Beautification Committee honors Front Royal tree care experts
Front Royal horticulturist Anne Rose and several dozen attendees at the 21st annual Beautification Committee luncheon recognized local landscaping efforts. Awards went to Verizon at 1401 N Shenandoah Ave for Best Large Business and Osteria Italiana Kitchen at 510 S Royal Ave for Best Small Business among other honors. Virginia Cooper Cooperative Extension Agent Mark Sutphin offered watering tips and demonstrated slow watering methods to protect trees.
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Front Royal
Anne Rose
Rose
France
Verizon
Shenandoah Ave
Osteria Italian Kitchen
Royal Ave
Ann Orndorff
Barbara and
Jim Tolbert
Rugby Avenue
Frances Townes
Criser Road
Sandra Charles
Lackawanna
Fred Andreae
Billie Ruth Bowen
Grand Avenue
Lorraine Hultquist
Mark Sutphin
Front Royal Committee
Deaths of Odie Mitchell Herndon and Roger Powers in Front Royal
Obituaries notice two local deaths in Front Royal. Odie Mitchell Herndon aged 70 died November 7 2014 at Blue Ridge Hospice Winchester and services were held November 11 at Maddox Funeral Home with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Survived by wife Madeline and three sons with families, five grandchildren, two sisters, and one brother. Memorials to Blue Ridge Hospice. Roger Jonathan Powers Sr aged 67 died November 4 2014 at Winchester Medical Center with services November 10 at Maddox Funeral Home and burial at Culpeper National Cemetery. Survived by wife Betty, son R Jonathan Powers Jr and daughter Melanie Powers, granddaughter Natasha Powers, three sisters and several nieces and nephews. An account was opened for Natasha Powers at First Bank of Front Royal. donations requested in lieu of flowers. Arrangements were handled by Maddox Funeral.
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Odie Mitchell Herndon
Front Royal
Blue Ridge
Winchester
Maddox Funeral Home
Sammy Campbell
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Mr. Herndon
Manassas
Odie L
Mary Her
Blue Ridge Hospice
West Cork St
Roger Jonathan Powers
Winchester Medical Center
Culpeper National Cemetery
Roger
Roger Griffin Powers
Charlotte 8. Powers
Preston Trucking
FedEx
Manassas Park
Betty Powers
R. Jonathan Powers, Jr
Alexandria
Melanie Powers
Ter Natasha Powers
Elizabeth Nielsen
Stewart
Florida
Margaret McNemar
Richard “Dick” McNemar
Pennsylvania
Meredith Libcke
Tommy
Robert Powers
Edward Powers
Cecilia Brown
Natasha Powers
Powers
C/O First Bank of
North Shenandoah Ave
Myra Sowers Wissinger obituary notes long life and family ties
Myra Estelle Sowers Wissinger 93 died November 10 2014 of natural causes. Born January 13 1921 on the Rockland Virginia family farm she worked at American Viscose during World War II. She married Lewis D Wissinger in 1946 and they lived in Pennsylvania for 53 years before retiring to Front Royal Virginia in 1977. She was known for her cooking and hospitality and is survived by her sons Gordon and Lewis Jr and several grandchildren. A memorial service will be held November 14 at Sunnyside Harrisonburg and a graveside service at Rockland Cemetery Front Royal. In lieu of flowers donations may go to the Sunny Side Fellowship Fund.
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Myra Estelle (Sowers) Wissinger
Marenda Beryl
Manuel) Sowers
Robert Lee Sowers
Rockland
Virginia
Warren County
Myra
Front Royal
Lewis D
Skip” Wissinger
Johnstown
U.S. Army
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Skip
Wissinger
Sunnyside
Massanutten Presbyterian Church
Penn Laird
Skip” Wissinger, Jr
Kathleen
Gordon H. Wissinger
Patty
Robert William Wissinger
Becka
Beth Estelle (Wissinger
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Onofrio Castiglia
The
Warren Sentinel
Jimmy
Barbara Talbott
Rugby Street
Lamont
Anne Orndorff
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Sutphin
Roger Jonathan Powers, Sr
Juu
Myra Sowers Wissinger
Warren
Maddox
W. Main St. Front Royal
Arthur R. Maddox
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