McKays raised livestock and grain. This was even before the Norsemen were expelled. In Scotland the McKays were blunt, intractable. Their name itself is the English equivalent of the Gaelic which means “son of the impetuous one.” Theirs was the longest highland feud in Scottish history. For four centuries they fought almost continuously to protect their ancestral lands from invasion and claims of feudal superiority. Such perseverance is not lost over obscure centuries. Character is transformed but not diluted. It is others, however, who speak most of McKay history. And only McKays refer to other McKays as “lazy,” in that manner in which only intimate friends can carelessly profane each other.’
Images of America – Front Royal and Warren County: Compiled by Thomas Blumer and Charles W. Pomeroy. This book contains many old photos of places in Front Royal and Warren County, VA. It has a photo of the Robert McKay Jr. house at Cedarville and also pictures of other relatives as well. This book can be purchased through the Warren Heritage Society for $19.99 plus tax for non-members and $17.99 plus 5% tax for members. You can contact the Warren Heritage Society at this address:
Warren Heritage Society
101 Chester Street
Front Royal, VA 22630
(540) 636-1446
Capt Samuel Dawson Buck
(From )
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Birth: Mar. 2, 1841 - Death: Jun. 29, 1920
CSA: Company H, 13th Virginia Infantry
Born in Buckton, Warren County, Virginia, son of John Gill Buck and Ella McKay. Lived on the old Homestead until he went to Winchester to be a clerk in a dry goods store. On April 19, 1861 duty called to protect Old Virginia, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army as sergeant in Company H, of the 13th Virginia Infantry, the "Boomerangs". Promoted to Lieutenant November 1, 1863. Destroyed a bridge over the Rappahannock. He received his commission as captain a short time after the performance of this gallant and dangerous feat May 20, 1863. Briefly commanded the regiment after Cedar Creek October of 1864. Resigned March 7, 1865 to join the cavalry (his company consisted only of 4 men by then),but the war ended before he could reach the united he joined. He was struck by 4 bullets, he recovered three of the balls, one from his arm and two in the blanket roll across his shoulders. He was in 35 engagements. After the war he left Virginia and settled in Baltimore as a salesman of china and glassware. By 1870 he entered the wholesale shoe business in Shriver, Buck and Company, later Spraggins, Buck and Company. He married Alice Parkins. He was chosen Secretary and General Manager of the Credit Men's Association of Baltimore City, 1905, he remained with this company until his death. Member of the UCV, wrote for the Southern Historical Society Papers. His memoirs were published posthumously as "With the Old Confeds".
Burial: Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Plot: York Area Lot 5
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Sandy, Right Over.
(Contributed by Betty Powers)
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Lucille Fritts Woodford and the old Rockland Schoolhouse.
It just seems like yesterday, walking through the alfalfa field to school. And on really special occasions, riding my pony, “Champ”, to the fence and climbing thru the hole my dad had cut out for me. The day always started with hanging your coat in the cloak room and standing by the old coal stove to warm up on chilly mornings. After the pledge and prayer, our day’s work began, with cursive writing from an index card, learning to count with jars of field corn and acorns, and copying math problems from the blackboard. If we finished our work early, we could play with the modelling clay which was kept under the stove to soften it. Everyday was special before lunch, because Ms. Fritts would read to us from a specially chosen book, as we laid our heads on our desk and rested. I remember trading sandwiches with my best friend, Loretta Athey … her tomato and lettuce, which was always soggy, for my tuna, but she was my friend. Some days, we had a special visitor … Mrs. Leslie Fox Keyser. She would bring the poor children big cans of peanut butter, cheese and peaches, but she never once forgot any of us. One some days, she would bring a poem to read to us, or go outside and play games with us. Red Rover was one of our favourite.
After recess, we would all run down to the outdoor john, then some of us had the job of fetching water from the outside pump, so we had something cool to drink for the afternoon. I remember our cups were kept in a cabinet, hung on the wall. Everyone’s cup was labelled with their name. The school room was filled with our desks in neat rows on a wood-oiled floor. In the back, we had a library, filled with books. Some days, if I finished all of my work, I would go back and read my favourite book, “Hoot Owl”, about an Indian boy.
Thinking back, I treasure my years in that one roomed school house. We were all so close – like family. Ms. Fritts cared about all of us. How she taught 4 grades at one time, amazes me. I’m sure she had a lot to do with my decision to become a teacher.
(Author unknown)
Autobiography of B. C. Hollingsworth –
Russiaville, Ind., Feb. 24, 1889
(From HOLLINGSWORTH HERITAGE,
Volume XIV, Number 2 Page 21-22)
The writer of this article was born in the year fiftynine of the present century and has always made his home in the same door yard of his birth. My lot was not cast in the arms of luxury or wealth but was blessed with most of the necessities of life. The house in which I was reared to manhood was a hewed log cabin, covered with long clapboards and poles.
One end of the cabin was occupied by a fireplace in which we burned 4-foot wood and short saw logs, the chimney being on the outside and of like proportions.
Before this fireplace about half the cooking was done for the family in pots, skillets, griddles, and tin reflectors that would be a curiosity to most of the juveniles of the present day. The food thus cooked was not the least inferior to that turned out by the best ranges of today, and it makes me hungry yet to reflect upon its excellence.
We had an old log barn that would have made a good jail where we hunted eggs and fed the pigs. Through the farm where there is only a tile ditch now, there used to be a good branch out of which we have caught messes of fish. About half the land in the neighborhood has been cleared since my recollection.
And the springtime of my youthful years will each be associated with clouds of smoke and ashes rising from old deadening. In fact, my first introduction to work was picking brush and trash in the clearing. That is, I mean, when I was not rocking the cradle or bringing in wood or water. Our best Sunday suit in those days was Janes, plain homemade Janes that we saw clipped off of the sheep’s back under our own eyes and doubled and twisted into a garment by simple machinery at our own home. Its color was scraped off a walnut bush and boiled through it in a wash kettle.
I was furnished one pair of cowhide boots for each winter that would generally admit of more or less sunshine near the early days of spring. It was my duty to attend S.S. and church each Sunday and one meeting at least between times. To this, I complied in the summertime minus the boots.
The amusements of those days were of the ruder sort, such as wrestling, jumping, racing, and breaking a colt to the saddle or a pair of calves to the yoke.
I scarcely received the rudiments of a common school education. But I am honest in my belief that I tried much harder to learn than the majority of lads. And can say that I have no regrets for misspent time in school.
The earlier part of my life was spent upon the farm. Whether right or wrong, I often yet wish that the rest of it had been. I merged into the sawmill business at the age of 16.
Here I was thrown in with surroundings that were naturally repulsive to my nature, and nearly all of my baser and refractory nature that asserts itself today was cultivated and fostered as a natural result under their influence.
Whatever has been my success at milling, I doubt were it to do over again if I should pay the cost for the value received.
I would say to any boy who desires to carry a good physical body and a standard code of morals past the meridian of life to keep shy of sawmill life.
Yet there is a pleasant side to the business occasionally. On a cool morning, you will find it on the sunny side of the shed and, of a hot evening, in the shade of the same.
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B. C. was Benjamin Cosand Hollingsworth (1859–1932), the fifth of 11 children of Isaac of Joel of Isaac of George (& Hannah McKay) of Abraham of Thomas of Valentine, Sr. His autobiography was written when he was age 30 and was submitted for publication by his granddaughter, A. Holly Hollingsworth.
Benjamin’s siblings included Mary, Caroline, Harvey, and John by his father’s first marriage to Elizabeth Miller. Isaac then was wed to Phebe H. Johnson before his third marriage to Penina Cosand. Isaac’s and Penina’s children were Benjamin, Samuel, Lindley, Clarkson, Hannah, Calvin, and Mary.
Benjamin married Laura Ann Carter in 1889. They became the parents of LaVanche, Emily, Irene, Lowell, Nelson, Willard, Lucy, Raymond, and Samuel. [Genealogy information from Padgett-Carter-Busby-Thompson: The Ancestors of Thomas George Padgett, M.D., and Linda Carol Padgett, Ph.D. by Alberta Joan Busby Padgett Frech (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, Inc., 1999)]
Holly grew up just a few miles from where Benjamin raised his family in Russiaville, Howard Co., Ind. The home he built is still standing and in good condition as is the house Holly’s father built during the Depression. Holly’s brother Joel now lives in the family home.
Joel and his son, Darien, own and operate a sawmill/lumber business on the adjoining land. They did not take Benjamin’s advice “to keep shy of sawmill life.” Holly’s father, Nelson, started the business in 1935 or so. Benjamin died when Holly was five years old, and she remembers him only barely. He was a quiet, thoughtful person who was known for the round barns he built. The one near his homestead was built of cement blocks. It was demolished by a tornado, but the homestead was spared.
Holly remembers playing with two wooden puppets operated by strings that were in the upstairs of his house. He had carved them years before. The interior of the house was stark, with only a few necessary furnishings.
Holly now resides in Orinda, Calif. While preparing this autobiography and photo for publication, she discovered a renewed interest in finishing the history of Benjamin’s family which she had put aside about 10 years ago. She is further energized by the interest in the Hollingsworth family recently shown by her daughter, Holly Austin. Between the two of them, let’s hope there’s much more to come!
Quakers at play
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This is an old photograph from a newspaper, possibly the Wilmington News Journal about the Collett-McKay Picnic believed to have been taken in 1886 titled ‘Quakers at Play: The Collett-McKay picnic at Buck Run, circa 1885.’ Although the caption said ‘1885’ I believe it had to have been in 1886 due to the fact that every ten years since the beginning of the picnic in 1866 a formal portrait was taken of all of the attendees present, the most recent one being in 2006. I am familiar with one individual so far in this photo which is Tilgham McKay who is seated in the front row 2nd from left. If anyone can identify the remaining persons present in this photo please let me know. I can put their names on the page I have up for this particular article on the website. All of the newspaper articles on the past picnics can be found on these two links below:
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For 1866 – 1965 visit this link:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Greetings …………………………………………………… 1
Newsletter Now Online ……………………....................... 1
Annual Virginia McKay Reunion ……………………… 1
(McKay-Sowers-Kerfoot)
Collett-McKay Picnic …………………………………….. 1
Bethel Memorial Inc. Meetings ………………………… 1
Past Reunion News ………………………....................... 1-4
142nd Collett-McKay Picnic ………………...…………... 1-2
62nd Annual Robert Mackay Clan Reunion …...……..….. 3
(McKay-Sowers-Kerfoot)
Annual August Meeting and Traditional Service ….……… 3
At Old Bethel Church
Annual lessons, carols set at Old Bethel church ….......… 3-4
News from Cards and Letters …………....................... 4-5
News Items ………………...………………………...….. 5-10
Musical Talent in the Family …………………………....... 5
Front Royal, Warren haggling over land ……………….. 5-6
County concurs on McKay Property sale ..……………….. 6
Lauren McKay to wed Justin Cummings ………………..... 6
Front Royal to harvest spring water …………………..…... 7
Church stays true to its mission ………………………… 7-8
Heiress’ mission benefits cancer ……………………….. 8-9
Heiress Productions stages ‘AFFLUENZA!’ …………..... 9
to benefit Miracle House
A milestone for McKay ……………………………….. 9-10
Clarke County dairyman starting
20th year on Planning Commission
Cute little pumpkin ………………………………………. 10
Obituaries ……………………………………………… 10-16
Henrietta Collett Miller ...………………………………… 10
Mary Jean Keiter ……………………………………... 10-11
Jordan W. Haines ………………………………………… 11
Jessica Catherine Randall ………………………………... 11
Richard West Hopper ………………………………….…. 11
R. Michael Fritts ……………………………………… 11-12
Mary J. Furr, Housekeeper ……………………………….. 12
Agnes C. Yarian ………………………………………….. 12
John F. Becker Jr. ………………………………………… 12
Robert M. “Bob” Sager …………...………………….. 12-13
Dudley Pendleton Powers …………………………… 13-14
Wilmer L. Landers ……………………………………….. 14
Helen Virginia Ricks ……………………………………... 14
Ellen J. Janney …………………………………………… 14
Lucille Harriet Fritts Woodford ……………………… 14-15
Elizabeth Burch Burwell …………………………………. 15
Richard Maurice Dawes …………………………………. 15
Jerry Russell Brown ……………………………………… 15
Charles E. Affleck Jr. ………………………………… 15-16
Out of the Past ……………………….…..………….. 16-19
Red Gate featured on Clarke County …………………... 16
Garden Week tour
Recommended books ……………………………….. 16-17
With the Old Confeds ………………………………16
New Burlington – The Life and Death ………... 16-17
of an American Village
Quotes:
Howard S. Hackney ………………………… 17
The Farmers (regarding Albert McKay) …… 17
Images of America – …………………………… 17
Front Royal and Warren County
Capt Samuel Dawson Buck …………………………. 17-18
Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Sandy, Right Over. ……… 18
Autobiography of B. C. Hollingsworth – …………… 18-19
Russiaville, Ind., Feb. 24, 1889
Quakers at play …………………………………………. 19
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