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Part four – Talk given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

Posted on July 5, 2013 by VA History Exchange

In this final segment of our talk with Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle, Bobby talks about how the parish finally began to grow, and of their decision to pay back the diocese the money they had borrowed to build the … Continue reading →

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Part Three – Talk Given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

Posted on June 27, 2013 by VA History Exchange

In this segment of our Video Interview, Bobby Waid lists off all the families who were members of St. Mark’s church…and tells of how everyone was expected to do something useful.  He was expected to become a member of the … Continue reading →

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Part two – Talk Given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

Posted on June 20, 2013 by VA History Exchange

In Part two of our video interview series with Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle, Bobby starts telling about the church organist, Viola Painter, and of her custom of leaving the church at the end on one hour (often before the final … Continue reading →

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Part One – Talk given by Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle

Posted on June 12, 2013 by VA History Exchange

As part of a project to collect oral histories from some of our older residents, the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of St. Mark’s Episcopal, in Fincastle, invited Bobby Waid, Mayor of Fincastle and lifelong resident of the town, to speak … Continue reading →

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