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Active in the local Democratic Party, he became mayor of Gretna (serving 15 years--1918-1933--before his first legislative run below) and aligned with the Byrd Organization. Vaden began his part-time legislative career in 1933, as he succeeded lawyer and former judge E. J. Harvey of Chatham, who had long served as one of two senators ...
Gretna is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 60,501. [1] The county seat is Chatham. Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area. [2] The largest undeveloped uranium deposit in the United States (7th largest in the world) is located in ...
The Thomas Claiborne Creasy House is a historic house at 415 South Main Street in Gretna, Virginia. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1840 with later additions that substantially complemented the original construction. The original main block is Italianate in style, with Colonial Revival addition made in the 1880s and a ...
People from Gretna, Virginia (3 P) Pages in category "People from Pittsylvania County, Virginia" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
He was born at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Virginia, United States, to Jenks and Eloise Shelton in 1952, [2] but was raised in Grit, Virginia, [3] and went to High school in Gretna, Virginia. Although "Van" is a common portion of surnames derived from people of Dutch origin, "Van" in this case is Shelton's middle name.
Virginia State Route 40 passes through the center of Rocky Mount as Pell Avenue and Franklin Street, leading east 32 miles (51 km) to Gretna and southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Ferrum. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.9 square miles (17.8 km 2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km 2), or 0.39%, is water ...