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2007-2008 VFDA Officers and Staff

 

Click Here for VFDA Board of Directors Contact Information

 

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President

Bettye F. Miller

Gate City Funeral Home, Inc.

Gate City, VA

 

 

 

 

President Elect

Michael E. Rorrer

McCoy Funeral

Home, Inc.

Blacksburg, VA

 

 

 

First Vice President

C. Keister Whitt III, CFSP

Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home

Danville, VA

Second Vice President

 Todd W. Wolfe

Jefferson Funeral Chapel

Alexandria, VA

Secretary-Treasurer

Les W. Powell III 

Powell Funeral Home, Inc.

South Boston, VA

Immediate Past President

Robert H. Johnson

Johnson Funeral

Service, Inc.

Bridgewater, VA

   

At Large

Tolleison Morris

J.T. Morriss &

Son, Inc.

Petersburg, VA

 

 

At Large

Robert A. Givens

Givens Funeral Home

Pearisburg, VA

 

 

 

At Large

Bobby L.

Gardner, Jr.

Gardner Funeral Home

Floyd, VA

 

 

 

At Large

Robert "Bob"

M. Oman

Oman Funeral Home

Chesapeake, VA

 

 

 

   

 

Blue Ridge District

Victor Conner

Flora Funeral Service,

Rocky Mount, VA

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Director

Central District

J. Michael Williams

Joseph W. Bliley Co., Inc.,

Mechanicsville, VA

 

Director,

Northern District

Matthew Buscher

 Robert J. Murphy Funeral Home

Arlington, VA

 

Director, Shenandoah

District

Mark Clark

Henry Funeral

Home, Inc.

Staunton, VA

 

 

Director,

Southside District

Robert L. Finch

Finch & Finch, Inc. & Cremation Service

Altavista, VA

 

 

Director, Southwest

District 

Mark Singleton

Singleton Funeral Home

Cedar Bluff, VA

 

Director,

Tidewater District

Michael Smith

Hollomon & Brown Funeral Home

Norfolk, VA

 

Chaplain

P. Martin Hagy

Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home, Inc.

Norton, VA

 

 

Sergeant

At Arms

Bobby L.

Gardner, Jr.

Gardner Funeral Home

Floyd, VA

 

 

NFDA Policy Board Representative

Margaret "Meg" Mountcastle

Mountcastle

Funeral Home

Dale City, Virginia

 

 

VFDA HOME OFFICE:

1011 East Main Street, Ste 400

Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: (804) 264-0505

Fax: (804) 264-3260

 

Executive Director
Lacy Whittaker

lwhittaker@vfda.net

 

Director of Membership Services

Samantha Pinner

spinner@vfda.net

 

VFDA President

Bettye F. Miller

Gate City Funeral Home, Inc.

Gate City, VA

 

Website, Exhibits & Sponsorships

Samantha Pinner

Phone (804) 264-0505

Fax (804) 264-3260

spinner@vfda.net


 

VFDA Board of Directors Contact Information

 

Virginia Funeral Directors Association

Contact Information - 2007-2008

Board of Directors: 2007-2008

Phone Contact Info:

Email:

Bettye Miller, President

C: (423) 677-7357

tybetmil@charter.net

Mike Rorrer, President-Elect

O: (540) 552-3211

mccoyfuneralhome@verizon.net

Keister Whitt, First Vice President

O:  (434) 793-5511

ckw3@verizon.net

Todd Wolfe, Second Vice President

O: (703) 895-5450

pims117@msn.com

Les Powell, Secretary-Treasurer

O: (434) 572-4911

lespowell111@gcronline.com

Bob Johnson, Immediate Past President

O: (540) 828-2542

bjohnsonbh2o@yahoo.com

Bobby Gardner, Jr., Sergeant-At-Arms

O: (540) 745-2007

bgardner@swva.net

Marty Hagy, Chaplin

O: (276) 679-0192

marty.hagy1@comcast.net

Tollesion Morriss, At-Large Member

O: (804) 733-8511

jtm6@jtmorriss.com

Robert Givens, At-Large Member

O: (540) 921-1650

rgivens@i-plus.net

Bobby Gardner, Jr., At-Large Member

O: (540) 745-2007

bgardner@swva.net

Bob Oman, At-Large Member

O: (757) 547-5184

boman@omanfh.com

Victor Conner, Blue-Ridge District

O: (540) 483-3835

florafs@embarqmail.com

Mike Williams, Central District

O: (804) 355-3800

jmw1951fd@yahoo.com

Matt Buscher, Northern District

O: (703) 533-0341

matthewbuscher@hotmail.com

Mark Clarke, Shenandoah District

O: (540) 885-7211

markaclarke@henryfuneralhome.net

Rob Finch, Southside District

O: (434) 369-5621

finchandfinchfh@aol.com

Mark Singleton, Southwest District

O: (276) 964-4011

singleton@singletonfuneralservice.com

Michael Smith, Tidewater District

O: (757) 495-7727

smithmdg@cox.net

 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 7/19/2007

Contact: Samantha Pinner

Virginia Funeral Directors Association

(804) 264-0505

spinner@vfda.net

 

Virginia Funeral Directors Association Elects

Bettye F. Miller, President

 

~ Association Nominates Second Woman President ~

 

 

            RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Funeral Directors Association (VFDA) welcomes the 2007-2008

Board of Directors.  The association held its 119th Convention in Virginia Beach, Virginia June 18-20, 2007. 

At the banquet held on June 20, 2007 the association introduced the new board members.

            The 2007-2008 president of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association is Bettye F. Miller.  Mrs. Miller is

owner and president of Gate City Funeral Home in Gate City, Va.  Mrs. Miller was raised in the funeral business

and has taken over the family business in recent years.   She joined the funeral business when she was licensed

in 1967.  Mrs. Miller apprenticed under her mother, Juanita S. Falin of Gate City Funeral Home.  Mrs. Falin and her

husband Gene [Falin] had been in the funeral business in Scott County, Va. since 1954.  Upon the death of

Mrs. Falin’s husband in 1964, she proceeded with his plans and built the current Gate City Funeral Home. 

“As my mother taught, I have always had the love of the community and the funeral business. 

I rely on the Virginia Funeral Directors Association to keep us informed of the challenges and changes of the

funeral industry,” says Mrs. Miller.  Her goal for the upcoming year is to visit as many funeral homes across

the state as possible.  She wants the members to benefit from the quality of excellence brought by the VFDA. 

 Mrs. Miller hopes to revisit and ignite the passion of the profession as many of the older generation professed.  

Miller is the second woman to serve as VFDA president.  The first woman served as president in 1989-1990.

            The 2007-2008 Board Members and their positions are listed below:

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·         Bettye F. Miller, President, Gate City Funeral Home, Gate City, Va.

·         Michael E. Rorrer, President-Elect, McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg, Va.

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

·         Todd W. Wolfe, Second Vice President, Jefferson Funeral Chapel, Inc., Alexandria, Va.

·         Leslie W. Powell, III, Secretary-Treasurer, Powell Funeral Home, Inc., South Boston, Va.

·         Robert H. Johnson, Immediate Past President, Johnson Funeral Service, Inc., Bridgewater, Va.

·         James L. Paitsel, Jr., Blue Ridge District,  Paitsel Funeral Home, New Castle, Va.

·         J. Michael Williams, Central District, Joseph W. Bliley Company, Inc., Richmond, Va.

·         Matthew J. Buscher, Northern District, Murphy Falls Church Funeral Home, Arlington, Va.

·         Mark Clarke, Shenandoah District. Henry Funeral Home, Inc., Staunton, Va.

·         Robert L. Finch, Southside District, Finch & Finch Funeral Home, Altavista, Va.

·         Mark Singleton, Southwest District, Singleton Funeral Home, Cedar Bluff, Va.

·         Michael Smith, Tidewater District. Holloman-Brown Funeral Home, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.

·         Tolleison Morriss, At-Large Member, J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc., Petersburg, Va.

·         Robert A. Givens, At-Large Member, Givens Funeral Home, Pearisburg, Va.

·         Bobby L. Gardner, Jr., At-Large Member, Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd, Va.

·         Robert “Bob” Oman, At-Large Member, Oman Funeral Home, Chesapeake, Va.

 

 Unlike many organizations, the Virginia Funeral Directors Association also has a Sergeant at Arms and a Chaplin. 

 This year the sergeant at arms is Bobby L. Gardner, Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd, Va.

Norton and the Chaplin is Marty Hagy, Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home, Inc., located in Norton, Va.

 

About Virginia Funeral Directors Association:

The Virginia Funeral Directors 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 on VFDA go to www.vfda.net.

 

 

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