Ashland Hall Of Fame 2008

C. Hunter Jones 1918 – 2001

Dr. Robert Emory Blackwell 1854-1938

Dr. J.Earl Moreland 1897 - 1967

C. Hunter Jones, a native Ashlander, gave generously of his time and talents to improve the lives of...

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As a thirteen-year-old, Robert Blackwell came to Ashland on a railroad handcar to begin...

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As President of Randolph-Macon College from 1939 to 1968, Dr. Mooreland is credited with building...

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Edwin Robinson

Eunice Daniel Bundy - 1969

Floyd W. Tucker April 4, 1888 – September 9, 1954

Edwin Robinson was President of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac (RF&P) in 1846 when he...

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Born in Emporia, Virginia and educated at Virginia Union University, Eunice Bundy received her...

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Floyd Woodruff Tucker, Jr. enlisted in the army at the age of 19. He returned to Ashland to begin a...

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Harry V. Smeeman 1890-1929

Henry Clay 1777-1852

Hill Carter 1846-1918

Harry V. Smeeman served as Ashland’s solitary police sergeant from 1922 to 1929, when he was shot...

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Henry Clay was born in 1777 at Clay Spring, his family home, located just east of Ashland in the...

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Born in Caroline County, Hill Carter moved to "North River" near Beaverdam as a boy. He...

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Hugh Stephens

Jay Pace 1945 -2004

James Napoleon Luck 1886-1954

Hugh Stephens graduated from Randolph-Macon in 1941 and became the athletic director of Henry Clay...

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Following graduation from Randolph-Macon College, Jay Pace became Director of Public Relations from...

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A natural entrepraneur, James Napoleon Luck's first business was the S.A. Luck & J.N. Luck...

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John R. Fleming Aug. 13,1912–Feb. 5,1998

Jordan Wheat Lambert 1843-1889

Lester Jackson 1915 -1991

John R. Fleming, a former vocational agriculture teacher and assistant principal, was the first...

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While a student at Randolph-Macon College, Jordan Wheat Lambert showed his flair for chemistry and...

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Growing up in Ashland, Lester Jackson attended the Hanover County Training School (later John M....

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Shirts Blanton

Paul and Lois Watkins

Richard S. Gillis, Jr. 1914 – 2001

A native Ashlander, "Shirts" Blanton was a natural athlete who played semi-professional...

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Paul and Lois Watkins came to Ashland from Chicago in the summer of 1933. Paul was a veteran...

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Dick Gillis was the enthusiastic Mayor of Ashland for sixteen years who proclaimed Ashland as the...

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St. George Tucker 1828 – 1863

Mary Higdon Workman "Sunshine Sue" 1911-1979

Born in 1828, St. George Tucker was the son of Henry St. George Tucker, legislator, congressman, and...

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Sunshine Sue was the nationally known star of the wildly popular country music variety show, The Old...

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