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2009-2010 VFDA Officers and Staff

 

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President

C. Keister Whitt III, CFSP

Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home

 Danville, VA

 

       

 

President Elect

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Vice President

H.F. "Frankie" Sheridan

Sheridan Funeral Home, Inc.

Kents Store, VA

 

   

 

Second Vice President

Michael Smith

Hollomon & Brown Funeral Home

Norfolk, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary-Treasurer

I. Ray Sloan

Botetourt Funeral Home

Botetourt, VA

 

 

 

 

 

Immediate Past President

Michael E. Rorrer

McCoy Funeral Home

Blacksburg, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Large

J. Michael Williams

Joseph W. Bliley Co.

Richmond, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Large

Vacant

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

At Large

Bryan P. Graves

H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts.

Norfolk, VA

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

At Large

Victor Conner

Lynch-Conner-Bowan Funeral Home

Rocky Mount, VA

 

 

 

 
   

Blue Ridge District

James A. Riffe

Riffe's Funeral Service

Narrows, VA

 

    

 

 

Central District

Tolleison Morriss

J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc

Petersburg, VA

 

 

 

 

Northern District

Michael Turch

Mountcastle Funeral Home

Dale City, VA

 

Shenandoah

District

Robert T. Slusser, Jr.

Nicely Funeral Home

Clifton Forge, VA

 

 

 

 

Southside District

Kevin Brown

Finch & Finch, Inc. Altavista, VA

 

   

 

Southwest

District 

Ted Castle

Gate City Funeral Home

Gate City, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidewater District

Robert M. Oman

Oman Funeral Home

Chesapeake, VA

 

     

Chaplain

Les Powell, III

Powell Funeral Home

South Boston, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sergeant

At Arms

Larry Joines

 Bassett Funeral Service

Bassett, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NFDA Policy Board Representative

Robert F. Hazelgrove

Woody Funeral Home

Richmond, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lacy Whittaker

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Hannah M. Coltrain

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VFDA President

C. Keister Whitt, III, CFSP

Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home

Danville, Virginia

 

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Virginia Funeral Directors Association

Contact Information - 2009-2010

Board of Directors: 2009-2010

Phone Contact Info:

Email:

C. Keister Whitt, III, CFSP, President

O: (434) 793-5511

ckw3@verizon.net

Vacant - President-Elect

O: 

 

H.F. "Frankie" Sheridan, First Vice President

O: (434) 589-8374

No email - Fax: (434-589-3151)

Michael L. Smith, Sr., Second Vice President

O: (757) 488-8497

smittyvfda@cox.net

I. Ray Sloan, Secretary-Treasurer

O: (540) 254-3000

botetourtfh@att.net

Michael E. Rorrer, Immediate Past President

O: (540) 552-3211

mccoyfuneralhome@verizon.net

Larry Joines, Sergeant-At-Arms

O: (276) 629-1770

larrij1960@yahoo.com

Les Powell, III, Chaplin

O: (434) 572-4911

lespowell111@gcronline.com

Mike Williams, At-Large Member

O: (804) 355-3800

jmw1951fd@yahoo.com

Vacant, At-Large Member

O:

 

Bryan P. Graves, At-Large Member

O: (757) 622-7353

digger9822@aol.com

Victor Conner, At-Large Member

O: (540) 483-5533

lynchconnerbowman@embarqmail.com

James A. Riffe, Blue Ridge District

O:  (540) 726-2442

riffefs@suddenlink.net

Tolleison Morriss, Central District

O: (804) 733-8511

jtm6@jtmorriss.com

Michael Turch, Northern District

O: (703) 680-1234

mturch@mountcastle.net

Tommy Slusser, Shenandoah District

O: (540) 862-4157

nicelyfh2@ntelos.net

Kevin Brown, Southside District

O: (434) 369-5621

finchandfinchfh@aol.com

Ted Castle, Southwest District

O: (276) 466-1626

tntcastle@bvunet.net

 


 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 07/06/2009

Contact: Lacy Whittaker

Virginia Funeral Directors Association

(804) 264-0505

lwhittaker@vfda.net

 

Virginia Funeral Director's Association Elects C. Keister Whitt, III, CFSP as President

 

~ Association Nominates Funeral Director from Danville ~

 

RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Funeral Director's Association (VFDA) welcomes the 2009-2010 Board of Directors.  The association held its 121st Convention at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center in Roanoke, Va., June 13-June 17, 2009.  At the banquet, held on June 17, the association introduced the new board members. 

 

                The 2009-2010 president of the VFDA is C. Keister Whitt, III, CFSP, a funeral director at Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home in Danville.  Whitt said he chose the funeral service industry not by some divine intervention or lifelong dream, but by watching funeral professionals go about their work on a day to day basis.  He saw how funeral professionals always help in a time of need and he wanted to make a difference for a hurting family.  Whitt began his work in the funeral industry when he went to work part-time for Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home in 1980.   “In 1981, I was given the opportunity to work for Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home full–time during the summer, it was then that I realized I wanted a career in the funeral service industry”, Whitt said.  After the summer, he moved to Richmond, where he worked for A.W. Bennett Funeral Home while attending school and serving his apprenticeship.  Whitt completed the Associated Program in Funeral Service at John Tyler Community College in 1983.  Whitt returned to Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home in 1983 and became an owner in 1994.  Whitt’s goals for the next year are to grow the membership by defining the real value in membership and selling those values to the funeral professionals in the state and to offer learning opportunities for the association members that they can put to work in their funeral homes immediately.  Whitt stated that he tries to emulate what he has learned over the years from Ryland Bennett, Bill Bradley, Charlie Morehead, Clifton Rowland, Bobby Riddle, Sam Harrison, and many friends that he has made in the VFDA.  “I only hope I can give back to the funeral profession as much as I have taken away from it.”, he said.  The VFDA will be the voice of funeral service in Virginia and we are going to embrace technology and look at ways it can work for us!

                 

    The 2009-2010 Board Members and their positions are listed below

·          C. Keister Whitt, III, President, Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home, Danville, Va.

·          Vacant - President-Elect

·          Michael E. Rorrer, Immediate Past President, McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va.

·          H.F. “Frankie” Sheridan, First Vice President, Sheridan Funeral Home, Kents Store, Va.

·          Michael L. Smith, Sr., Second Vice President, Holloman-Brown Funeral Home, Inc., Portsmouth, Va.

·          I. Ray Sloan, Secretary-Treasurer, Botetourt Funeral Home, Buchanan, Va.

·          James A. Riffe, Jr., Blue Ridge District, Riffe Funeral Service, Inc., Narrows, Va.

·          J. Tolleison Morriss, VI, Central District, J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc., Petersburg, Va.

·          Michael E.M. Turch, Northern Virginia District, Mountcastle Funeral Home, Dale City, Va.

·          Robert T. “Tommy” Slusser, Jr., Shenandoah District, Nicely Funeral Home, Inc., Clifton Forge, Va.

·          Kevin Brown, Southside District, Finch & Finch Funeral & Cremation Services, Altavista, Va.

·          Ted Castle, Southwest Virginia, Castle Mortuary Transport, Bristol, Va.

·          Robert M. “Bob” Oman, Tidewater District, Oman Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Va.

·          J. Michael Williams, At-Large Member, Bliley Funeral Home, Richmond, Va.

·          Peter Piscitelli, At-Large Member, Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, LLC, Fairfax, Va.

·          Bryan P. Graves, At-Large Member, Cox Funeral Home, Norfolk, Va.

·          Victor Conner, At-Large Member, Lynch Conner Bowman Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, Va.

 

Unlike many organizations, the Virginia Funeral Directors Association also has a Sergeant-at-Arms and a Chaplain. This years Chaplain is Les Powell, III, Powell Funeral Home, Inc. in South Boston, Va., and the Sergeant-At-Arms is Larry Joines, Bassett Funeral Service, Bassett, Va. 

About Virginia Funeral Director's Association:

The Virginia Funeral Director's Association was formed on September 20, 1887 in Richmond, Virginia.  The VFDA is a voluntary association with membership affiliation in the National Funeral Directors Association.  For more information please visit www.vfda.net.

 


 

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