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Vest was born in Roanoke, Virginia on January 5, 1936, the son of Frank Harris Vest and Viola Gray Woodson. He was educated at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia . He then studied at Roanoke College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959.
Onzlee Ware (January 4, 1954 – February 10, 2024) was an American politician and judge. A Democrat, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in November 2003. He formerly represented the 11th District, which is made up of part of the City of Roanoke.
Noel Calvin Taylor (July 15, 1924 – October 29, 1999) [1] [2] was an American politician who served as the 41st mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, from 1975 to 1992.An African American leader who helped facilitate Roanoke's peaceful desegregation in the late 1960s, Taylor was widely considered one of the most influential political and civic leaders in the city's history.
"Mr. Taubman was a strong civic leader, a chairman of the Roanoke Valley United Negro College Fund and a director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce." [4] As a member of the Roanoke Jewish Community Council or RJCC, Arthur Taubman began collecting money to support people leaving Germany to go to Israel. [5]
He was ordained deacon on June 4, 1971, and priest on December 1, 1971, by Bishop William H. Marmion of Southern Virginia. In 1971 he initially became assistant priest at St John's Church in Roanoke, Virginia, and then in 1974 as assistant priest at Christ Church Chapel in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, until 1976.
Alfred Victor "Vic" Thomas (1929–2006) was a Virginia businessman (owner of E. J. Thomas Market) and politician. [1] As a Democrat, he represented parts of Roanoke and Roanoke County, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1974 until 2004.
Richard Harding "Dick" Poff (October 19, 1923 – June 27, 2011) was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 from Virginia's 6th congressional district. [1]
The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It is published by Lee Enterprises. It is published by Lee Enterprises. In addition to its headquarters in Roanoke, it maintains a bureau in Christiansburg , covering the eastern New River Valley and Virginia Tech .