Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 16, 1994 TAG: 9401140077
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: F-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Compiled by Mary Linn
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
STEVE SHELOR of Salem has been promoted to vice president of Rowe Furniture Corp. He joined the company in 1977. In his new position, Shelor is responsible for corporate purchasing and is a member of the manufacturing team.
The Arlington-based company has manufacturing operations in Salem and in Missouri.
ADVERTISING
PATRICK MADDOX has joined The Maddox Agency in Roanoke as an account executive. He most recently was an account executive with WRUF-FM in North Central Florida and formerly was a direct marketer with the American Automobile Association.
The Maddox Agency is an advertising, media and marketing consulting firm with offices in Roanoke and Richmond.
BURIAL PARKS
RHONDA C. PACK has been hired as office manager of Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke. She replaces MELISSA LIGHT, who has left Roanoke.
COMMUNICATIONS
MARTHA H. THOMPSON has been promoted to marketing specialist for Western Virginia at C&P Telephone. She will work with customers at small and medium-size businesses. Her geographic market extends from Staunton to Danville and into far Southwest Virginia.
CONSTRUCTION
THOMAS B. JONES, formerly western region director of C&P Telephone, has joined Lionberger Construction Co. as director of construction administration. He will work at the company's main offices on Starkey Road in Roanoke.
\ MARJORIE L. CUNDIFF has been named secretary of Lanford Bros. Co. Inc. She is the human resources officer and is in charge of computer systems at Lanford Bros., where she has worked for eight years.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
DOUGLAS W. SINK and RICHARD C. FURR II have been elected vice presidents of New River Electrical Corp. Sink has held various supervisory positions in his 34 years with the company, the most recent being project manager. In his new position, he is responsible for managing substation construction work in parts of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Furr has been with the company since 1969 and has held several supervisory positions, his most recent also project manager. He will manage the company's industrial and signalization work. Also, joining the company as a project manager is DANNY L. WILLIAMS, who previously worked for Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. He will manage substation and transmission projects for the company in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
New River Electrical Corp. is a Roanoke-based diversified electrical contractor, established in 1953, serving utility, industrial and governmental customers in an 18-state area.
HEALTH CARE
ALTON L. KNIGHTON JR., a partner in the law firm of Woods, Rogers and Hazlegrove, has been elected president of the board of directors of Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge Inc. Other officers are BOB ARCHER, Blue Ridge Beverage Corp., vice president; JODIE CAPLAN, Carilion Health Systems, treasurer; CHARLOTTE PORTERFIELD, community volunteer, secretary; and KATHY OELSCHLAGER, Designs II, assistant secretary. New board members are NAN L. COLEMAN, Coleman & Massey P.C.; MURRAY "DEKE" COULTER, Brown, Edwards & Co.; DR. LEGREE HALLMAN, Northwest Medical Center; EBERLE SMITH, Roanoke College; and JAMES L. WOLTZ, Woltz & Associates.
Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge Inc. is a primary provider of reproductive health care services, educational programs, and advocacy efforts encompassing the Roanoke Valley, the New River Valley, Charlottesville and parts of the Shenandoah Valley.
\ CHRISTOPHER SLONE has been named admissions coordinator at Camelot Hall in Salem, a subsidiary of Roanoke-based Medical Facilities of America. He will be responsible for overseeing marketing and public relations at the health care facility.
\ MARK H. DERBYSHIRE, director of Carilion Employee Assistance Program, has been named president of the Virginia Blue Ridge Chapter of the Employee Assistance Professional Association. Other officers are MARTIN MAPLES, State Employee\ Assistance Program, vice president; BETH WILKERSON, Father Martin's Ashley\ (treatment center), treasurer; and MARQUITA BROWN, city of Roanoke, secretary.
MEDICINE
DR. KENNETH D. TUCK of Roanoke has been elected to the board of trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Tuck represents the area served by the 6th Congressional District on the Council of the Medical Society of Virginia and is chairman of the legislative affairs committee. He was elected president of the Virginia Society of Ophthalmology in 1984. He has practiced ophthalmology in Roanoke for 29 years.
NONPROFITS
DORMAN FAWLEY, president of Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley, has been elected to the board of directors of the Child Abuse Prevention Council in Roanoke.
ORGANIZATIONS
ROBERT H. FETZER, president of Building Specialists Inc., has been installed as president of the Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association. Other officers are RICK WHITNEY of Fralin & Waldron Inc., vice president; JOE MILLER of E.J. Miller Construction Co., treasurer; DAVID RADFORD of Radford & Co., secretary; MARGARET THACKER of Gurtner Printing & Graphics, vice president/associate; BILL SMITH of Smith's Home Improvement, vice president/remodeler; and VIVIAN FRANK of Boone & Co. Realtors, vice president/sales and marketing.
RETAIL
Fink's Jewelers Inc. has re-elected several members to its advisory board: ROBERT NOLAN, president of Old Colony Box Co., Radford; VICTOR OPPLEMAN, managing partner of the Hilton Hotel, Lynchburg; HENRY VAN OS, real estate agent, Atlanta; and DAN E. SIEGLER, billing supervisor of World Span, Atlanta. A new member to the board is ARNOLD LEFKOVITS, senior partner in the law firm of Berkowitz & Lefkovits, Birmingham, Ala.
Fink's, based in Roanoke, operates stores in the Roanoke Valley, Lynchburg and Richmond.
Information on personnel changes of interest to people in business should be sent to this column, C/O the Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010.
by CNB