Featured Resident

November 1, 2018 — Mrs. Irmgard Sames, formerly known as Irmgard Neeb, meaning “unforgettable” was born and raised in Germany along with her three sisters and one brother. Irmgard met and married her husband RG Sames, a United States Army officer shortly after World War II. Together the couple had four children who in turn gave them 8 grandchildren,... Read More

November 1, 2018 — Ms. Helen Shoemaker was born in Charlottesville, VA and was raised in Greene County and Orange County. She has two children, one son and one daughter, three grandchildren and one new great grandson that she is very proud of. Helen worked as a homemaker but shared with worker that her favorite job was when she... Read More

October 1, 2018 — Mrs. Dottie Burke born Dottie Halvorsen, was born and raised in Flushing, New York just outside Long Island with her parents and older sister Ruth. While attending teaching college Dottie met her husband Robert Burke on a blind date at West Point. Mrs. Burke’s husband was a Career Army Officer and later a member of... Read More

October 1, 2018 — Mr. Garnett Kestner was born and raised in Abington ,Virginia right outside of Bristol, and attended school in Washington County, Virginia and is affectionately known as “Red”. He was married to his wife Sue for forty-five years and together had four daughters and one son. He worked as a brick layer at the brick plant... Read More

August 31, 2018 — Mr. John Pente was born and raised with his brother and sister in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Calvert Hall College John accepted a job working for the Federal Government as a Computer Programmer while computer technology was still very new and upcoming. While working for the government he met his lovely wife Cathy with... Read More

August 31, 2018 — Ms. Brenda Burns was born and raised in Castlewood, Virginia and graduated from Castlewood High School. She had four sisters and one brother. In 1970 Brenda married Charles Burns, a beef and dairy farmer, and moved to live on a farm in Cleveland, Virginia (Russell County). She has three daughters and four grandchildren. Ms. Brenda... Read More

August 1, 2018 — Mr. Charles Butler was born November 6, 1943 and raised in Culpeper County, Virginia. He is known to family and friends as “Boozie”. He attended Mitchells schools in Culpeper County. He worked for Bingham and Taylor Corp. for thirty-nine and a half years manufacturing pipe, which he states he enjoyed very much. He loves spending... Read More

August 1, 2018 — Mrs. Mabel Nell Denny, formerly known as Mabel Riley was one of ten children. Mabel grew up with  five brothers and four sisters. After graduating from high school Mabel went to work for C&P Telephone Company of Virginia and worked there for nearly 40 years. Mabel met her future husband at the age of 18... Read More

July 2, 2018 — Ms. Marian Durden was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She grew up with 2 sisters and one brother of which she was the eldest. After High School Marian went on to business school and took a job working as a secretary. After casually meeting her husband James they began dating in secret because... Read More

July 2, 2018 — Ms. Audrey Briggs was born and raised in Newcastle England. She had two brothers and one sister and worked as a dentist prior to moving to the United States. Her husband was an engineer for Chrysler Automotive which allowed for them to travel all over the world. She loves gardening, horses, sewing, badminton, tennis, participating... Read More