Randolph (Randy) G. Heneberger was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia on August 19, 1945.  He graduated from Harrisonburg High School in 1963, and from The Virginia Military Institute with a B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering.  Upon graduation, he received a 1-year deferment from going on active duty with the U. S. Army.  He worked that year (1967-1968) for the Norfolk District Corps of Engineers in Norfolk and Radford, Virginia.  He then served on active duty as a Captain in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers 1968-1971.

His jobs between 1971 and his retirement on January 1, 2012 included working as Construction Engineer for Smith’s Transfer Corporation, as the Construction Project Manager for Sunnyside Retirement Community and as Systems Operator for Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative.

Randy is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia where he has served as Chairman of the Board of Deacons and as an Elder.

He has been a member of Fort Harrison Chapter since 1994.  He served as Corresponding Secretary and as Recording Secretary for many years.

In addition to being a member of Fort Harrison Chapter, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Shenandoah Valley Coin Club.  Some of his other interests include history and genealogy. 

I am a Virginian, born in Richmond and having attended schools in Henrico County, South Boston, Williamsburg, Charlottesville and Richmond.  My father was employed by what was then Virginia Electric and Power Company and was transferred on a number of occasions.  The only time I have lived elsewhere was occasioned by my two year service in the U.S. Army when my family and I lived in Hesse in what was then West Germany.

I am an avid lover of history and majored in that when I attended the University of Virginia with a major emphasis on Russian and Greco-Roman History.  I then attended the Medical College of Virginia and was in the same class as Patch Adams.  If you ever saw the movie with Robin Williams, it didn’t happen that way.  Medical School and Internship, also at MCV, were followed by a Residency in Dermatology at the University of Virginia and then my two year Army Service in West Germany.

I met my wife, Norma, as a “blind date” for a Johnny Mathis Concert at UVA and we were married at Fort Belvoir while I was in Medical School.  We have 5 children, several of whom are in the DAR or SAR as are several of our grandchildren.  This also includes the Virginia State Society C.A.R. and to which Norma and I contribute yearly.

When Norma and I moved to Harrisonburg in 1977, a local physician, the late Dr. Jean Wine, noted my middle name of Newkirk which also was the maiden surname of his mother.  As it turned out, we proved to be 8th cousins sharing common ancestry with the Newkirk family (a Dutch family) of Ulster County, New York.  Jean was a Compatriot of our Chapter and he provided the stimulus for my research which discovered my Patriot Ancestor, Captain Cornelius Newkirk of the Ulster County, New York Militia.  I became a Compatriot in the SAR and our Chapter in early February, 1994.

Over the years, I have been active on a local, state and national level.  I have served our Chapter as President, Treasurer, Chaplain, Chairman of the Flag Recognition Program and Chairman of the ROTC-JROTC Cadet Recognition Program.  On the state level, I have served as Chairman of the Flag Program and am currently VASSAR Surgeon.  I have also been honored to serve as a judge for the state Orations Contest.  On the national level, I have been recognized for “making the circuit of the Atlantic Middle State Conferences”, having attended them all.  I also serve on the NSSAR Medical Committee and a Vice Chairman of the NSSAR Flag Committee.   I have been recognized by NSSAR for attending both the Spring and Fall NSSAR Leadership Conferences for over 5 consecutive years with the Gold Roger Sherman Medal.  I have served on the Committee of the Knight-Patty Fund of VASSAR since 2013 and as Chairman since September, 2016.   I have been a General in the 1st Virginia Regiment, VASSAR since 2014 and first contributed to one of its Funds actually before the 1st Virginia was created.  I was awarded the VA Society Medal in 2006, VASSAR Presidential Award in 2007, Silver Good Citizenship Medal  (VASSAR and Chapter) in 2008, Madison Medal (VASSAR Service Medal) in 2009, Distinguished Service Award (VASSAR) 2011, Lamp Lighter AWAR from NSSAR in September, 2012 for support of the Center for Advancing American Heritage at the NSSAR Headquarters in Louisville, in 2013 the Thomas Jefferson Medal from NSSAR for support of the Knight Essay Contest in, 2014 the Joseph Warren Medal from NSSAR for support of the Rumbaugh Oration Contest and in that year, the Chapter Service Medal.

Regarding the Knight Essay Contest, I am very proud of the fact that when I was Chapter President, we received an entry from a homeschooled student.  It was submitted to VASSAR and won there, being the first such entry to do so.  At NSSAR, it placed second, losing by less than 1 point, if I remember correctly.  This “opened the door” for the participation of home schooled students in our State Contest.

​Jim was born Aug 8, 1953 in the Stonewall Jackson Home which had been converted to a hospital in Lexington Virginia.

EDUCATION
University:  Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Degree: Bachelor of Science, July 1981
Major:          Agronomy with emphasis in Environmental Science
Post Graduate Studies: Virginia Certified Planning Commission, 1999
Lord Fairfax Community College, 2012-2013- Network+, Web Design, Auto Cad, Graphics, Electronic Fundamentals and Digital Circuit Fundamentals

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Air Force:  1973-1977- Active duty 4.5 years

- Virginia Air National Guard: 1980-1999- Richmond, Virginia-  Enlisted 6 years as Environmental Health Technician. Became Military Public Health Officer, Lt.Col, Medical Readiness Officer, Military Intelligence Officer, and Infection Control Officer.  Conducted investigation of base facilities determining workplace hazards and making recommendations, conducted foodborne outbreak studies, trained in Respiratory Protection, sat on Aeromedical Council, advised Executive Committee and sat on Occupational Health Working Group Committee.

- USAF Reserve: 1999-2003- Served at Langley, AFB, Reactivated for 6 Months after 9/11.

- Shenandoah National Park: 1983-1991- Luray, Virginia- Environmental Protection Specialist. Developed and supervised east coast Air Quality Monitoring, trained site monitoring operators, developed guidelines and protocols for collection, processing, validation and reporting of data, liaison with Environmental Protection Agency, State Department of Air Pollution Control, local university researchers, and Air Quality Division and Washington Office. Was first to locate Gypsy Moth in 1984 at Mathews Arm Campground. Helped with Gypsy Moth location, trapping and spraying.

- Watkins Enterprises, Ltd.: 1991-1999- Luray, Virginia- Chief Executive Officer/Owner.  Developed policy and program design for Watkins Enterprises, Ltd., managed the completion of needs assessments to determine long-term care and rehabilitative program services, developed annual long-term care and rehabilitative program goals and objectives for Watkins Enterprises, Ltd., monitored all corporation expenditures, administered the development and maintenance of management information system as required for corporation operations, authorized designee to conduct corporation staff meetings as appropriate, authorized designee to conduct consumer/customer satisfaction surveys, developed, implemented, and maintained applicable corporation personnel management policies and procedures as well as assured management/supervisory practices were in accord with stated company policy, conducted evaluation and monitoring activities to ensure that all corporation programs are in compliance with established legislation, standards, policies, etc., supervised the corporation’s department heads and administrative support staff, 95+ employees, reviewed staff disciplinary action, conducted periodic meetings with corporation staff to discuss planning, status, perspectives, and obtain input, represented Watkins Enterprises, Ltd. to local government officials, worked with Delegate Andy Guest to change the laws governing DNR in Assisted Living Facilities in Virginia, attended and represented corporation at meetings impacting on the provision of comprehensive care to adults, especially residential, rehabilitative care for the population 55+, and coordinated the provision of education programs/services to the community.

- Planning Commission: 1998-2005- Page County- District 1- Developed the 2000 Comprehensive Plan along with GIS Mapping. Developed a 5, 6 and 7 redistricting plan for the Board of Supervisors approval. Wrote the first Tower Ordinance for Page County.

- Page Valley News: 2020- Present- Half owner of Page Valley News.  Developed website,  maintain and work sales.

- WatkinsLLC: 2003-Present- Own rental and business properties.

ORGANIZATIONS
- Workforce Investment Board 2002-2004
- Rotary Club President 2000-2001
- Mason and Shriner 1998-Present
- Election Committee for Delegate Allen Louderback 1999-2003
- U.S. 340 Advisory Committee for Widening to 4 Lanes 1998-1999
- SAR 2022-Present
ACHIEVEMENTS
EMT, Three Special Achievement Awards from the Park Service,
Created and Currently Maintain the Caverns Shrine Club Blue Grass in the Blue Ridge Web Site.

Except for the periods spent during his formal education and military service Larry has lived all of his life in the central Shenandoah Valley. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1966 and entered the United States Air Force as a brand-new Second Lieutenant. After completing flight school in Texas, he was assigned to the Strategic Air Command as a B-52 Co-pilot. Over the next four years he was assigned two temporary tours in Southeast Asia flying more than 100 bombing missions in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and along the North Vietnamese border in Laos.

After leaving the air force in 1971, his wife, Linda, and the GI Bill put him through graduate school at JMU and law school at the University of Richmond. He then practiced law for the next twenty-seven years in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Among his professional activities during those years, he served as the Assistant Commonwealth Attorney for Rockingham Co. and the City of Harrisonburg, and opened his private law practice representing individuals as well as two of the incorporated towns within the county. He later formed a partnership with T.J. Wilson known as Wilson & Bowers. Upon his retirement from private practice in 2001 he was appointed to serve as a Substitute Judge for the General District Courts and so served until his retirement in 2016.

Larry has been active in numerous community organizations such as the Bar Association, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, Rotary, and the hospital board. He enjoys gardening, his book club, and most anything regarding aviation and Virginia Tech. Larry and Linda have two daughters, Courtney Bowers and Laura Reynolds.

​Tom was born in Puerto Rico where his father was serving as a Lutheran Missionary. When the US entered WWII the family moved back to the Continental US.   After graduating from high school and spending a year at college, Tom enlisted in the Navy in 1958.  

He would spend two years aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway making two deployments to South East Asia. Followed by two years in Hawaii where, in 1962, he was caught up in the Cuban Missile Crisis and was involuntarily extended.  He was transferred the USS Samuel N. Moore, a destroyer.  It was his time in the military that taught him the necessity of working together and to take responsibility for his actions. 

Tom was discharged from the Navy in 1964 and attended Marietta College, in Marietta, Ohio, where he met Daille.  Tom ended up transferring to Parsons College, in Fairfield, Iowa, graduating in 1967 with a BA.  Daille had graduated earlier and the two were married shortly thereafter. 

Tom had responded to an advertisement from the Department of State during the summer of 1966. He passed a series of exams and a formal background investigation. Tom joined the State Department in September 1967.  Tom’s first assignment was the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, arriving in early December of ‘67.  

For the next 30 years years, Tom would go on to serve in 7 more countries (Belgium, Brazil, Indonesia, Suriname, Germany, Japan, and the Dominican Republic), struggle with 9 languages on 4 continents, and deal with the birth of two children.  In addition, Tom spent a year in Africa filling in for vacant Embassy administrative management positions in 7 countries (Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Cape Verde, Benin).  Tom also created regional procurement support offices in Bonn and Tokyo. At the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tom was sent to Belarus to establish an Embassy in Minsk.

Tom transferred his SAR membership to the Fort Harrison Chapter in February 2005.  He was the recording secretary for several years and then served as 1st Vice-President for two years and President for two years. 

Tom’s paternal 4th great-grandfather, Lewis Ferris, served in the fledging US Navy during the Revolutionary War. After the war he migrated from his birthplace in Connecticut to Manchester, Indiana, where he died in 1819.  Family records make reference to the cemetery in Ferrisville or Ferrisville Cemetery, but the records are not specific. 

​Greg Owen is an Investment Advisor with Long Service Agency in Harrisonburg, and is a retired banker of forty years.
 
He is an Honors graduate of James Madison University, with a BA Degree in History, Summa Cum Laude with Distinction in History.

He was named a George C. Marshall Scholar, conferred by the George C. Marshall Foundation at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA for research and writing an expansive work in military history.

Greg is the author of a World War II biography, The Longest Patrol, A U-Boat Gunner’s War, which was published in 2006, revised in 2009, and has enjoyed worldwide sales.

He has written an extensive research guide, Wehrmacht Autumns; German Prisoners of War in the Plains District of Rockingham County, Virginia During World War II, which is available through the Library of Virginia as well as through local libraries in Rockingham and Augusta Counties.

He has presented public lectures on various history topics in more than 100 venues across Virginia.

Greg served a number of years on the Board of Trustees for the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, with two terms as Chairman of the Board.

He is a member of the Fort Harrison Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, representing five direct ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Greg is a passionate travel photographer and Europhile, with 25 independent excursions to Western and Eastern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland.

Wes Dove founded Dove Development & Consulting in 2015 to help organizations improve their profitability by building better leaders! Since then, he and his wife Cindy have provided practical tools for developing leaders and enhancing workplace communication for companies and associations across the United States.

Prior to that, Wes did extensive work in behavior-based safety throughout North America. Wes studied Human Resource Management at Columbia Southern University and holds a professional certification in human resources through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP) with over 20 years of experience in safety, human resources, and personnel development in manufacturing, mining, and construction.
 
In addition to running their business together, Wes and Cindy have been married since April 2000. They have two adult children, six grandchildren (as of April 2024), and two rescue dogs. They keep an incredibly full schedule but enjoy wooden bat baseball (usually just a few innings at a time) and time on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Wes is involved in several civic organizations and recently completed a two-year term as president of the Fort Harrison Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. He has contributed chapters to two books and released his first complete book, What’s KILLING Your Profitability? (It ALL Boils Down to Leadership!), on Feb 20, 2024, which became a #1 Best Seller on Amazon. He’s currently working on his second book.
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​Chaz W. Haywood was elected in 2007 and began serving as the Clerk of Rockingham Circuit Court which includes the City of Harrisonburg.  During his 15 plus years in this capacity, he has worked diligently to streamline court processes as well as focused a lot of attention on preserving court records that date back to as early as 1739.
 
Prior to this his election, Chaz spent 14 years working for members of the United States Congress.  He was also employed for a time at James Madison University handling industry and government relations opportunities and spent 9 years in the Virginia Army National Guard.  

Chaz is married to Virginia Haywood, nee Burtner, of Keezletown (a beef cattle farmer and artist). He has three adult daughters and is very proud of his 6-year-old grandson Henry, 3 year old granddaughter Josie and 6 year old dog Fridley, who you will often find at the courthouse.  A 3rd grandchild will be joining the family tree in August 2024.

Chaz is adamant about service to others which includes his support of many organizations including Rotary, American Legion, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, On The Road Collaborative, Sons of the American Revolution, the Explore More Children’s Museum, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Boys and Girls Club and others.  He is a member of Grace Covenant Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Chaz graduated from James Madison University with his Bachelor of Science in Political Science and received his Certified Clerk of Court status from the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center in 2012.