THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, July 6, 1995 TAG: 9507060356
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY EARL SWIFT, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
A squad of painters, potters and antique dealers will come to the aid of families who lost loved ones and their homes in a series of storms that dumped rain and heartache on the hills east of the Blue Ridge last week.
Norman Goodwin, a painter who lives in Norfolk, said Wednesday that dozens of local artists had agreed to donate pieces to a Friday auction benefiting three Madison County families - including that of Portsmouth native Doris Frisbie, who was killed when her mountainside house was swallowed up by rocks and mud June 27.
The 7 p.m. event at Scott & Company, an auction house at 537 W. 21st St., will feature paintings by Goodwin, Charles Sibley, Barkley Sheaks, Ed Carson, Herb Jones, Edna Larazon, Louis and Susan Jones, and other artists from the region.
In addition, Goodwin plans to offer several paintings from his personal collection, and at least one potter will contribute pieces. Several antiques dealers have also donated to the auction, Goodwin said.
``I've always thought that the arts community in this area had the biggest heart of any segment of the community, and this proves it,'' he said. ``We can't always come up with a check for $1,000, but we can donate a painting that can bring $1,000 at auction.''
Doris Frisbie was inside the lodgelike home she shared with her husband, Herbert, when the rom the house.
Goodwin, Herbert Frisbie's cousin, said he was moved to organize the auction after learning that the family's insurance company considered the disaster a flood. The Frisbies, whose house stood 900 feet above sea level, did not have flood insurance.
KEYWORDS: FLOODING DISASTER RELIEF FATALITY by CNB