The News-Virginian from Waynesboro, Virginia (2025)

OBITUARIES Clara H. Floyd AFTON Clara Henderson Floyd, 81, of Route 3, died at 4 a.m. Sunday (June 5, 1994) at Waynesboro Community Hospital. She was born July 28, 1912, in Avon, the daughter of George Washington and Emma Susan Fox Henderson. She was a member of Rodes United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Floyd; son, Herbert Lewis Floyd; one grandchild: and one great-grandchild. Survivors include two sons, John William Floyd of Mt. Crawford and Jerry David Floyd Sr. of Lyndhurst; three daughters, Nellie Lee Critzer of Jackson, N.J., and Dolly Ann Ward and Mary Louise Anderson, both of Afton; 13 grandchildren; 18 great great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Hebron Baptist Church, Afton, by the Revs. Sebert Rorrer, John Chafee and James Simmons. Active pallbearers will be James N. Davis, William G. Floyd, Charles S.

Floyd, Jerry D. Floyd Clyde M. Ward and Charles M. Floyd. Honorary pallbearers will be granddaughters, greatgrandchildren, Dr.

Robert Raynor, Dr. Thomas Gorsuch and friends attending the service. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Waynesboro chapel of Etter Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the Rockfish Valley Rescue Squad, Teresa Davis, Route 3, Box 39, Afton, Va.

22920. Ethel M.Z. Breeden VERONA Ethel Marie Zirkle Breeden, 87, of 138 Kelford and formerly of Elkton, died Friday (June 3, 1994) at Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg. She had been ill since January. She was a member of Elkton Pentecostal Church and had worked as a nursing assistant at Western State Hospital and Waynesboro Community Hospital before retiring.

She was preceded in death by two husbands, Roy Zirkle and Frank Breeden. Surviving are two sons, Fred Zirkle of Waynesboro and Carroll Zirkle of Verona: two daughters, Sonia Silman of Jacksonville, and Wilda Roberts of Hanahan, S.C.; three brothers, Harry Miller of Winchester, Robert Mason of Baker, W.Va., and Arthur Mason of Frederick, one sister, Elsie Lee of Winchester; 15 grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Kyger Trobaugh Funeral Home in Elkton and at other times at the home of Carroll Zirkle, 138 Kelford St. Memorial donations may be made to Rockingham Memorial Hospital Hospice Program, 235 Cantrell Harrisonburg, Va.

22801. Charles G. Gibson ST. ALBANS, Vt. Charles G.

"Chuck" Gibson, 64, died at Northwestern Medical Center on May 17, 1994. He was born Aug. 2, 1929, in Schenectady, N.Y., the son of the late Charles and Isabella Copland Gibson. He was an active member of. First Congregational Church in St.

Albans where he served on the board of deacons. Mr. Gibson was a resident of Jericho from 1968 to 1975 and a resident of St. Albans since then. He worked for General Electric for 18 years before moving to St.

Albans, where he was a data processing manager at Fonda Container. Following retirement, he had been a part-time assistant at the Heald Funeral Home. He is survived by a sister, Margaret Ottman of Bellingham, two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Leslie) Cooley of Bethel, Maine, and Mrs. Bert (Melanie) Berthiaume of Swanton; four sons, Hugh Gibson of Colchester, Garry Gibson of Underhill Waynesboro, and Mark Neil Gibson Gibson of Essex Junction; eight grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

A service was conducted in First Congregational Church by the Rev. Thomas W. Wright. The Scottish bagpipes were played by Jim MacKenzie. Pallbearers were the staff of the Heald Funeral Home.

A reception for family and friends followed in the church parlors hosted by the women of the church. Memorial donations may be made to First Congregational Church, Church St. Albans, or the American Cancer Society, 13 Loomis Montpelier, Vt. 05602. Heald Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

0, 1774 6 Groups Vye for Pari-Mutuel License as Hearings Begin RICHMOND (AP) Six groups vying to build the first pari-mutuel race track in the state's modern history will get a chance to question each other's plans. At stake is the license to build and manage a multimillion-dollar track and up to six off- track betting parlors. Because the Virginia Racing Commission will award only one license, the winner will hold a monopoly on Virginia racing, a new market developers say offers great potential. "It's coming to that point we've been waiting for, and I think it's going to be exciting and very informative," said Arnold Stansley, a Toledo, Ohio, harness track owner who wants to build a track in New Kent County. Each group will have four hours during daylong sessions today, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The commission's decision is expected by September. At the presentations, applicants will be able to question each other and are expected to scrutinize the financing, management record and investors of their opponents. The commission already has toured the five proposed sites and held public hearings. It can choose from urban and rural sites, summer or year-round racing, or opt for a possible circuit with Maryland tracks. The six bidders for the license are: -Old Dominion Jockey Club.

which wants to open a Loudoun Valley Poultry HARRISONBURG Broilers and fryers: Supplies are adequate for a good demand. Estimated slaughter by Virginia processors today: 1,429,000 head of broilers and fryers, compared 10 1,641,000 last Monday. Ready-to-cook movement, including chilled and frozen products: Down 1 cent. Negotiated FOB dock prices: 2-3 pound ice packed broilers and fryers for today's delivery trucklot sales of plant grade, 54-56 cents. Multi-drop shipments: 56-58 cents.

Turkeys: Supplies are adequate for plant needs. Estimated slaughter by Virginia processors today: 161,000 head. (Continued from Page 1) said in a speech that sought to bridge generations. "The flame of your youth became freedom's lamp." Pointe du Hoc is the bloody scene of one of the hardestfought victories in U.S. military history, where 225 U.S.

Rangers used grappling hooks, ladders and ropes to claw up 120-foot high cliffs as Germans fired down and dropped hand grenades on their heads. Gaping bomb craters and concrete and steel bunkers remain as silent reminders of the bloody history. The unit suffered heavy casualities 135 were killed or wounded. The Rangers had scaled the cliff thinking it was the site of large German guns, only to find when they reached the top that the guns had been moved. Recalling President Reagan's memorable speech at the same forbidding cliffs in 1984, Clinton applauded the veterans.

"Let us ask those American heroes to stand again," he said. Ten years earlier, Reagan saluted "the boys of Pointe du Hoc the men who scaled the cliffs." Clinton returned to the generational theme during a joint ceremony with the French President Francois Mitterrand, honoring the Allied landing on Utah Beach. "We paid tribute to what a whole generation of heroes won here," Clinton said. Defense Secretary William Perry said, "You fought for all of us." Praising the French Resistance, Clinton said: "People along this coast kept faith. They, too, kept freedom's flame alive." While an Army choir sang World War Il-era songs, a chilly Clinton struggled to don an overcoat.

Later, Clinton attended a luncheon in Caen, France, with the heads of state from 13 countries. Caen, an early Allied objective in the invasion, was badly battered in the war. During an interview before his arrival here for the centerpiece event of a string of D-Day ceremonies, Clinton had defended his vigorous opposition to the Vietnam War. "But there are plenty of times when I wish I'd had the experience," he told NBC. After Clinton arrived 22 minutes late to the Utah Beach ceremony, the crowd of mostly veterans welcomed him with polite applause and a smattering of boos.

Addressing Pointe du Hoc veterans, Clinton said: "We are the children of your sacrifice. We are the sons and daughters you saved from tyranny's reach. We grew up behind the shield of the strong alliances you forged in blood upon these beaches." He said his generation "flourished in the nation you came home to build." "You did your job. Now we must do ours. You completed NORTH (Continued from Page 1) district.

Mattie E.H. Allen Mattie Edna Hatter Allen STUARTS DRAFT Mattie Edna Hatter Allen, 97, of Route 1, died at 7:40 a.m. Saturday (June 4, 1994) at Blue Ridge Christian Home. She was born Oct. 17, 1896, in Montebello, a daughter of George H.

and Malinda Bradley Hatter. She was a lifelong member of Mt. Paran Baptist Church and attended Stuarts Draft Baptist Church. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her husband, L.G.

Allen, on June 8, 1986; a son, Buddy Ross Allen; and a daughter, Gertrude Marie Allen. Survivors include three daughters, Agnes Allen Coffey and Hazel Allen Mann, both of Staunton, and Irene Allen Tatro of Sidney; three sons, Gorman L. Allen and George H. Allen, both of Stuarts Draft, and James E. Allen of Waynesboro.

There are also 14 grandchildren; 14. great-grandchildren; and a great-great grandchild. A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Judson D.

Baldwin at the Stuarts Draft chapel of Etter Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Calvary United Methodist Church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be grandchildren, friends and family, physicians at Stuarts Draft Family Practice, and the staff and friends of Blue Ridge Christian Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Friends may call any time at the home of the son and daughter-in-law, Gorman and Bonnie Allen, at Old White Hill Road. Memorial donations may be made to Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 86. Stuarts Draft, Va.

24477. George T. Hoffman George Tate Hoffman, 74, of 408 Wayneridge Road, died Sunday morning (June 5, 1994) at Waynesboro Community Hospital. He was born Feb. 5, 1920, in Comstock, N.Y., a son of Maurice Dickerson and Mary Jane Graham Hoffman.

He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and a former employee of Augusta Auto Parts. He was a high priest of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Hamilton Hoffman and Frank Hoffman; and by two sisters, Edith Flynn and Ruth Rosse. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Mace Hoffman; three daughters, Brenda Hall of Mill Hall, Carol Ann Cole of Augusta, and Shirley Monroe of Stuart, two brothers, Jack Hoffman and Robert Hoffman, both of Eagle Bridge, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Bishop Larry Harmon. Burial will be in Augusta Memorial Park with military honors by Stuarts Draft VFW Post Active pallbearers will be James Cole, Matthew Monroe, Tom Teerlink, Delbert Welsh, Calvin Campbell and Bill Garber. Honorary pallbearers will be Bernard Bradley, Frank Haga, Wilford Teerlink, Warren Wickline, Bobby Hoy and David Lee. The family will receive friends at the residence at any time.

Memorial donations may be made to the Waynesboro First Aid Crew, P.O. Box 1427, Waynesboro, Va. 22980. McDow Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Mitchell O.

Atkinson Mitchell O. Atkinson, 65, of 123 N. Delphine died Sunday morning (June 5, 1994) at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Augusta Memorial Park by the Rev.

Kevin Channell. The Waynesboro chapel of Etter Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Bobby Lee Floyd, 61, of the District Home and formerly of 300 S. Wayne died Saturday evening (June 4, 1994) at Waynesboro Community Hospital. He was born Dec.

17, 1933, in Crimora, a son of Richard and Lidia Herron Floyd. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Calvin Floyd, John Floyd, Clyde Floyd and Gene Floyd. Survivors include a brother, Aubrey Floyd of Waynesboro; three sisters, Barbara Strickler, Frances Comer and Nellie Smith, all of Waynesboro; a number of nieces and nephews; and one great-niece. A service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in McDow Funeral Home by the Rev.

William Strickler with burial in Riverview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Hunter Huffman, Zach Lewis, Frank Lewis, Mike Conner, Wayne Brooks and Alphonso Miller. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Waynesboro First Aid Crew, P.O.

Box 1427. Waynesboro, Va. 22980. Bobby L. Floyd Heather D.

Vernon VERONA Heather Dawn Vernon, 20, of 145 Westgate Road, died at 1:21 p.m. Saturday (June 4, 1994) in King's Daughters' Hospital, Staunton. She was born Feb. 6, 1974, in Staunton. Miss Vernon was in special education at Wilson Memorial High School.

She attended Barterbrook Baptist Church. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Drema Fay Hiner of Verona; two brothers, Kristopher Logan Showalter and Colton Daniel Showalter, both at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Vernon Staunton; great-grandmother, Mrs. Edna Vernon; and two uncles.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Barterbrook Baptist Church by the Rev. Frank Hall. Burial will follow in Augusta Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Earl Funk, Oral Showalter, Jeff Vernon, Rick Allen, Joe Vernon and Mark Reed.

Honorary pallbearers will be friends attending the service. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Henry Funeral Home and at other times at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Daisy Vernon, 244 Montgomery Road, (Jollivue). Memorial donations may be made to Special Olympics, Area 5, Waynesboro, Va.

22980. Wayne E. Rucker STAUNTON Wayne E. Rucker, 33, of 1005 Stuart died Friday evening (June 3, 1994) in a motor vehicle accident on U.S. 250 west of Va.

6 in Nelson County. McCutcheon's Funeral Home, Waynesboro, is handling arrangements. PLAN (Continued from Page 1) this?" it asks. "We think so." Police Chief Philip A. Broadfoot said that he has seen the petition and that it has "a number of" signatures.

A similar situation is found in the fire department, where the base pay increases from $15,863 to $19,947. All nine firefighters will make at or near the base pay. In both the police and fire departments, the most reliable way to see a raise is to be promoted. But the number of higherranking officers and firefighters is limited. Promotion often comes only when a higher-ranking officer leaves the department.

Gwaltney acknowledged the problems with the new plan, but said that the city did the best it could do with the money it had to spend. "Anytime you do: a new plan, you're going to run into that type of problem," said Gwaltney. "There's never a perfect system." intent of the plan was to lessen the disparity between Waynesboro and other localities, he reminded, and the plan does accomplish that goal. He asked the seasoned employees to be patient and see the big picture. "Everybody comes out better in the long run," said Gwaltney.

"Each employee's earning potential in the future becomes greater." Broadfoot said it is up to each employee, each police officer, to realize that potential. Although more experienced officers may see a temporary setback, raises will come faster and larger to them, said the chief. Their paychecks in the future will reflect their experience. Our wimpy co-worker never, never questions the department head, who is a woman. We call County track by June 1996.

Maryland track operator Joseph De Francis, who runs the Pimlico and Laurel racetracks, leads the group. -Churchill Downs Inc. wants to operate a Virginia Beach track next to Oceana Naval Air Station beginning in July 1996. -Virginia Jockey Club has proposed building a track near Haymarket in Prince William County to open in spring 1996. It is the only group to propose year-round racing.

-Stansley Management L.P. has designed a plan for a New Kent County track to open in July 1995. It is one of two groups that want to take advantage of an offer of 345 acres of free land from the Chesapeake Corp. -Virginia Racing Associates would open a Portsmouth track in September 1995. This is the only proposal for an urban track.

-Virginians Inc. also wants to capitalize on the Chesapeake land offer and open a New Kent County track in March 1995. In Service GERONIMO HERRERA Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Geronimo Herrera, a 1989 graduate of Fishburne Military School, departed for a sixmonth Mediterranean deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, homeported in Norfolk, the lead ship in its Joint Task Group. Commissioned July 4, 1992, this is the ship's maiden voyage. More than 12,000 Atlantic Fleet sailors and Marines comprise elements of this JTG which includes units of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington Battle Group and the four-ship USS Guam Amphibious Ready Group.

Hererra joined the Navy in February 1990. your mission here, but the mission of freedom goes on," he said. Thousands of aging U.S. veterans returned to the beaches they stormed as young men in Operation Overlord. That was the supersecret Allied plan aimed at piercing Hitler's heavily fortified Atlantic Wall and beginning the liberation of Nazi-held Europe.

In sunrise services aboard the USS George Washington, Clinton recalled the bloody invasion. "They entered a scene of terrible carnage," he said. "We gather in the calm after sunrise today to remember that fateful morning, the pivot point of the war, perhaps the pivot point of the 20th Century." he said. Paying tribute to the D-Day troops, Clinton said: "It was faith in their maker's mercy and their own ability that helped to carry the day. It was also raw courage and love of freedom and country." The president dropped a wreath in the Channel in memory of naval forces who were killed.

Later, he placed a wreath in honor of the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc. D- Day memorial services were spread across Normandy, bringing together leaders of all the countries that joined the invasion the United States. Britain. Canada, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Greece and France. The president's main address was to be at the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer on a ridge overlooking Omaha Beach which became known as "Bloody Omaha" because of the massive U.S.

casualties there. Rows of white crosses and stars mark the graves at Colleville of 9,386 Americans who fell in Normandy. American forces landed at Omaha and Utah beaches. British and Canadian forces and a handful of troops from nations went ashore at shores codenamed Sword, Juno and Gold. The lightly-defended Utah Beach was won with relative ease.

Omaha Beach, though, was a disaster. The first Allied troops struggling through the water from landing boats walked into murderous streams of machinegun fire and took nearly 50 percent casualties. Nearly half of the amphibious tank force intended to support the assault troops foundered and many sank. In one launch of 22 tanks, only two reached the beach intact. Despite the terrible losses, the Normandy invasion was a decisive battle in World War II battle against Germans.

the Overlord eventually included 3.5 million troops and support personnel. After 10 weeks of fighting, the Allies crossed the Seine and entered Paris on Aug. 25. Northern Virginia developer C. Daniel Clemente said volunteers have gathered enough signatures to get Coleman on the ballot as an independent.

Coleman was expected to make an announcement early this week, he said. Dole said he expected to meet Wednesday or Thursday with Coleman, a meeting Coleman requested. As North prepared to board a bus for a three- -day "victory tour" of the state Sunday, a reporter asked if he was afraid of a Coleman candidacy. "Do I look afraid?" North said. "Marshall Coleman may be a lot of things, but scary he's not." Also poised for an independent bid is former Democratic Gov.

L. Douglas Wilder, whose supporters collected about 4,000 signatures on his petitions outside the Republican convention. Many political analysts believe a three- or four-way race helps North because he could have trouble expanding his support beyond the band of highly devoted followers he has dubbed "Ollie's army." A large field would spread the antiNorth vote among more candidates. Before departing on the bus trip, North said that as soon as possible after the Democratic primary, he wants a series of "real, honest, Lincoln-Douglas style debates." North's victory Saturday over former Reagan administration budget director James C. Miller III culminated a nominating battle in which he portrayed himself as the ultimate Washington outsider who would shake up Congress.

"Today, we send the Clintons and their cronies a simple but unmistakable message: This is our government. You stole it, and we are going to take it back," North said in his acceptance speech. Sen. Charles S. Robb, the Democratic incumbent who faces three little-known challengers in a June 14 primary, told reporters he's prepared for a tough campaign.

"With my 34 years in the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserves, I'm ready for any kind of attack." North captured about 55 percent of the vote. The unofficial delegate count was 4,858 for North and 3,924 for Miller. Miller then asked that the convention nominate North by acclamation. "Jim, you did the party proud," McSweeney told Miller at Sunday morning "unity breakfast." Under convention rules, the 8,782 convention votes were apportioned among the delegates, with some delegates getting as many as three votes and some getting only a fraction of a vote. Miller, who had insisted during the campaign that a North victory would splinter the party, urged GOP activists Sunday to get behind the nominee.

"It's time to put aside personality differences," he said. "Both of us are standing foursquare behind conservative principles, conservative ideals and, at the bottom line, beating Chuck Robb and giving Bill Clinton heck." Gov. George Allen, who remained neutral in the race, said: "It's time to start the healing process. Instead of worrying about our intrafamily squabbling, now we can go after our real opponent." Former Secretary of State Howard Baker IlI, asked Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether he would campaign for North, said: "I think it's important that we elect Republicans. So my answer to that, I suppose, would be, if asked, why not?" President Clinton said Sunday he believed Robb would be re-elected.

"Colonel North represents a clear choice for the people of Virginia and a clear triumph for the radical right," Clinton said in an interview with ABC News aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. And my guess is that the people of Virginia, once they see what their stark choices are, will choose Senator Robb." Former Waynesboro Resident Has Poem Published in Book Barbara Puckett Moses, formerly of Waynesboro and now living in Charlottesville, has had one of her poems accepted and will be a published poet in December. The name of the is "The Little Christmas Bunny." It was written in 1989 to be part of her handmade Christmas cards that she enjoys sharing each year with her family and friends. The poem tells the story of a little bunny who looks in a window on Christmas morning and all the emotions that he feels. The book is called Treasured Poems of America and is published by Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum.

Ms. Moses is employed at ConAgra Frozen Foods in Crozet as a microbiological technician..

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