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Esther Pennington, 291-2629
The installation service for the Rev. Steve Willis was presented by the Peaks’ Presbytery on March 3 at 4 p.m. with the following speakers: Rodger Linkenhoker, ruling elder, Virginia Presbyterian Church, Buchanan; Pix Mahler, ruling elder, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg; Rosalea Potter, ruling elder, Collierstown Presbyterian Church; Kym Wiederholt, moderator and ruling elder, First Presbyterian Church, Collinsville; Faye Worley, ruling elder, High Bridge Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Anghaarad Teague Dees, pastor, Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg; the Rev. Dr. Bill Klein, pastor, honorably retired, Shenandoah Presbytery; the Rev. Mark Rackley, co-pastor, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg; the Rev. Kim Steinhorst, pastor, Maysville and New Store Presbyterian Churches; the Rev. Dr. Amy Merrill Willis, professor, University of Lynchburg; and the Rev. Steve Willis.
Following this service, a reception was held by the High Bridge Presbyterian Women.
Holy Week activities include Palm Sunday, March 24, with the children’s procession with palm leaves. The Maundy Thursday/communion service is March 28 at 7 p.m. The children’s Easter egg hunt is on Saturday, March 30, at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday will proceed with church service at 11 a.m., with no Sunday school classes.
Bill and Lea Braford have returned from a week’s vacation at Knoxville, Tenn. There they were joined by Lea’s brother and sister-in-law from Amelia and her sister and brother-in-law from Alabama.
The Plank Road and surrounding area mourns the passing of Jean McDaniel Moore. Jean attended Natural Bridge High School for a short period until the county redistricted the northern end of Plank Road students to Effinger High. In later years, Jean became a rural mail carrier and she told some scary stories about delivering the mail in the snow storms. This reporter enjoyed attending AARP meeting and taking Abbott bus trips with Jean. Jean passed away on Feb. 28. A memorial service was conducted March 4 at Harrison Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert Gordon. She was buried at the cemetery of Broad Creek A.R. Presbyterian Church, where she was a faithful member for her entire life.
High Bridge also mourns the loss of member Lorna Whisler, who passed away March 1 at her home. A memorial service and reception will be held at High Bridge on Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m. A complete obituary of Lorna’s interesting life may be viewed online at The News-Gazette website.
We wish to thank the Natural Bridge Ruritan Club for their work with the annual clean-up day in Rockbridge County, which was held March 16.
The Natural Bridge/ Glasgow food pantry will be open Thursday, March 21, from 9 to 11 a.m.
