Holland District Ruritans

Fellowship. Goodwill. Community Service.

Born:   October 3, 1899

Died:   February 12, 1995

RURITAN INVOLVEMENT

Ruritan National

  • National President – 1936
  • Vice President – 1935

McKenney Club

  • Member – Joined in 1928
  • President
  • Treasurer
  • Director

Varina Club

  • Member

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • After retirement, He and his wife served in a Lay Witness Program with the Corinth United Methodist Church traveling to Alaska, Panama, Hawaii and England on church assignments.
  • Helped to raise funds for the Henrico Volunteer Rescue Squad building at Richmond International Airport
  • Board Member of the Sandston Recreational Association
  • Treasurer of the Sandston Civic Association

LEADERSHIP

  • Vice President of the Bank of Henrico in Richmond
  • Instrumental in starting the Bank of Henrico County Industrial Development Commission

EDUCATION

  • Public Schools of Virginia
  • Area Business School

 

 

[Sources: The Ruritan Saga – A History of the First Fifty Years of Ruritan by Robert H. Bailey, Russell Burgess & H.M. (Kit) Shaver, Jr. © 1983; Reprint 2003; Obituary found in Ruritan National Magazine]