Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Donation honors anniversaries
Good Neighbors Fund
Donation form
Previous Good Neighbors Fund stories
- Past continues to haunt struggling young family
- Fund helped Catherine Nabors when insurance ran out
- Charity's needs outpace resources
- Good Neighbors Fund tally tops 2007 contributions
- Donations to fund surpass expectations
Total amount raised
Judy and Ron East made their annual contribution to The Roanoke Times' Good Neighbors Fund in the name of romance, in honor of Betty H. and Raymond Barton, and Doris A. and James Graham.
All three couples celebrate their 50th wedding anniversaries within six months of one another: the Grahams, then the Bartons and the Easts will celebrate on Valentine's Day.
Judy East said the Bartons were high school sweethearts and she and her husband have also been together since their school days. Betty Barton was in the same class as Judy, and James Graham was the best man in the East's wedding.
What's the secret is to staying married for 50 years? "We married for keeps," Judy East said.
The Easts have been contributing to the Good Neighbors Fund since its first year and choose someone to honor or remember with their donation. This year, Judy East said, "I've got the golden anniversaries on my mind."
Donors through Dec. 1 include:
Susan Hetherington in memory of William Hetherington, Nancy Hetherington and Charles Gilbert and in honor of Emily and DJ Caldwell
Chris, Leigh Ann, and children in memory of Ranny Becker
Debbie and Nancy in honor of the Flaghouse
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Prillaman in honor of their family and friends
Johnie and Verna Haskins
Peters Creek Church of the Brethren Friendship Circle
Friendship Club of the Westhampton Christian Church
Leslie and Pat Perdue in memory of their parents: George and Cassie Fralin, B. O. and Cuzza Perdue
The Dorseys in honor of Ellen and Mark Driscoll
Jerry and Lucy Blankenship in memory of Paul Blankenship and John and Jeanette Moticha
Gladys and Rupert Cutler in memory of Richard E. Cutler
Caryl Solomon
An anonymous donor in honor of those in need
Helen and Robert Guthrie
Evie Brown, "Skip" Brander Muehl, Lee Hartman in memory of Anne Hammersley
Kirk Johnston in memory of June and Steve
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Ratliff in memory of Ocie Ratliff
Dorothy Hartman Carroll in memory of all her deceased family members, the Hartman family
Bob and Reba Metz in honor of their children and their families
Muriel H. Brobst in honor of Jefferson Place neighbors
Muriel H. Brobst in memory of Dr. Henry T. Brobst
Polly B. Moynihan in memory of Jenny Lynch
Judy Marlow
Arlene W. Stoller in memory of Murray A. Stoller and in honor of neighbors on Oak Crest Avenue
Carolyn and Mike Warner in honor of family and friends
Frances Kincanon
Kerby Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Prillaman and Jennifer Prillaman in memory of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Prillaman, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Freeman, Mrs. Julia S. Dudley
Read and Bruce Lunsford in memory of Kirk Lunsford, Jr. and in honor of Lita A. Lunsford
Mildred M. Porterfield
William W. Sherman in memory of Kathleen M. Sherman
Dr. Marcia Shelton in memory of Dr. Lilly McEachern and in honor of Dick and Carole Hawkins
Dr. Marcia Shelton in memory of Frances Augusta Merendino Altizer and in honor of Bettina C. Altizer
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holloway in honor of David and Jonathan Holloway
Ann Altice in memory of her father and brother
Paul C. Cocke in memory of his wife, Juanita
Norris and Shelby Parker in memory of Pauline and Irvin Hale
Constance and William Colls in memory of Harold and Mildred Forte, William and Grace Colls
Elizabeth Sherrard in memory of Sidney Sherrard
Nancy Barbour in honor of Mary B. Prescott
Carl Nave III in memory of his mom
Steve and Linda Snead in honor of family and friends
Bonnie Hartman in memory of Junior Gutierrez Ramos
An anonymous donor in honor of Erica Richardson and kids. It is always about the kids.
Mary F. Apruzzese in memory of Dr. Henry Y. Gamble
Dr. J. Keith Bohon in honor of Dot Brown Piedmont and our loved ones
Windsor Hills United Methodist Church
