Archive for: September, 2010

Obituary for Lilly V. Burleson

Lilly Virginia Elliott Burleson, 85, of Cross Junction, Virginia, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Burleson was born in 1925, in Clarke County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Harry William and Nellie Belle Elliott. She was an LPN for the VA Hospital Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Mrs. Burleson [...]

USDA and FFA Release New Educational Tools

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the National FFA Organization have partnered to develop new educational tools to help promote agricultural and statistical literacy among kindergarten through 12th-grade students. “By including these materials in the classroom curriculum, teachers can help students better understand statistics and their importance to the farming [...]

Obituary for Lois Bailey

Lois Geraldine “Jerry” Fogle Bailey, 88, of Winchester, VA died Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Warren Memorial Hospital. She was born June 9, 1922 in Woodstock, VA; the daughter of late Lester Fogle and Goldie Russel Reynolds. She was a sales clerk for Blye’s Jewelers in Winchester and a member of Burnt Presbyterian Church. She [...]

Obituary for Betty McKown

Betty Thompson Gibson McKown, 103, of Clear Brook, VA, died September 25, 2010 at Winchester Medical Center. She was born on October 17, 1906 in Jefferson County, WV; the daughter of James Gregg Gibson and Lelia Buckles Gibson who was a direct descendent of General Dark Engle. They lived at Needwood Farm at Halltown. She [...]

Shenandoah University Accepts Old Dominion Athletic Conference Invite

WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons announced Wednesday afternoon that its Athletics Department has been offered and accepted membership in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Hornets 20-program department will become the 14th member of the ODAC on July 1, 2012. Until that time, Shenandoah will continue its primary membership in the USA [...]

Obituary for John H. Donivan, Jr.

John H. Donivan Jr., 60, of Charles Town, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Ranson. Born Aug. 12, 1950, in Jefferson County, he was the son of John Donivan Sr. and Violet (Shanholtzer) Donivan. For almost 30 years, Mr. Donivan had been employed with Whitmore Lumber Company, of Charles Town, until its [...]

Obituary for Luis Noel Rodriguez

Luis Noel Rodriguez, age 60, of Winchester, Virginia, died Sunday, September 26, 2010, at Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Center as a result of injuries he sustained from an accident two weeks prior. Mr. Rodriguez was born in 1950, in Puerto Rico, the son of Dr. Luis Noel Rodriguez and Lydia Vazquez of Puerto Rico. He [...]

Obituary for Jean E. Ford

Jean Isabelle Ebert Ford, 86, of Frederick County, Virginia, died Monday, September 27, 2010, in a local nursing facility. Mrs. Ford was born in 1924, in Winchester, Virginia, the daughter of the late Harry W. and Isabelle Ebert. She was a bookkeeper with H.W. Ebert Buick, King Pontiac and Perry Engineering. Mrs. Ford was a [...]

Obituary for Janet M. Craig-Haythorn

Janet Marilyn Craig-Haythorn, 74, of Edinburg, VA, died Saturday, September 25, 2010 in the Winchester Medical Center. Mrs. Craig-Haythorn was born in 1936 in New Market, VA, the daughter of the late Peter E. and Grace Z. Craig. She was employed in the telecommunications industry retiring in 2007, and was a member of Grace Baptist [...]

Obituary for Karen M. Carper

Karen Virginia Meister Carper, 63, of Winchester, Virginia, died Monday, September 27, 2010, in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Carper was born in 1946, in Camden, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Howard Meister and Virginia LeDane. She worked in the office at Grand Home Furnishings in Winchester retiring in August of 2008. [...]

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