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Volume 59, Number 25 • June 27, 2013
Confederate marker dedicated at Thurston Family Cemetery By Ben Orcutt Staff Writer
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Admission to the Goochland County fireworks is free, but canned food donations are being requested for the Goochland Free Clinic and Family Services food pantry.
July 4th fireworks kick off at 9 p.m. Contributed Report
Goochland County Fourth of July fireworks will light up the skies at the Goochland Sports Complex starting at 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 4. Goochland County Parks, Recreation and Facilities is requesting canned food donations for the Goochland Free Clinic and Family Services food pantry at this year’s annual fireworks celebration. While most people are enjoying the freedom of summertime, the Food Pantry shelves never take a holiday. Such items as macaroni and cheese, canned tuna, canned fruit and vegetables, peanut butter and even toilet paper are needed. The food pantry serves 125 families weekly. Collection boxes will be located in the key parking areas.
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Saturday was a proud day for the Rev. James E. Waldrop Sr. and family and friends who dedicated the graves of two Confederate soldiers who are buried in the Thurston Family Cemetery off Davis Mill Road in Goochland. Confederate soldiers William Granville Hix and William Henry Mills were honored by a crowd estimated at more than 200 on property owned by Waldrop and his family. “We are celebrating the lives of two of our ancestors who fought valiantly for the South,” Waldrop said with the natural accent of a Southern gentleman. Barbara Fleming, 65, of Goochland, had the honor of unveiling the headstone of Hix, who was her great-greatgrandfather. “William Granville Hix, he was in Company B of the 44th Virginia Infantry, which was the Goochland unit,” Waldrop said following the ceremony.
“He and two of his brothers enlisted the same day – June 3, 1862 – near Hadensville Post Office.” Mills’ headstone was unveiled by John Alexander, 75, of Henrico. “I’ve been wanting to come out here and find this gravestone for a long time,” Alexander said. Mills was a member of the 56th Virginia Infantry and was wounded in the neck in the Battle of Gettysburg, Alexander said. Mills also was present when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Alexander added. Mary G. Vial, 70, of Henrico, who serves as president of the General Stuart Chapter 2195 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, also attended Saturday’s dedication to honor the Confederate soldiers. Photo by Ben Orcutt “Well, you stop and think, Ed Harris, left and Capt. Frank Yates of the Capt. William a lot of them – especially if Latane Camp No. 1690 Sons of Confederate Veterans based they’re [in] different cemeteries in Mechanicsville share in Saturday’s ceremony honoring two Confederate soldiers who are buried in the Thurston Family
see Marker > page 2 Cemetery off Davis Mill Road in Goochland.
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