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WWW.HOLLYWOODCEMETERY.ORG FALL 2020 • VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2 Follow the Blue Line A Special Guide to Hollywood’s Highlights ith over 135 acres of rolling hills, winding paths, and thousands of gravesites, Hollywood can be Woverwhelming to visitors. But many can find an easy introduction to the cemetery by following a simple blue line, painted on the right side of the road.

“The blue line was first implemented in 1992 as a guide to help visitors follow the tour map to find the graves of notables who are buried here. The blue line on the roadway corresponds with the one on our tour map,” said David Gilliam, General Manager of Hollywood Cemetery. Rolling hills of Confederate fallen.

From there, visitors veer right to tour the Confederate Section. Simple white tombstones lie in the shadows of Hollywood’s 90-foot granite pyramid, completed in 1869—a memorial to the 18,000 Confederate soldiers buried nearby. (And sharp-eyed visitors may discover a smaller, replica pyramid closer to the river for Leslie Dove, who died at age 17 at Gettysburg).

After circling this area, the blue line continues along Western Avenue, and then to scenic Ellis Avenue, which overlooks a valley. Here, two notables have gravesites A young girl’s four-legged guardian. right next to each other: Confederate General J.E.B. The approximately 2 ¼-mile route begins at Hollywood’s Stuart and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Ellen entrance. Across from the office, a large granite map of Glasgow. An elegant tombstone with a quote from Milton Hollywood shows the highlighted route (see page 3). (“Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new”) marks The blue line takes a quick right turn at The Glade, then Glasgow’s grave. According to John O. Peters, author continues up Confederate Avenue. Here one arrives at a of Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, “the remains of her visitor’s favorite: the black iron dog statue that guards beloved Sealyham Terrier, Jeremy, were unearthed from the grave of little Florence Rees. her garden and placed in the casket with her.” (continued on page 2)

Blue Line 2020 Hollywood Women Mason Donors Tour Pandemic Scenes Authors New as of 10-31-20 Page 4 Page 5 Pages 6-8 Page 9 Pages 10-11 A late afternoon setting sun provides a spectacular backdrop for some of Hollywood’s loveliest monuments. Pages 1-3 Photograph by Bill Draper Ms. Barbara Dickinson Mr. Robert W. Simms Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Gunter Mrs. Ann Adamson Taylor Mrs. Sarah Dowdey Mrs. Cecile S. Slagle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Heller Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Blue Line (continued) Mrs. Cary Tilton Doyle Ms. Susan Smith Mrs. J. Kimpton Honey Mr. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Smith Robert and Nadine Huberman Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Continuing down Ellis, one turns left onto Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Edmunds, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Snider Mr. David T. Hull Mr. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. named after Douglas Southall Freeman, who is buried Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Sowers, III IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mrs. E Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Etherington Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Spain, Jr. Program nearby on a triangular plot next to his wife. The editor of Mrs. Kay Williams Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain Mrs. Alice T. Spilman Mr. and Mrs. David B. Irvin Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV the Richmond News Leader for 34 years, Freeman also Mrs. Martha Alsop Faulkner Mrs. Ursula F. Stalker Mrs. Janet H. Mauck Anonymous wrote two Pulitzer Prize winning biographies. Ms. Dawn C. Fiske Mrs. Elizabeth C. Stallworth Kevin and Lisa McDonough Mrs. Fred C. Forberg, Jr. Mr. G. Allen Stanley James P. and Trina R. McElligott Dr. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Meriwether Fowlkes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Steeber Mr. and Mrs. George J. McVey From here, the blue line continues back uphill, reaching Mrs. Patricia M. Given Mrs. Loretta Tabb Mrs. Louise R. Moore the cobblestoned Presidents Circle, where monuments Mr. Carter Glass, IV and Mrs. Genya Mr. and Mrs. Bill Talbot Ms. Patricia Mott Gifts In Honor mark the gravesites of U.S. Presidents John Tyler Waters Glass Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Mr. Thomas L. Mountcastle Gounds Staff Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashby and James Monroe (his famous “birdcage”) and their Mr. C. Hobson Goddin Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. Gordon Musch Mr. and Mrs. McChesney C. Goodall, III Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter Thompson, Jr. Mr. William A. Nash, II Jennings, III families. Mrs. Eleanor Beck Gosse Mr. and Mrs. John Christopher Tichacek Mrs. Mary Ann Nash Woodrow Harper and Mabel Toney Jack and Ann Graham Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Toepffer Mrs. Louise B. Nemecek Mrs. Estelle M. Call Presidents Circle is also the location of what’s been Mr. Denys Grant Mr. and Mrs. Zach Toms, III Colonel Davis Eugene Norman Nelson Lankford and Bryce Powell Mr. Robert P. Grymes, Jr. Mr. Joseph V. Turner, III Mrs. Rebecca Olive Mr. and Mrs. E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. called the “saddest angel in Hollywood” at the grave of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953) and his wife, William N. Worthington in the Haxall plot. Here too is Mr. and Mrs. G. Bernard Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Vaden Ms. Ingrid Pantaenius Mrs. Louise Owens Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howze Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Valentine, III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pearsall, III Ms. Karen L. Owens buried Mary Triplett Haxall, whose beauty once inspired a Mrs. Cheryl L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Mike Van Yahres Mrs. Parke D. Pendleton deadly duel between friends. Because of the number of vehicles that come through Mr. William Allen Harrison Mrs. Elizabeth A. Vandenberg Mr. and Mrs. John Ramos, Jr. Matching Gift Hollywood, the blue line must be repainted often due to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Hilbert Mr. Melvin Walsh, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gaylord W. Ray Gray Holdings, LLC its fading in high traffic areas. Ms. Kathleen L. Hoppe Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Schaaf, III Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray, III Dr. and Mrs. J. Hubert Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Watson, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mr. Needham Bryan Whitfield “Many visitors return time and time again,” said Friends Mr. C. Edward Hughes, Jr. Mr. Howard W. Shields Program Dr. Douglas Hundley Ms. Diane Whiting Mr. and Mrs. Natalie and Michael Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Cobb, III of Hollywood Cemetery Executive Director, Kelly Mr. Theodore J. Jenczewski Ms. Mary L. Whitmore Southwood Wilbanks. “But even if the blue line is all you have time Mrs. Lois H. Jewett Kathryn L. Whittington Ms. Rosanna Strauss Corporations, for, you’ll still have a most enjoyable experience.” Judith W. Kidd Mrs. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Thomas Mrs. Barbara J. King Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turnbull Foundations and Ms. Page M. Kjellstrom Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney Winkler Mr. Halcott Mebane Turner Organizations John T. Kneebone, PhD and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wishnack Ms. Sandra E. Waller Carneal Drew Foundation Dr. Elizabeth Roderick Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Wong Mrs. Mary P. Ware Elizabeth Reed Carter Charitable Trust Mr. Michael Kowal Mrs. Carol D. Woodward Dr. and Mrs. James R. Wickham Chericoke Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard K. Krammes Drs. Andrew K. and Janette L. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Wilson Colon Club of Richmond Mr. Garry W. Land Worthington Mary Buford Best Dexter Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Large Mrs. Mary Denny Wray Gifts In Kind Estes Foundation Dr. Walter Lawrence, Jr. Ms. Betty B. Young Bill Draper Photography Gray Holdings, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine B. Lawson Mr. Richard B. Zorn Ms. Connie Hilker, Hartwood Roses Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Designed by famous Richmond sculptor Edward V. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lewis Hollywood Cemetery Company Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart Contributor (up to $99) Trust Valentine, “Grief” depicts a shrouded mother, on Dr. Sharon Pajka Hamilton Hamilton Family Ms. Diana M. Lively Anonymous (3) Mr. Donald Toney Ada M. Harlow Trust her knees, crying in grief, at the gravesite of William Ms. Amanda T. Macaulay Mrs. Ann C. Artz Mrs. Mabel Toney Herndon Foundation Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Q. Maher Mr. and Mrs. David B. Beach Valentine Richmond History Center Mrs. Frank C. Maloney, III Annabella D. and Michael E. Bell Hollywood Cemetery Company Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Trust Charles and Carter McDowell Mr. Norman F. Board Gifts In Memory Up the road lies Jefferson Davis Circle, where the Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. McGee, Jr. Mr. Brad Bovenzi IBM Corporation Matching Gifts President of the Confederacy and his family members are Mrs. C. Connor McGehee Mrs. Archer C. Burke Barrett and Curdts Family Members Program Mr. and Mrs. Curdts Sue W. Massie Charitable Trust buried. Near that circle, a large, curved bench monument Ms. Geneva L. McKinney Mrs. Harold M. Burrows, Jr. Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Jr. Mrs. Mary J. Campbell Ann Lee Saunders Brown Mraz Charitable Trust known as an exedra commemorates the grave of Mrs. Betty Jo Morecock Ms. Sharon Carter Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gardner Stanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable congressman and public education pioneer J.L.M. Curry Mr. H. Coleman Nichols Dr. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. Trust Granite monuments in the Lloyd Family plot are carved Captain Michael B. Chesson and his wife. Mrs. Jackie Noel Mrs. Suzanne P. Closs Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV Peachtree House Foundation entirely in the form of tree trunks, branches and stumps. Bradley and Jane Nott Ms. Rosemary Cotton Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Wilbanks Ratcliffe Foundation Mr. R. Earl Nunnally Trevor and Kristin Cox Nick Costas River City Cemetarians The blue line continues down Waterview, past the Palmer Mrs. Emma Read Oppenhimer Dr. William L. Curry Mrs. Mary S. Cardozo Anne Carter and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Chapel and the magnificent mausoleum of tobacco Mr. and Mrs. William H. Overton Mrs. Jeannine Hurford Daniel Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. Foundation tycoon, real estate developer and philanthropist Lewis Mrs. Louise Thrift Owens Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William Ellett Hardy Spider Management Co., LLC Ginter, with its three Tiffany stained glass windows. His Visitors hoping to learn more can search the Ms. Karen L. Owens Mr. Charles W. Dickinson The Honorable John Henry Hager Windsor Foundation Trust Hollywood Cemetery website and purchase a $1 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Padden Mr. Brad Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV equally impressive niece, philanthropist Grace Arents, is Mrs. Sarah K. Parrish Ms. Virginia C. Ellett buried nearby in a simple grave bordered by boxwoods. map, books and other items in the office. The DVD, Mrs. Shelia A. Pedigo Mrs. Lulee Holt Mr. and Mrs. Freeman L. Ellington Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV Hollywood Cemetery: A Historical Treasure, which Mrs. Margaret B. Perkinson Mr. Mack Faulkner Mr. Russell Perrin Mr. Robert J. Flacke Carter Blackford Lankford The blue line passes more highlights along the way, was written and narrated by the late Dr. Hunter H. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV before completing its route near the entrance. All told, 49 Mrs. Patsy K. Pettus Mrs. Marjorie N. Fowlkes McGuire, Jr., offers a charming tour of the cemetery Ms. Renny H. Poole Mr. Richard H. Fox Ann and Barry Leonard notables are listed on the fold-up map—including some Mrs. Cheryl L. Harris We have made every effort to and its many famous residents (“some good and some Mrs. Phyllis Rawling Mrs. Donna M. Galloway create an accurate list of our Mrs. Carole M. Rayner unusual sites, such as the Lloyd Family Plot. There, Mrs. Martha D. Garian C. G. Reger supporters. Should there be an scoundrels”). Nancy B. Reed Ms. Ingrid Pantaenius family members have ornately carved tree stones at their Mr. J. Wayne Gary error, please let us know. gravesites. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr. Mr. William B. George, Jr. Mrs. Norma Simms Ms. Brantley Bache Shiflett Ms. Martha Cole Glenn Mr. Robert W. Simms

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 2 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 11 FALL 2020 2020 Contributors to Friends of Hollywood Cemetery We are indeed grateful to the following donors for their generous support of Friends through October 31, 2020. You have enabled us to raise awareness of Hollywood and to continue vital monument and fence restoration. Thank you for helping us to preserve Hollywood Cemetery for generations to come.

Edward M. Farley, IV Chair, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

The 1847 Society Dr. Nelson D. Lankford Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cavedo Mr. Albert Frederick Young, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lynch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Clarke, Jr. Mrs. Susan G. Young Presidents Circle Mr. E. Morgan Massey Mr. and Mrs. Beverley L. Crump Mrs. Jacquelyn H. Pogue Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Dilworth Associates ($100-$249) Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Anonymous (6) Janice Walker Pogue Mary Douglas and Richard Erikson Trust Mr. Max R. Adam Mrs. Suzanne C. Pollard Mr. and Mrs. James I. Finney, III Ada M. Harlow Trust Colonel and Mrs. Scott D. Aiken Hollywood Cemetery Company Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryson Powell Mr. Thomas J. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Anderson, III Windsor Foundation Trust Mrs. Mary Ann C. Ramage Mr. and Mrs. David L. Gilliam Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Anderson Lawrence W. and Susan I. Smith Mrs. Wellington Goddin Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Angus, Sr. Founders Circle Spider Management Co., LLC Mr. R. Stephen Hamilton Mr. Carl E. Barnes Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt S. Beazley, III Stanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable Mr. and Mrs. William Ellett Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bedell The Elizabeth Reed Carter Charitable Trust Mrs. Elizabeth T. Harris Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Blanchard, III Trust Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Tattersall Dr. Walter P. Hempfling Mr. and Mrs. Waddy G. Bland Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Trust Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Toms Mrs. Penelope Billings Holladay Mr. and Mrs. John M. Blankenship Mraz Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. E. Massie Valentine, Jr. Judge Tom Jones and Rejena Carreras Anne Carter and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Mr. Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr. Ms. Margaret T. Walsh Mr. James Klaus Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Brancoli Mr. Fielding L. Williams, Jr. Koval Family Fund * Mr. and Mrs. E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. Mr. Philip K. Bridgeman Mr. and Mrs. James L. Londrey Colonel and Mrs. Matt C. C. Bristol, III Sustainers ($500-$999) Mrs. Helen C. Mason Heritage Circle Mr. Howard Brown Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Atkinson Teri Craig Miles Anonymous (1) Mr. A. Christian Burke Ms. Rosa Bosher Mrs. Josephine J. Miller Estes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Burnett Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Carlton P. Moffatt, Jr. Ms. June H. Guthrie Mr. Robert Burnley Mr. and Mrs. W. Michaux Buchanan Mr. Andrew T. Moore, Jr. Peachtree House Foundation Billie Burton Mrs. Estelle M. Call Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. Mr. Lawrence C. Caldwell, III Hollywood Circle Mrs. Richard H. Catlett, Jr. Mrs. Frederica C. Mullen Mrs. Anne Moncure Call Mr. and Mrs. S. Wyndham Anderson Tom and Pat Chappell Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason New Colonel and Mrs. J. A. Barton Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cronley, III Chericoke Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Rabb, Jr. Cammy and Jim Carleton Mary Buford Best Dexter Trust Colon Club of Richmond Ms. Isabel K. Randolph Mr. DeWitt B. Casler, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Fitzgerald, III Mr. and Mrs. M. Bagley Reid Mr. Donald E. Centrone Florence Bryan Fowlkes Fund * Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Reveley, III Dr. Zayde Bancroft Child Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Harvey Mrs. Aelise Britton Green Mr. and Mrs. Conrad F. Sauer, IV Remembering Theron Bell Ms. Harriett W. Condrey Herndon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheppard Haw, III * Mr. and Mrs. William R. Shands, Jr. Mrs. Dianne E. Conwell Mrs. Mary Anne Hooker Mr. and Mrs. F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr. Mr. Thomas A. Silvestri and Mrs. (1936 - 1992) Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashby Jennings, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Covington Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cary Johnston, Jr. Susan Kurzman Mr. Timothy A. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Frederic H. Cox, Jr. t the entrance to Hollywood, near the parking area on Years later, Jeri would often recall such memories as she Mr. and Mrs. William H. King, Jr. Mr. Basil D. Spalding, III Sue W. Massie Charitable Trust Mrs. Walter W. Craigie the right, a large granite marker displays a map of the visited Theron’s grave in Hollywood Cemetery. “I worked Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. W. Kirby Mrs. Mary R. Spencer A Mrs. Pamela K. Royall Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Cross cemetery. At the bottom, the words read: “This tour map is downtown and close to Hollywood. I would go there to sit Mrs. Claud W. McCauley Mr. George C. Stuckey Mr. and Mrs. William St. C. Talley Mrs. Ruth A. Cunningham dedicated to the memory of Theron Potter Bell, III.” and have lunch and look at the pretty views.” Often, she Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Millner, III Ben and Diane Thorp Mr. and Mrs. Bill Curdts says, “cars would stop and ask me how to get to Presidents The Morton Family Fund * Ms. Elizabeth C. Toms Ivy Circle William P. and Gale K. Cushing Born on the Eastern Shore, Bell was a beloved husband, Circle or other parts of the cemetery. They often had Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Riopelle Mr. and Mrs. Dana M. Wegner Mr. and Mrs. Bradfute W. Davenport, Jr. River City Cemetarians Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wilkins, Jr. father and grandfather, when he was killed, at age 55, license plates from out of state. One day, it dawned on me Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Barnes, III Mrs. Ingrid H. Davis Megan and Jimmy Rose Charitable The Honorable and Mrs. J. H. by a drunk driver fleeing police just two blocks from that they needed a map to get around…then I thought about Drs. J. T. and M. L. Bayliss Ms. Alice DeCamps Hollywood Cemetery on May 23, 1992. At the time, Bell the Virginia Tech map.” Ms. Joyce Kent Brown Fund * Wilkinson, III Mr. and Mrs. Collins Denny, III Mr. and Mrs. Orran L. Brown Mr. Roger M. Scott was the Vice President of Auditing with Crestar Bank and a Carneal Drew Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Valentine, II member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, whose hobbies At the time, she had already approached Hollywood Mr. and Mrs. William R. Claiborne Harold and Janice Walker Fund * The 1847 Society included gardening, fishing, sailing in the Chesapeake Cemetery about making a gift--and all agreed that a Ms. Kathryn Applegate Duffer Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Wallace, Sr. Leaders for preservation of Hollywood Cemetery Bay, and photography. He had been a marathon runner and memorial map would be the perfect way to honor her late Mr. Thomas D. Watts, Jr. triathlete. husband. Completed in 1998, the map includes lists of Mr. G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh, Jr. Annual Giving Levels Dr. William Jackson Frable Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wells, III notables and charts the blue line route. Jeri’s daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Gottwald Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Wilbanks Presidents Circle for Gifts of $25,000+ His family provided the funding for the map in his Cary Breierre, (who sadly, passed away in 1999) created a Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Herbert Founders Circle for Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999 memory. When recently asked about it, his widow, Jeri, nearby garden. Gray Holdings, LLC Patrons ($250-$499) Heritage Circle for Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999 said, “I have a story to tell.” She explained that she and Hamilton Family Foundation Anonymous (1) Hollywood Circle for Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 Theron often got lost when trying to find their son’s dorm Friends tell Jeri they think of Theron whenever they see Mrs. David M. Abbott Mr. and Mrs. J. Randolph Hutcheson Ivy Circle for Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499 at Virginia Tech. They would laugh about how each time, the memorial. Mr. Robert B. Bass they had to rely upon the campus map—a large marker • Deceased Mr. and Mrs. McGuire Boyd We invite you to join the 1847 Society and continue the ongoing framed by Hokie stones--to find their way. “They couldn’t have done a better job with the map,” she Mr. and Mrs. J. Read Branch, Jr. * The Community Foundation Serving restoration and preservation of Hollywood Cemetery. said. “It turned out perfectly, as far as I’m concerned.” Mr. George H. Brauburger, Jr. Richmond and Central Virginia Mrs. Mary S. Cardozo

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ife during COVID-19 has created many challenges social media pages. For some, it was their first time visiting the riends of Hollywood is pleased to announce the past experiences include serving as Chair of the English Lfor the cemetery—from limitations on funeral cemetery,” he said. Felection of J. Mason New to its Board of Directors. Department of Episcopal High School in Alexandria and services to keeping its many visitors to the grounds safe. as a Corporal in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Gilliam provided some historical perspective on the cemetery’s Mason is the Founder and CEO of NewVia, which It seems so long ago now, but it was just March 7th when appeal. “Ever since its creation in 1847 as a rural cemetery, provides instructional design and consultation services to Mason is married to Melissa, a native of Alexandria and alumna of Washington and Lee. The News have two Virginia confirmed its first case of this deadly strain of Hollywood has been a place where many could seek respite children, Ibby, 13, and Mason, 11. The older Mason’s coronavirus. The numbers soon escalated. By March 23, from the stresses of daily life. Now, 173 years later, I am happy hobbies include reading, writing, playing the guitar, and Governor Ralph Northam had issued an order banning that our beloved cemetery is still providing a place where enjoying the Rappahannock River during the summer with all gatherings of more than 10 people, closing most people from near and far can come to find comfort within our his family. businesses and public schools indefinitely. gates.” He has long felt a special connection to Hollywood, “Hollywood enjoys visitors from all over the country. The Hollywood Cemetery office has recently reopened. All since his father and grandparents are buried there, but Before the Governor ordered the closing of businesses, visitors must ring the bell, and masks or face coverings are has come to know it even better through his involvement we had already made the decision to close our office to required for entry. The grounds are open from 8-5 p.m. daily. with Friends. He enjoys learning about everything from the public because the registry showed we had visitors the cemetery’s historical figures to its trees. More than from states where the virus was already present in large a burial site, “it’s this breathing entity; it’s this living entity.” numbers. All tours were also canceled until further notice,” said David Gilliam, the cemetery’s General businesses and organizations creating technology based “I never ever would have thought that being involved with Manager. learning environments, including online platforms. a cemetery would be such an interesting thing,” he adds, with a laugh. “I find the place to be such a rich repository While funerals continued, the number of attendees was Spanish Flu A native of Richmond, Mason attended St. Christopher’s of these stories that maybe not very many people know. I restricted to 10 in the beginning of the pandemic. “Funeral School and The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, think it’s a beautiful place to be.” directors were largely responsible for enforcing attendance his is not the first time Hollywood Cemetery NJ, then received a B.A. in English from Washington and restrictions,” he said. “Many cremation services were canceled Thas coped with a pandemic. In October 1918, Lee University, an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s Welcome, Mason New. and rescheduled for a later date when family members could the Spanish flu arrived in Richmond, “igniting College/Annapolis, and an M.S. in Education: Learning attend.” 10,000 cases in a matter of days,” said Nelson Design and Technology from Purdue University. His Lankford, Ph.D. in the Friends of Hollywood As Virginia began its phased reopening, gradually more visitors Newsletter for Fall 2017. People donned surgical 2020 2020 Administrative Staff masks to prevent infection, and Westhampton were permitted to attend services, but funerals still had to be Officers and Directors Officers and Directors Hollywood Cemetery Company held outdoors, with social distancing and masks required. Hospital was quarantined for flu victims only. Friends of Hollywood Cemetery Hollywood Cemetery Company Today, outdoor funeral services are allowed, but visitors still City leadership “responded with admirable speed. David L. Gilliam – General Manager must wear masks and remain six feet apart. At the request of the city’s chief health officer, the Edward M. Farley, IV – Chair E. Bryson Powell – President Woodrow C. Harper – Assistant General Virginia capital shut churches, schools, theaters, David L. Gilliam – Secretary William R. Claiborne – Vice President Manager dance halls and all indoor public gatherings,” William R. Claiborne – Treasurer David L. Gilliam – Secretary and Mabel E. Toney – Administrative Assistant Early in the pandemic, many public parks operated with General Manager Kristina Coonley – Assistant wrote Lankford, noting that Hollywood restricted hours and access, but Hollywood’s leadership Mary Lynn Bayliss, PhD Woodrow C. Harper – Treasurer Cheryl Knaut – Assistant decided the cemetery should remain open for regular hours. Cemetery’s annual report in Spring 1919 made Elizabeth Rawles Cronly Mabel E. Toney – Assistant Secretary and reference to “the great upheaval of the past year.” Joseph R. Herbert Assistant Treasurer During this time of quarantine and social distancing, when The 1918 influenza epidemic claimed 1,014 lives J. Mason New E. Bryson Powell Edward M. Farley, IV outdoor time is so essential to mental and physical health, in Richmond. Elizabeth W. Talley Matthew D. Jenkins visitor attendance has surged. Peter C. Toms Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Nelson D. Lankford, PhD “We know that some people who came to the cemetery to Kelly Jones Wilbanks, Executive Director Evelina M. Scott walk or bike ride, or tour the grounds, appreciated the fact that Nancy B. Rowe, Development Associate Fred T. Tattersall our gates remained open because of comments made on our E. Massie Valentine, Jr.

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 4 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 9 SPRINGFALL 20202011 Authors (continued) death of her sister, she still included themes of women’s Hollywood Scenes Captured by Photographer Bill Draper rights in her writing. “The Call,” a poem published in Collier’s Magazine in 1912 was as a “contribution to the cause.”10 She also published an article, “Feminism” for the New York Times in 1913, which explains the significance of the women’s movement.11 Similar to Johnston’s approach to racial injustices, Glasgow’s last novel, In This Our Life (1941), boldly for its time included a progressive view towards African Americans. The book earned her a Pulitzer Prize and it was made into a film in 1942 starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland.

Unlike Bosher and Johnston, Glasgow’s work has received more scholarly and popular attention with critical essays being published and one of her ghost stories from The Shadowy Third and Other Stories (1923) being made for the television drama, Ghosts (1995). Although it may be easier to access Glasgow’s work, the works of Bosher and Johnston are accessible in Project Gutenberg, an online library of free eBooks. All of the graves can be visited easily in the cemetery.

Contributed by Sharon Pajka, Ph.D. Professor, Gallaudet University Ellen Glasgow ______(1873-1945) 1The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, Louisiana), Jun 9, 1912, p. 45. 8Brooks, Clayton McClure, Samuel P. Menefee and Brendan Wolfe. “Mary Johnston (1870–1936).” 2The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), Sep 25, 1919, p. 5. Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 28 Sept. 2020. 3Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), Aug 3, 1932, p. 5. 9Mary P. Edward, “Tea and Metaphysics: Excerpts from Mary Johnston’s Diary,” The Ellen 4Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), Aug 3, 1932, p. 5. Glasgow Newsletter, October 1983, p.2. 5“Mary Johnston,” Notable American Women, 2:282-83. 10Undated letter to Mary Johnston, Mary Johnston Papers, Alderman Library, University of Virginia. 6Longest, George, Three Virginia Writers; Mary Johnston, Thomas Nelson Page, and Amelie Rives 11Ellen Glasgow, “Feminism,” New York Times, November 30, 1913, p. 656. Troubetskoy: A Reference Guide (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978), pp. 23-25. 7Marjorie Spruill Wheeler, “Mary Johnston, Suffragist” in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 100, No. 1. January 1992, p. 105.

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 8 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 5 FALL 2020 Notable Women Authors Authors (continued) When Bosher died, she was considered one of the most 500,000 copies and would be made into a movie twice.5 Their Writing Gave Voice to Women’s Suffrage noted Virginia authors and her estate was valued at $165,000, equivalent to about $3 million today.4 Kate Johnston’s status as a popular novelist was a great benefit he centennial of the 19th Amendment offers an In fact, she joked that she did not look the part of a Bosher is buried next to her husband in section 16-129. to the suffrage movement. Like Bosher, Johnston used her Topportunity to explore Hollywood Cemetery and writer. In 1912, while attending a national meeting writing talent to publish two leaflets for the Equal Suffrage reflect upon our history. While numerous women’s of booksellers, Bosher denied that she was literary We think of family members being buried close to one League of Virginia. She was the first female novelist to top rights activists are buried here, Kate Langley Bosher although she had written three books in three years. another; in Hollywood, friends are literally just around twentieth-century best-seller lists even though her novels, (1865-1932), Mary Johnston (1870-1936), and Ellen She shared an anecdote about being introduced to a the corner. While looking directly at Bosher’s grave, to including Hagar (1913), were overtly political.6 Johnston Glasgow (1873-1945) were three popular authors woman who inquired if she was “the Mrs. Bosher who the right is the grave of Mary Johnston, who is buried supported other reforms including the labor movement and whose writing lent a voice to women’s suffrage. writes?” When Bosher responded that she indeed was in section 16-126/128. child labor legislation, but she did not always make her the writer, she hung her head; the woman responded, 1 beliefs public in fear that they would eclipse her support of Kate Langley Bosher “nobody would ever guess it from looking at you.” Mary Johnston women’s suffrage.7 After the Nineteenth Amendment passed, Johnston promoted racial justice through her novel The Kate Langley was born in Norfolk on February 1, 1865, Although the anecdote makes Bosher seem unassuming, Mary Johnston was born in Buchanan, Virginia on Slave Ship (1924) and her short story in Century magazine, near the end of the Civil War. She attended the Norfolk this was the same year that she spoke before the November 21, 1870. Johnston was chronically ill in her “Nemesis” (1923), which depicts the lynching of a Black College for Young Ladies and later moved to Richmond Virginia House of Delegates on the rights of women. youth and was educated at home. When her mother passed man in a small southern town. Walter White, the assistant in 1887 when she married Charles Gideon Bosher. She Bosher, along with Mary Johnston and Ellen Glasgow, away in 1889, Johnston, the eldest of six children, became secretary of the NAACP, wrote Johnston stating that he had would live in Richmond for the next forty-four years, was one of the founding members of the Equal Suffrage responsible for the household. Even with these additional never “read any story on this great national disgrace of ours write ten novels, and take part in civic and political League of Virginia where she used her writing talent which moved me as yours did.”8 organizations. to publish a pamphlet for the cause. Not a passive spectator, Bosher spoke in front of various audiences, Similar to Bosher, Johnston’s writing has not received including the Virginia Press Association in 1916. She the same scholarly focus as some of her contemporaries, was elected as president of the Equal Suffrage League 2 including Ellen Glasgow. Buried in section DE-15, of Virginia in 1919 . And, she became a leader in the Glasgow’s grave is a bit of a walk from Bosher’s and League of Women Voters in 1920. Johnston’s. In life, however, these ladies worked closely together in their efforts to bring about women’s suffrage. While Bosher continued to be involved with women’s rights, she also advocated for children even though she Ellen Glasgow did not have any of her own. She wanted all children to have safe homes and a good education. In 1916 and Born in Richmond, Virginia on April 22, 1873, Ellen 1922, the governor appointed her to the board of the Glasgow was frail and sickly and lost her mother at an Virginia Home and Industrial School, a reformatory early age, a similar experience shared by Johnston. The two for girls. In her will, Bosher bequeathed money to met through Glasgow’s sister, Cary Glasgow McCormack. the Children’s Home Society in the hopes of placing 3 When Cary became sick, Johnston wrote to Glasgow about children in permanent homes. her ailing sister and, from there, the friendship developed. Johnston and Glasgow were dear friends by the time they Bosher used her writing to focus on causes she held founded the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909. dear. Her most successful and popular novel was Mary In Johnston’s diary, she writes about trips to the theater Cary, “Frequently Martha” (1910), which sold over and excursions to Hollywood Cemetery.9 Through their 100,000 copies within the first year of its release. The correspondence and Johnston’s diary entries, we can see story of a spunky orphan who navigates her life in their friendship as both social and intellectual. an orphanage with a corrupted caregiver was a huge success. This was the only one of her novels to have a Glasgow published twenty novels and fourteen short stories, film adaptation, the 1921 silent feature Nobody’s Kid although she was known to disdain them. Her work focused Kate Langley Bosher (1865-1932) starring Mae Marsh as Mary, and directed by Howard Courtesy of Katherine Alden Mary Johnston on the changing environment of the South after the 1850s, Hickman. (1870-1936) including: The Battle-Ground (1902), The Deliverance Bosher wrote commercial fiction; this was quite responsibilities, by the time the family moved to Richmond (1904), and Virginia (1913); and, even when her involvement (continued on page 7) popular in her day but it does not have the same lasting in 1902, Johnston had already published a few books with the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia waned after the power as literary works. This is no insult to Bosher. including To Have and to Hold (1900), which sold over (continued on page 8)

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 6 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 7 FALL 2020 Notable Women Authors Authors (continued) When Bosher died, she was considered one of the most 500,000 copies and would be made into a movie twice.5 Their Writing Gave Voice to Women’s Suffrage noted Virginia authors and her estate was valued at $165,000, equivalent to about $3 million today.4 Kate Johnston’s status as a popular novelist was a great benefit he centennial of the 19th Amendment offers an In fact, she joked that she did not look the part of a Bosher is buried next to her husband in section 16-129. to the suffrage movement. Like Bosher, Johnston used her Topportunity to explore Hollywood Cemetery and writer. In 1912, while attending a national meeting writing talent to publish two leaflets for the Equal Suffrage reflect upon our history. While numerous women’s of booksellers, Bosher denied that she was literary We think of family members being buried close to one League of Virginia. She was the first female novelist to top rights activists are buried here, Kate Langley Bosher although she had written three books in three years. another; in Hollywood, friends are literally just around twentieth-century best-seller lists even though her novels, (1865-1932), Mary Johnston (1870-1936), and Ellen She shared an anecdote about being introduced to a the corner. While looking directly at Bosher’s grave, to including Hagar (1913), were overtly political.6 Johnston Glasgow (1873-1945) were three popular authors woman who inquired if she was “the Mrs. Bosher who the right is the grave of Mary Johnston, who is buried supported other reforms including the labor movement and whose writing lent a voice to women’s suffrage. writes?” When Bosher responded that she indeed was in section 16-126/128. child labor legislation, but she did not always make her the writer, she hung her head; the woman responded, 1 beliefs public in fear that they would eclipse her support of Kate Langley Bosher “nobody would ever guess it from looking at you.” Mary Johnston women’s suffrage.7 After the Nineteenth Amendment passed, Johnston promoted racial justice through her novel The Kate Langley was born in Norfolk on February 1, 1865, Although the anecdote makes Bosher seem unassuming, Mary Johnston was born in Buchanan, Virginia on Slave Ship (1924) and her short story in Century magazine, near the end of the Civil War. She attended the Norfolk this was the same year that she spoke before the November 21, 1870. Johnston was chronically ill in her “Nemesis” (1923), which depicts the lynching of a Black College for Young Ladies and later moved to Richmond Virginia House of Delegates on the rights of women. youth and was educated at home. When her mother passed man in a small southern town. Walter White, the assistant in 1887 when she married Charles Gideon Bosher. She Bosher, along with Mary Johnston and Ellen Glasgow, away in 1889, Johnston, the eldest of six children, became secretary of the NAACP, wrote Johnston stating that he had would live in Richmond for the next forty-four years, was one of the founding members of the Equal Suffrage responsible for the household. Even with these additional never “read any story on this great national disgrace of ours write ten novels, and take part in civic and political League of Virginia where she used her writing talent which moved me as yours did.”8 organizations. to publish a pamphlet for the cause. Not a passive spectator, Bosher spoke in front of various audiences, Similar to Bosher, Johnston’s writing has not received including the Virginia Press Association in 1916. She the same scholarly focus as some of her contemporaries, was elected as president of the Equal Suffrage League 2 including Ellen Glasgow. Buried in section DE-15, of Virginia in 1919 . And, she became a leader in the Glasgow’s grave is a bit of a walk from Bosher’s and League of Women Voters in 1920. Johnston’s. In life, however, these ladies worked closely together in their efforts to bring about women’s suffrage. While Bosher continued to be involved with women’s rights, she also advocated for children even though she Ellen Glasgow did not have any of her own. She wanted all children to have safe homes and a good education. In 1916 and Born in Richmond, Virginia on April 22, 1873, Ellen 1922, the governor appointed her to the board of the Glasgow was frail and sickly and lost her mother at an Virginia Home and Industrial School, a reformatory early age, a similar experience shared by Johnston. The two for girls. In her will, Bosher bequeathed money to met through Glasgow’s sister, Cary Glasgow McCormack. the Children’s Home Society in the hopes of placing 3 When Cary became sick, Johnston wrote to Glasgow about children in permanent homes. her ailing sister and, from there, the friendship developed. Johnston and Glasgow were dear friends by the time they Bosher used her writing to focus on causes she held founded the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909. dear. Her most successful and popular novel was Mary In Johnston’s diary, she writes about trips to the theater Cary, “Frequently Martha” (1910), which sold over and excursions to Hollywood Cemetery.9 Through their 100,000 copies within the first year of its release. The correspondence and Johnston’s diary entries, we can see story of a spunky orphan who navigates her life in their friendship as both social and intellectual. an orphanage with a corrupted caregiver was a huge success. This was the only one of her novels to have a Glasgow published twenty novels and fourteen short stories, film adaptation, the 1921 silent feature Nobody’s Kid although she was known to disdain them. Her work focused Kate Langley Bosher (1865-1932) starring Mae Marsh as Mary, and directed by Howard Courtesy of Katherine Alden Mary Johnston on the changing environment of the South after the 1850s, Hickman. (1870-1936) including: The Battle-Ground (1902), The Deliverance Bosher wrote commercial fiction; this was quite responsibilities, by the time the family moved to Richmond (1904), and Virginia (1913); and, even when her involvement (continued on page 7) popular in her day but it does not have the same lasting in 1902, Johnston had already published a few books with the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia waned after the power as literary works. This is no insult to Bosher. including To Have and to Hold (1900), which sold over (continued on page 8)

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 6 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 7 FALL 2020 Authors (continued) death of her sister, she still included themes of women’s Hollywood Scenes Captured by Photographer Bill Draper rights in her writing. “The Call,” a poem published in Collier’s Magazine in 1912 was as a “contribution to the cause.”10 She also published an article, “Feminism” for the New York Times in 1913, which explains the significance of the women’s movement.11 Similar to Johnston’s approach to racial injustices, Glasgow’s last novel, In This Our Life (1941), boldly for its time included a progressive view towards African Americans. The book earned her a Pulitzer Prize and it was made into a film in 1942 starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland.

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 8 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 5 FALL 2020 Hollywood Adjusts During the COVID Pandemic Mason New Joins Friends Board ife during COVID-19 has created many challenges social media pages. For some, it was their first time visiting the riends of Hollywood is pleased to announce the past experiences include serving as Chair of the English Lfor the cemetery—from limitations on funeral cemetery,” he said. Felection of J. Mason New to its Board of Directors. Department of Episcopal High School in Alexandria and services to keeping its many visitors to the grounds safe. as a Corporal in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Gilliam provided some historical perspective on the cemetery’s Mason is the Founder and CEO of NewVia, which It seems so long ago now, but it was just March 7th when appeal. “Ever since its creation in 1847 as a rural cemetery, provides instructional design and consultation services to Mason is married to Melissa, a native of Alexandria and alumna of Washington and Lee. The News have two Virginia confirmed its first case of this deadly strain of Hollywood has been a place where many could seek respite children, Ibby, 13, and Mason, 11. The older Mason’s coronavirus. The numbers soon escalated. By March 23, from the stresses of daily life. Now, 173 years later, I am happy hobbies include reading, writing, playing the guitar, and Governor Ralph Northam had issued an order banning that our beloved cemetery is still providing a place where enjoying the Rappahannock River during the summer with all gatherings of more than 10 people, closing most people from near and far can come to find comfort within our his family. businesses and public schools indefinitely. gates.” He has long felt a special connection to Hollywood, “Hollywood enjoys visitors from all over the country. The Hollywood Cemetery office has recently reopened. All since his father and grandparents are buried there, but Before the Governor ordered the closing of businesses, visitors must ring the bell, and masks or face coverings are has come to know it even better through his involvement we had already made the decision to close our office to required for entry. The grounds are open from 8-5 p.m. daily. with Friends. He enjoys learning about everything from the public because the registry showed we had visitors the cemetery’s historical figures to its trees. More than from states where the virus was already present in large a burial site, “it’s this breathing entity; it’s this living entity.” numbers. All tours were also canceled until further notice,” said David Gilliam, the cemetery’s General businesses and organizations creating technology based “I never ever would have thought that being involved with Manager. learning environments, including online platforms. a cemetery would be such an interesting thing,” he adds, with a laugh. “I find the place to be such a rich repository While funerals continued, the number of attendees was Spanish Flu A native of Richmond, Mason attended St. Christopher’s of these stories that maybe not very many people know. I restricted to 10 in the beginning of the pandemic. “Funeral School and The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, think it’s a beautiful place to be.” directors were largely responsible for enforcing attendance his is not the first time Hollywood Cemetery NJ, then received a B.A. in English from Washington and restrictions,” he said. “Many cremation services were canceled Thas coped with a pandemic. In October 1918, Lee University, an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s Welcome, Mason New. and rescheduled for a later date when family members could the Spanish flu arrived in Richmond, “igniting College/Annapolis, and an M.S. in Education: Learning attend.” 10,000 cases in a matter of days,” said Nelson Design and Technology from Purdue University. His Lankford, Ph.D. in the Friends of Hollywood As Virginia began its phased reopening, gradually more visitors Newsletter for Fall 2017. People donned surgical 2020 2020 Administrative Staff masks to prevent infection, and Westhampton were permitted to attend services, but funerals still had to be Officers and Directors Officers and Directors Hollywood Cemetery Company held outdoors, with social distancing and masks required. Hospital was quarantined for flu victims only. Friends of Hollywood Cemetery Hollywood Cemetery Company Today, outdoor funeral services are allowed, but visitors still City leadership “responded with admirable speed. David L. Gilliam – General Manager must wear masks and remain six feet apart. At the request of the city’s chief health officer, the Edward M. Farley, IV – Chair E. Bryson Powell – President Woodrow C. Harper – Assistant General Virginia capital shut churches, schools, theaters, David L. Gilliam – Secretary William R. Claiborne – Vice President Manager dance halls and all indoor public gatherings,” William R. Claiborne – Treasurer David L. Gilliam – Secretary and Mabel E. Toney – Administrative Assistant Early in the pandemic, many public parks operated with General Manager Kristina Coonley – Assistant wrote Lankford, noting that Hollywood restricted hours and access, but Hollywood’s leadership Mary Lynn Bayliss, PhD Woodrow C. Harper – Treasurer Cheryl Knaut – Assistant decided the cemetery should remain open for regular hours. Cemetery’s annual report in Spring 1919 made Elizabeth Rawles Cronly Mabel E. Toney – Assistant Secretary and reference to “the great upheaval of the past year.” Joseph R. Herbert Assistant Treasurer During this time of quarantine and social distancing, when The 1918 influenza epidemic claimed 1,014 lives J. Mason New E. Bryson Powell Edward M. Farley, IV outdoor time is so essential to mental and physical health, in Richmond. Elizabeth W. Talley Matthew D. Jenkins visitor attendance has surged. Peter C. Toms Elizabeth Cabell Jennings Nelson D. Lankford, PhD “We know that some people who came to the cemetery to Kelly Jones Wilbanks, Executive Director Evelina M. Scott walk or bike ride, or tour the grounds, appreciated the fact that Nancy B. Rowe, Development Associate Fred T. Tattersall our gates remained open because of comments made on our E. Massie Valentine, Jr.

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 4 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 9 SPRINGFALL 20202011 2020 Contributors to Friends of Hollywood Cemetery We are indeed grateful to the following donors for their generous support of Friends through October 31, 2020. You have enabled us to raise awareness of Hollywood and to continue vital monument and fence restoration. Thank you for helping us to preserve Hollywood Cemetery for generations to come.

Edward M. Farley, IV Chair, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 10 FALL 2020 FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD Page 3 FALL 2020 Ms. Barbara Dickinson Mr. Robert W. Simms Mr. and Mrs. Bradley H. Gunter Mrs. Ann Adamson Taylor Mrs. Sarah Dowdey Mrs. Cecile S. Slagle Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Heller Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Blue Line (continued) Mrs. Cary Tilton Doyle Ms. Susan Smith Mrs. J. Kimpton Honey Mr. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Smith Robert and Nadine Huberman Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Continuing down Ellis, one turns left onto Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Edmunds, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Snider Mr. David T. Hull Mr. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. named after Douglas Southall Freeman, who is buried Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Sowers, III IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mrs. E Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William F. Etherington Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Spain, Jr. Program nearby on a triangular plot next to his wife. The editor of Mrs. Kay Williams Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fain Mrs. Alice T. Spilman Mr. and Mrs. David B. Irvin Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV the Richmond News Leader for 34 years, Freeman also Mrs. Martha Alsop Faulkner Mrs. Ursula F. Stalker Mrs. Janet H. Mauck Anonymous wrote two Pulitzer Prize winning biographies. Ms. Dawn C. Fiske Mrs. Elizabeth C. Stallworth Kevin and Lisa McDonough Mrs. Fred C. Forberg, Jr. Mr. G. Allen Stanley James P. and Trina R. McElligott Dr. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mrs. Henry A. Yancey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. Meriwether Fowlkes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Steeber Mr. and Mrs. George J. McVey From here, the blue line continues back uphill, reaching Mrs. Patricia M. Given Mrs. Loretta Tabb Mrs. Louise R. Moore the cobblestoned Presidents Circle, where monuments Mr. Carter Glass, IV and Mrs. Genya Mr. and Mrs. Bill Talbot Ms. Patricia Mott Gifts In Honor mark the gravesites of U.S. Presidents John Tyler Waters Glass Ms. Sally Adamson Taylor Mr. Thomas L. Mountcastle Gounds Staff Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashby and James Monroe (his famous “birdcage”) and their Mr. C. Hobson Goddin Mrs. Charles M. Terry, Jr. Mr. Gordon Musch Mr. and Mrs. McChesney C. Goodall, III Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter Thompson, Jr. Mr. William A. Nash, II Jennings, III families. Mrs. Eleanor Beck Gosse Mr. and Mrs. John Christopher Tichacek Mrs. Mary Ann Nash Woodrow Harper and Mabel Toney Jack and Ann Graham Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Toepffer Mrs. Louise B. Nemecek Mrs. Estelle M. Call Presidents Circle is also the location of what’s been Mr. Denys Grant Mr. and Mrs. Zach Toms, III Colonel Davis Eugene Norman Nelson Lankford and Bryce Powell Mr. Robert P. Grymes, Jr. Mr. Joseph V. Turner, III Mrs. Rebecca Olive Mr. and Mrs. E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. called the “saddest angel in Hollywood” at the grave of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953) and his wife, William N. Worthington in the Haxall plot. Here too is Mr. and Mrs. G. Bernard Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Vaden Ms. Ingrid Pantaenius Mrs. Louise Owens Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howze Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Valentine, III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pearsall, III Ms. Karen L. Owens buried Mary Triplett Haxall, whose beauty once inspired a Mrs. Cheryl L. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Mike Van Yahres Mrs. Parke D. Pendleton deadly duel between friends. Because of the number of vehicles that come through Mr. William Allen Harrison Mrs. Elizabeth A. Vandenberg Mr. and Mrs. John Ramos, Jr. Matching Gift Hollywood, the blue line must be repainted often due to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Hilbert Mr. Melvin Walsh, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gaylord W. Ray Gray Holdings, LLC its fading in high traffic areas. Ms. Kathleen L. Hoppe Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Schaaf, III Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray, III Dr. and Mrs. J. Hubert Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Watson, III Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Mr. Needham Bryan Whitfield “Many visitors return time and time again,” said Friends Mr. C. Edward Hughes, Jr. Mr. Howard W. Shields Program Dr. Douglas Hundley Ms. Diane Whiting Mr. and Mrs. Natalie and Michael Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Cobb, III of Hollywood Cemetery Executive Director, Kelly Mr. Theodore J. Jenczewski Ms. Mary L. Whitmore Southwood Wilbanks. “But even if the blue line is all you have time Mrs. Lois H. Jewett Kathryn L. Whittington Ms. Rosanna Strauss Corporations, for, you’ll still have a most enjoyable experience.” Judith W. Kidd Mrs. E. Otto N. Williams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Thomas Mrs. Barbara J. King Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turnbull Foundations and Ms. Page M. Kjellstrom Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pinckney Winkler Mr. Halcott Mebane Turner Organizations John T. Kneebone, PhD and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wishnack Ms. Sandra E. Waller Carneal Drew Foundation Dr. Elizabeth Roderick Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Wong Mrs. Mary P. Ware Elizabeth Reed Carter Charitable Trust Mr. Michael Kowal Mrs. Carol D. Woodward Dr. and Mrs. James R. Wickham Chericoke Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Richard K. Krammes Drs. Andrew K. and Janette L. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie G. Wilson Colon Club of Richmond Mr. Garry W. Land Worthington Mary Buford Best Dexter Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Large Mrs. Mary Denny Wray Gifts In Kind Estes Foundation Dr. Walter Lawrence, Jr. Ms. Betty B. Young Bill Draper Photography Gray Holdings, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine B. Lawson Mr. Richard B. Zorn Ms. Connie Hilker, Hartwood Roses Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Designed by famous Richmond sculptor Edward V. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lewis Hollywood Cemetery Company Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore Linhart Contributor (up to $99) Trust Valentine, “Grief” depicts a shrouded mother, on Dr. Sharon Pajka Hamilton Hamilton Family Ms. Diana M. Lively Anonymous (3) Mr. Donald Toney Ada M. Harlow Trust her knees, crying in grief, at the gravesite of William Ms. Amanda T. Macaulay Mrs. Ann C. Artz Mrs. Mabel Toney Herndon Foundation Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Q. Maher Mr. and Mrs. David B. Beach Valentine Richmond History Center Mrs. Frank C. Maloney, III Annabella D. and Michael E. Bell Hollywood Cemetery Company Emily S. and Coleman A. Hunter Trust Charles and Carter McDowell Mr. Norman F. Board Gifts In Memory Up the road lies Jefferson Davis Circle, where the Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. McGee, Jr. Mr. Brad Bovenzi IBM Corporation Matching Gifts President of the Confederacy and his family members are Mrs. C. Connor McGehee Mrs. Archer C. Burke Barrett and Curdts Family Members Program Mr. and Mrs. Curdts Sue W. Massie Charitable Trust buried. Near that circle, a large, curved bench monument Ms. Geneva L. McKinney Mrs. Harold M. Burrows, Jr. Mrs. Edwin B. Meade, Jr. Mrs. Mary J. Campbell Ann Lee Saunders Brown Mraz Charitable Trust known as an exedra commemorates the grave of Mrs. Betty Jo Morecock Ms. Sharon Carter Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gardner Stanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable congressman and public education pioneer J.L.M. Curry Mr. H. Coleman Nichols Dr. Herbert A. Claiborne, Jr. Trust Granite monuments in the Lloyd Family plot are carved Captain Michael B. Chesson and his wife. Mrs. Jackie Noel Mrs. Suzanne P. Closs Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV Peachtree House Foundation entirely in the form of tree trunks, branches and stumps. Bradley and Jane Nott Ms. Rosemary Cotton Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Wilbanks Ratcliffe Foundation Mr. R. Earl Nunnally Trevor and Kristin Cox Nick Costas River City Cemetarians The blue line continues down Waterview, past the Palmer Mrs. Emma Read Oppenhimer Dr. William L. Curry Mrs. Mary S. Cardozo Anne Carter and Walter R. Robins, Jr. Chapel and the magnificent mausoleum of tobacco Mr. and Mrs. William H. Overton Mrs. Jeannine Hurford Daniel Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. Foundation tycoon, real estate developer and philanthropist Lewis Mrs. Louise Thrift Owens Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William Ellett Hardy Spider Management Co., LLC Ginter, with its three Tiffany stained glass windows. His Visitors hoping to learn more can search the Ms. Karen L. Owens Mr. Charles W. Dickinson The Honorable John Henry Hager Windsor Foundation Trust Hollywood Cemetery website and purchase a $1 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Padden Mr. Brad Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV equally impressive niece, philanthropist Grace Arents, is Mrs. Sarah K. Parrish Ms. Virginia C. Ellett buried nearby in a simple grave bordered by boxwoods. map, books and other items in the office. The DVD, Mrs. Shelia A. Pedigo Mrs. Lulee Holt Mr. and Mrs. Freeman L. Ellington Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV Hollywood Cemetery: A Historical Treasure, which Mrs. Margaret B. Perkinson Mr. Mack Faulkner Mr. Russell Perrin Mr. Robert J. Flacke Carter Blackford Lankford The blue line passes more highlights along the way, was written and narrated by the late Dr. Hunter H. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Farley, IV before completing its route near the entrance. All told, 49 Mrs. Patsy K. Pettus Mrs. Marjorie N. Fowlkes McGuire, Jr., offers a charming tour of the cemetery Ms. Renny H. Poole Mr. Richard H. Fox Ann and Barry Leonard notables are listed on the fold-up map—including some Mrs. Cheryl L. Harris We have made every effort to and its many famous residents (“some good and some Mrs. Phyllis Rawling Mrs. Donna M. Galloway create an accurate list of our Mrs. Carole M. Rayner unusual sites, such as the Lloyd Family Plot. There, Mrs. Martha D. Garian C. G. Reger supporters. Should there be an scoundrels”). Nancy B. Reed Ms. Ingrid Pantaenius family members have ornately carved tree stones at their Mr. J. Wayne Gary error, please let us know. gravesites. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Ritsch, Jr. Mr. William B. George, Jr. Mrs. Norma Simms Ms. Brantley Bache Shiflett Ms. Martha Cole Glenn Mr. Robert W. Simms

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