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Community Thursday, March 12, 2009 The News Leader Community Conversations Editor Cindy Corell 213-9123, www.newsleader.com Obituaries are placed by family and friends in memory of their 9119 or e-mail William Rickerman HOT SPRINGS William "Bill" Rickerman, 63, of Hot Springs died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at his residence. A memorial service will conducted at 6 p.m. today, March 12, at Cornerstone Church of God of Prophecy. The family will receive friends immediately following the services in the church social hall. George T.

Wade STAUNTON -George Thomas Wade, 52, husband of Connie (Casiday) Wade of 2702 Blair Staunton, died Monday, March 9, 2009, at his residence. He was born March 8, 1957, in Lexington, a son of the late Thomas Audry and Myrtle Josephine (Irvine) Wade. Mr. Wade had been employed at Delmar's Body Shop Inc. and was a former member of the Staunton Police Auxiliary.

He was an avid hunter and NASCAR fan. In addition to his wife, family members include two stepsons, Christopher and Matthew Casiday, and a stepdaughter, Mollie Shiflett, all of Staunton; a foster daughter, Belinda Thomas of Roanoke; a brother, David Wade of Staunton; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Donna and Doug May of Fishersville and Linda Wade of Waynesboro; special aunts and uncles, Mary Margaret and Cedric Logan of Lexington and Bonnie and William "Jeff' Wade of Rockbridge Baths; nieces and nephews, Melanie Wade, Tanya Fitzpatrick, Doug May, Shannon Blackwell, Jeffery Wade and Natasha Vint; stepgrandchildren, Addison and Leland Casiday and Raachel and Colton Turner; and special friends, Joan Shiflett and Eddie Dick. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Lynwood T. Campbell, and a foster daughter, Jennifer Chittum. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m.

Friday, March 13, 2009, in the Henry Funeral Home Chapel by Pastor Harold "Pete" Campbell. Burial will follow in McElwee Chapel Cemetery in Bustleburg. Active pallbearers will be Lertie Wood, Daniel Irvine, Randy Boyers, Michael Johnson, Keith Shuck and Kyle Robertson. Honorary pallbearers will be Eddie Dick and employees of Delmar's Body Shop. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m.

today, March 12, 2009, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memorial Program, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.henryfuneralhome.net.

Nora A. Chandler STUARTS DRAFT Nora Ann Chandler, 76, of 817 Churchman's Mill Road went to be with the Lord at 11:17 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at her daughter's residence. Born Jan. 28, 1933, in.

Staunton, she was a daughter of the late Lenoard and Minerva Cale Roberson. She was a member of Stuarts Draft Baptist Church, and was retired as a nurse's aide from Nursing Home of Waynesboro. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry C. Chandler, one sister, three brothers and two grandsons, Jason Drumheller and Anthony Brown. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Coffey and her husband, Dennis, Diane Brown and her Larry, and Brenda Drumheller and her husband, Scott; a son, Harry Lee Chandler and his wife, Linda, all of Stuarts Draft; four sisters, Lola Mutherspaw, Margaret Moats, Betty Hoover and Delsie Knight, all of Staunton; 10 grandchildren, Anita Drumheller, Crystal Thompson, Missy, Jenny and J.R.

Chandler, Chad Brown, Ashlyn Hawley, Van and Heath Coffey and Tonya Coffey, who was a special granddaughter and caregiver; eight great -grandchildren; two additional caregivers, Dallas and Dakota Coffey; as well as a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2009, at the Stuarts Draft Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes, with the Rev. Judson Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be sons-in-law, Scott Drumheller, Dennis Coffey and Larry Brown; grandsons, Dallas Coffey, Chad Brown and J.R. Chandler; and grandsonin-law, Chris Hawley. Honorary pallbearers will be her other grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, March 12, 2009, at the Stuarts Draft Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes and at other times at the residence at 817 Churchman's Mill Road.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Dennis Hatter for his care during Mrs. Chandler's illness. Friends and family are invited to share condolences or sign the register book at www.reynoldshamrickfuneralhomes.com. Obituaries About This Service loved ones.

For rates and deadlines contact our Information Center at (540) 213- Charles E. Moore Jr. STAUNTON Charles E. "Chuck" Moore 41, of 1220 W. Beverley Staunton, passed away Monday evening, March 9, 2009, at his residence.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 08 p.m. this evening in Coffman Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2009, in Union Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory will announce complete arrangements. Mary F. McSpadden CHARLOTTESVILLE Mary Frances McSpadden, 94, of Charlottesville passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at a local hospital. Born June 25, 1914, in Washington County, she was the daughter of the late Nellie Irene Copenhaver and William Paul McSpadden. She also is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Comer; a daughter, Ellen Lee Griffith; a grandchild, Steve Dick; two brothers; and three sisters.

She is survived by two daughters, Jean Gronewold and her husband, Clyde, of Trivoli, and Marye Griffith of Culpeper, and four grandchildren, William Dickson, Jim Dick, Elizabeth Haden and her husband, Michael, and David Griffith and his wife, Corinne. Also surviving her are two sisters, Marion Davis and Ellen Balsley; seven great -grandchildren, Christen and Morgan Haden, Alex and Amanda Griffith and Sean, Kaitlin and Kelsey Dickson; and a host of nieces and nephews. Mary Frances was a life member of the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad Auxiliary. She was an avid rose gardener and also was very interested in history and genealogy. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m.

Friday, March 13, 2009, in Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery in Stuarts Draft, with the Rev. Judson Baldwin officiating. The family gives special thanks to the staff at Winterhaven and at U.Va. Hospital for their compassionate care. Contributions may be made to the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad Auxiliary, P.O.

Box 594, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477. Friends may send condolences to the family at www.hillandwood.com. Rodger W. Losh BRADENTON, Fla. Rodger W.

"R.W." Losh, 75, died March 7, 2009, in Bradenton, Fla. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in Augusta County, Va. He leaves behind one sister, Eleathea Thurston of Fulks Run, two brothers, Elmer and Jerry Losh of Staunton, one son, Rodger Losh Jr. of Bradenton; four daughters, Darlene Ramsey of Bradenton, Charlotte Leslie of Arcadia, Cricket Losh of Palmetto and Zena Langdon of Sarasota; and one stepdaughter, Sadie Landis of Hot Springs, Va.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at Skyway Memorial Gardens in Palmetto. Phyllis G. Wooddell STAUNTON Phyllis G. Wooddell, 73, passed away March 10, 2009, at Shenandoah Hospice House, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.

Born in Webster County, W.Va., she has been a Staunton resident since 1993. Prior to that, she was a longtime resident of suburban Washington, D.C. Educated at West Virginia University, she was a press secretary at the Republican National Committee during the Reagan administration and subsequently served that role under then-Secretary of Transportation, Sen. Elizabeth Dole. She lived a full and rewarding life and leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving husband of 51 years, John G.

Wooddell of Staunton; son, Dr. J. Douglas Wooddell, his wife, Dr. Carol Wooddell and children, Jacqueline Ann and Garrett Douglas, all of Springfield, and son, Dr. W.

Scott Wooddell and children, Ryan Poston of Roanoke and Mary Cameron and Katherine Grier of Chesapeake. She was a source of great inspiration and strength to all of us who had the great honor to know and love her. If there was one soul who came to personify grace, strength and forbearance in the presence of overwhelming adversity, it was Phyllis. She allowed all of us to experience life more profoundly, and we as her family and friends are all better people for knowing her. The family will receive visitors from 7 until 8 p.m.

Friday evening, March 13, at Henry Funeral Home at 1030 W. Beverley St. in Staunton. A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Bethel Presbyterian Church at 563 Bethel Green Road in Staunton.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations please be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Attn: Gift Management Services, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Ste. 250, Dallas, TX 75244, (877) 465- 6636, www.komen.org. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.henryfuneralhome.net. SALEM McHenry Holliday Holt, USN (Retired), 86, died Saturday, March 7, 2009, at his home.

He lived a long and enthusiastic life with his adoring wife, Carol Marie "K.K." Davis Holt, their daughter, Carol McHenry Holt, and son, McHenry Holliday Holt Jr. He grew up in Staunton, son of Charles Asbury Holt Jr. and Helen McHenry Holliday Holt, the fifth of sixth children. A wonderful family, their oldest beloved daughter, Helen Deane Holt, who died at age 17, Frank Thomas Holt, Katherine Ashbury Holt, Charles Asbury Holt III, McHenry and Jack Ambler Holt, who died in January 2000 at the age of 77. McHenry's son, McHenry also died in the same month and year.

Cdr. Holt attended school in Staunton. He went to Episcopal High School in Alexandria and then to Randal's Prep School in Washington, D.C. At 18, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he graduated June 9, 1943.

He then married Carol Marie "KK" the day after on June 10 at Trinity Church in Staunton. He served on the destroyer USS McCook on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, participating in the Invasion of Northern France and the invasion of Southern France during that period. Once home, he entered Naval flight training in February 1945 and received his Navy Wings in April 1946. He was assigned to Naval Air Transport Duty in Honolulu. He flew trips to Kwajalein, Guam, Midway Island, Samoa and San Francisco until squadron was ordered to Frankfort, Germany, in October 1948 to participate in the Berlin Airlift.

He flew 125 round trips to Berlin and was awarded the Air Medal. McHenry was then assigned to the new field of nuclear weapons at Sandia Base, N.M., Special Weapons School from 1949 to 1952 to teach special weapons delivery to Navy and Air Force pilots and bombardiers. He was the special weapons officer with the Heavy Attack Training Unit at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk from 1952-1955. From 1955-1957, he was the assistant experimental officer at China Lake Naval Ordinance for nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. He was assigned as missile officer aboard the experimental guided missile ship USS Norton Sound from 1957-1959.

He also served in the Polaris Missile Programs as Navy liaison officer to the Air Force Ballistic Division and the Air Force Space Systems Division in Los Angeles, from 1959-1962. From there, he was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Weapons (Pacific Range Division) in Washington, D.C., until retirement from the U.S. Navy as a commander in June 1964. Upon his retirement from the Navy, he was commended by the Chief Bureau of Naval Weapons for developing the first training course for the Navy and Air Force VA and UF squadrons. In addition, for being a major contributing factor to the initiation of a long-range development program for the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range.

He entered Penn State University in September 1964 and graduated with a master's degree in electrical engineering in September 1965. He was then appointed head of the electronics technology program at Northern Virginia Community College (the first of the Virginia Community College systems) in Annandale and taught electronics and mathematics until retirement in June 1984. The Holts resided in Arlington from 1962 until they moved to Roanoke in 1998. While in Arlington, McHenry and his family were members of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., where they were active members in both.

They were members of Army Navy Country Club, where he was an avid golfer. They moved to Roanoke in 1998 and became members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem and of Hidden Valley Country Club. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Carol Marie Davis Holt; daughter, Carol Holt Groves; three grandsons, Eric Russel Groves and wife, Terri, and stepdaughter, Ashley Shorter, Scott McHenry Groves and wife, Elizabeth Foti Groves, and their daughter, Delaney Ann Groves and Jonathan Holliday Groves, all of this area. Also surviving are a granddaughter, Jaelea Jane Holt and her mother, Lee Goehringer, of Delaware; a sister, Kitty Holt Dozier of Staunton; and two brothers, Frank Holt of Thomasville, and Charles Holt "Knobby" and wife, Jodie Holt, of Charlottesville.

A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem. Following that service will be a blessing at Trinity Church in Staunton. Inurnment will follow the blessing at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Lung Association, Southwest Area, 3512 Brambleton Suite 3, Roanoke, VA 24018. McHenry H. Holt In The News Proximity to grandkids lures resident to area Now retired, local resident Joe Murphy said he finally has the time to do what he loves doing the most spending time with his two grandchildren. "I just love living here and having fun with them," he said. "I finally get to do everything that I couldn't do when I was working or in the Navy." Murphy, along with his wife, moved to the area from the Tidewater region about six years ago when Murphy retired following a career in the Navy and as a civil service worker.

He said he chose to come to the area largely because family, including his 12- year-old and 14-year-old grandchildren, live here. Murphy said he has no regrets about moving to the area, and said he especially enjoys how the region resembles the small town he grew up in northern Georgia. In addition to exploring the outdoors with his grandchildren, he said he often helps them with activities, such as crosscountry running and preparing for science fairs. "We do just about anything connected with school or other things together," he said. Name: Joe Favorite book: Murphy "None in particular, Occupation: but mostly any Retired Westerns." Hometown: Ideal vacation Ringgold, Ga.

spot: Australia Favorite area Favorite sport restaurant: teams: ACC Kathy's basketball or Ideal meal: football teams Steak and french Favorite thing fries about living in Coffee or tea: the area: "It Coffee would have to be Favorite the people, and movie: "The how you are Searchers" treated here. For Favorite type example, if you of music: are going into a Country Western store, they don't Favorite look at you like singer: Merle they're doing you Haggard a favor. They look Can't miss TV to serve you like Show: "None. I'm you are a client." not really much of a TV guy." Trevor Brown Community News Raphine Band schedule changed: Because of illness, The Sawmill Band will not perform Friday at Clark's Ole Time Music Center. The Little Mountain Boys will perform.

For more information, call 337-8308. Verona ShenanArts to present musical: ShenanArts will present "The Secret Garden" today through Sunday and March 19 to 22 at Stage4 Theatre. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and March 19 to 21 and at 3 p.m. March 15 and 22.

The Tony Award-winning musical is adapted from the classic book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story is of a lonely little girl, Mary, who is sent to live with her uncle after being orphaned by a cholera epidemic. Still grieving over the loss of his wife, Lily, and his sick son, her uncle casts a dark shadow over the manor until Mary discovers a secret garden and nurses it back to life. Reserved tickets cost $16. General admission will cost $12.

Student admission will cost $8. For tickets, call 248-1868. Advance tickets will be available until noon the day of the show. For more information, visit www.shenanarts.org. Swoope School FCCLA to host indoor yard sale: The Buffalo Gap High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America will host a Community Indoor Yard Sale from 8 a.m.

to 1 p.m. Saturday at the school. More than 20 community members have registered for tables and will sell furniture, collectibles, housewares and more. Food, drinks and baked goods also will be available for purchase. For more information, call 337-6021 or e-mail Submit your community news by going to www.newsleader.com and clicking on the "Publish your News" link in the GetPublished box..