Hurricane Camille 40 Years Later

Hundreds gather to remember Camille’s wrath


Hundreds gather to remember Camille’s wrath

More than 800 people gathered Thursday night at a remembrance event held at Nelson County High School in Lovingston to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Hurricane Camille.

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Virginia state trooper spent long days in storm’s aftermath Virginia state trooper spent long days in storm’s aftermath

Thirty-six hours after Hurricane Camille swept through Nelson County, Virginia State Trooper Ed Tinsley, along with several other rescue workers, climbed a hill to a home near Massie’s Mill to check on an elderly woman who lived alone. She was trying to cook two hamburger patties — the only food she had left in her house, which was in six inches of water.

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Oakland Museum works to preserve  memories of destruction, aftermath Oakland Museum works to preserve memories of destruction, aftermath

The Oakland Museum, located along U.S. 29 near Colleen, is developing a Camille Resource Center to make hundreds of documents, photos and videos related to Nelson’s greatest natural disaster easily accessible to the public.

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A look back: Residents got Camille facts from weekly newspaper

This story originally appeared in the Aug. 21, 1969, edition of the Nelson County Times.

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Rookie reporter was on duty at UPI;  Hurricane Camille experience still vivid Rookie reporter was on duty at UPI;  Hurricane Camille experience still vivid

It was 6 a.m. on Aug. 20 when Clay Peters, a western Virginia reporter known as a “stringer” in the news-gathering business, called United Press International in Richmond with the first hint that an overnight rainfall had done serious damage in the western part of Virginia.

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Hurricane Camille Victims

Davis Creek

Michael Julius Earhart

Lynda Huffman Gibson

Patricia Lynn Gibson

Henry Hudson

Barbara Lou Huffman

Brenda Ann Huffman

David Wayne Huffman

Emma Virginia Huffman

Gloria Marie Huffman

Mrs. Hazel Huffman

James Patrick Huffman, Jr.

Jessie Lou Huffman

Juanita Burnley Huffman

Lawrence Harvey Huffman

Mrs. Lottie Beverley Huffman

Robert Lee Huffman

Roger Dale Huffman, Jr.

Walter Homer Johnson, Jr.

Alice Martin

Mary Burnley Martin

Robert Lee Martin

Albert Perry

Catherine Ann Perry

Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Perry

John Thomas Perry

Mary Frances Perry

Robert Ramsey

Mrs. Nora Ann Simpson

Robert Elmo Simpson, Sr.

Robert Elmo Simpson, Jr.

Mabel Wood

Faber

Mary Catherine Schur

Betty Mawyer Sites

Luther Glen Sites

Hat Creek

Frances Bryant

Margaret Louise Bryant

Patricia Bryant

Mrs. Sarah Grace Marshall Bryant

Lovingston

Mrs. Annie Texas Ponton Giles

Massies Mill

Kenneth Edward Campbell

Melissa K. Campbell

Alice Smith Coles

Daisy Daughterey

Sharon Cedelia Giles

Christine Loving Grooms

Pauline Wood Hughes

Anna Virginia Oakcrum Johnson

Ora Teresa Johnson

Harold Eugene Loving

Mrs. Willie Madison

Carl Franklin Raines, Sr.

Johanna Raines

Shirley Gordon Raines

Virginia Raines

Walker Saunders Raines

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Thompson

Millie Toms

Mary Louise Giles Turner

Norwood

Barbara Louise Burnley

Larry Wade Burnley

Mrs. Sylvia Gunter Burnley

Mrs. Emma Forbes Wooten

Harry Wooten

Piney River

Edward Beauregard Thompson

Tyro

Thomas Hope Giles

Jeffrie Oliver

Regina Rene Oliver

Charles Ashby Staton

Flossie Lawhorne Staton

Linda Hope Staton

Audrey Zirkle

Gary Stewart Zirkle

Laurabello Oliver Zirkle

William H. Zirkle

Wheeler’s Cove

Mrs. Wrennie Harris Wright Cook

Wintergreen

Elva Louise Hines Ewing

Hawes Edward Ewing

Incomplete Information

Wilbert Lee Burnley

Victims from Outside Nelson County

Otis David Dellinger, North Carolina

Josephus Cecil Graves, Danville

Jabe A. Hardy, Danville

Almond W. Herring, Crozet

Henry Foster Sanders, North Carolina

John Arthur Seals, Jr., Madison

Victims Never Recovered

Davis Creek

Roosevelt Burnley

Mrs. Annie Mae Martin Huffman

Mrs. Becky O’Brien Huffman

Dale Huffman

James Harvey Huffman

Mitchell Huffman

Mrs. Frances Martin

George Martin

Mary Ann Martin

Robert Martin

Betty Perry

Carolyn Perry

Edward Perry

Nelson Perry

Charles Henry Ramsey

Brenda Simpson

Jimmy Simpson

Mike Simpson

Paul Edward Simpson

Massies Mill

Mrs. Thornhill Carter

Donna Fay Wood

Gary Wood

Muddy Creek

Emory French

George Giles

Dan Taylor

Mrs. Vernell Harris Taylor

Bonnie Thompson

Norwood

Darrell Wayne Burnley

Lisa Burnley

Tom Burnley, Jr.

John Waterman

Woods Mill

Mrs. Hattie Critzer

James A. Megginson

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