Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 25, 1992 TAG: 9202250235
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MONICA DAVEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
FOREST DEVELOPER JOINS BEDFORD SUPERVISORS
S. Henry Creasy III, a developer and builder, was appointed Monday to be Forest's representative to the Bedford County Board of Supervisors.Creasy, 45, will replace Thomas "T.D." Thornton II as supervisor from District 4 on Bedford County's eastern edge.
Thornton, head of Progress Printing in Lynchburg, said when he announced last month that he would step down - midway through his second term in office - that he did not have time for both his business and his obligations to the board.
The remaining six supervisors picked Creasy from among five applicants after interviews this month.
Creasy will serve until a special election in November, in which a successor will be chosen to fill out the remaining year of Thornton's term.
After a half-hour closed-door session Monday night, supervisors announced their choice; Creasy was immediately sworn into office and took his seat for the rest of the regular, twice-monthly meeting.
Creasy said he was encouraged to seek the job by friends and colleagues in the development business.
A Lynchburg native who has lived in Bedford County's Poplar Forest subdivision since 1979, Creasy called himself a conservative. He and his wife also own a summer home on the Bedford side of Smith Mountain Lake, according to his resume.
The father of two Jefferson Forest High School graduates, Creasy said he will support a strong school system for Bedford County.
He said he also believes in "development in an orderly manner."
Asked whether he supported Bedford County's unusual zoning ordinance, Creasy said the Land Use Guidance System "needs a little more assessment time.
"But I do believe that zoning is needed in the Forest area."
Forest, just outside Lynchburg, is one of the fastest-growing residential and commercial communities in Bedford County.
Since 1969, Creasy has been president of a contracting and building company, Henry Creasy, Inc., which concentrates on custom homes and commercial projects in central Virginia.
He also is president of Daniel Development Corporation Concentration, a land development company. He lists Bedford County developments Forestdale, Yukon, Park Shores and Greenstone among his companies' accomplishments.
He is a member of the Builders & Associates of Central Virginia, the Lynchburg Board of Realtors, Lynchburg's Chamber of Commerce and Bedford County's tradesmen certification board of appeals.
A graduate of E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Creasy also holds a business degree from Lynchburg College.