THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, October 2, 1996 TAG: 9610020402
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 34 lines
G. William Fleming, 68, of the 700 block of Oriole Drive died Oct. 1, 1996.
He was born in Joplin, Mo., and was educated at Culver Military Academy and Syracuse University, where he joined the SAE Fraternity. He spent most of his life in Westport, Conn., before moving to Virginia Beach in 1975. He served in the Navy in World War II and was a retired captain in the Air Force Reserve.
Bill's lifelong interest in motor sports was fulfilled by being the first director of the Sports Car Club of America, building it from a struggling group of amateurs into a thriving, multi-facted organization. He initiated road racing on SAC bases, working with Gen. Curtis LeMay to raise funds for the enlisted men's facilities and helped develop the first fire-resistant clothing required in racing. He then became executive director of the Automobile Competition Committee for the U.S., representing the major American racing organizations on the International Committee. He was a member of the Road Racing Drivers Club, an honorary member of the American Association of Automotive Medicine, past chairman of the board of the New England Air Museum and trustee emeritus of the Hyde School in Bath, Me. As a member of the Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club, he served on a number of committees and was past director.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara; two sons and two daughters and their families, Janet Fleming and Paul Mulwitz of Camas, Wash., Kelly and George W. Fleming, Jr. and four children of Langlois, Ore., Kathryn Fleming and Michael Woodson and sons of Tucson, Ariz., and Read and Judith Turner Fleming and son of Andover, Mass.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials to a favorite charity would be most appreciated.
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