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Campaign Contributors

$12,544,152 (raised as of 12/31/2022)

On behalf of The Board of Directors of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, we extend our most sincere appreciation to the following supporters for their generosity. Thank you for your commitment to our goal of creating “A New Path To Jefferson.”

$1,000,000 and Above

The Genan Foundation

Anonymous

$500,000–$999,999

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Gladden, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. T. Joseph Pond, Jr.
Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission
Mrs. Anne R. Worrell

$250,000–$499,999

The Cabell Foundation
Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Cranston Williams, Jr.
Anonymous

$100,000–$249,999

The Beirne Carter Foundation
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Dutterer
Zeb and Jan Gray
Mr. David W. Hamberg
Becky E. Hash
KVA Foundation
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Smith

$50,000–$99,999

The Estate of Virginia A. Arnold
The Hon. Gerald L. and Mrs. Robin D. Baliles
Bank of the James
Anne Cox Chambers Foundation
Roberta Collins Crist Fund through M. Clagett Collins, M.D.
The Andrew Horsley Easley and Anne Owen Easley Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Everett III
Ray Griffin Foundation as directed By Jim and Amy Ray
J. Dale and Amy Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. W. Tucker Lemon

Mr. Stewart Morris, Sr.
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
Lisa and Jerry Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Watts II in honor of James O. Watts, Jr. and Sarah Key Watts and in honor of Courtney Clark, Gertrude Clark and Alice Carter
Anonymous

$25,000–$49,999

American Electric Power Foundation
County of Bedford, Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Orran L. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Childress
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Clark
Mike and Elizabeth Harrington
Richard and Cheryl Hiner in memory of Katharine D. Hiner
Christian S. and Helen C. Hutter in memory of Beverly S. and Frances F. Hutter
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Logan III

Ms. Madeline E. Miller and Mr. H. Gordon Leggett, Jr.
Russell W. Moore, Jr. and Sandra L. Bouwman

Moore & Giles, Inc
Marietta McNeil Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Trust
Office of Economic Development & Tourism of the City of Lynchburg
Mrs. Chiswell D. L. Perkins
Mr. Richard G. and Dr. Kathryn M. Pumphrey
Helen and Taylor Reveley
The Roller-Bottimore Foundation
Marc A. Schewel
Mr. Michael J. Schewel and Ms. Priscilla Burbank
Vincent Scully and Catherine Lynn
Phillip C. and Cherrill K. Stone
The Al Stroobants Foundation
TCV Trust & Wealth Management
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Warthen III
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wayt
Wiley|Wilson
Anonymous (2)

$10,000–$24,999

Mr. J. Frederick Armstrong
The George E. Crouch Foundation
Beverley and Doug Dalton
Mr. Remmel T. Dickinson
The Ellis Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Gottwald
The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
Josephine Griffin
Richard & Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Gisela M. John
Stan and Elise Lanford
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Lundell
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Mrs. Charles M. Parker in memory of Charles M. Parker
Michael and Carolyn Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. George P Ramsey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roberts
Bill and Becky Semones
Rachel Shenigo
Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Teague III
Jack and Sandra Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Massie G. Ware, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. White

$5,000–$9,999

Helen Booth

Sondra and Doug Cruickshanks
Dominion Foundation
Ms. Katharine T. Gray
Hillside Garden Club
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin N. James
Evelyn F. James Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson III
Robert and Lynn Beebe Lambeth
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Long, Jr.
Mr. Calder Loth
David and Rosalee McCullough
Thomas and Linda Mitchell
Mr. Paul Perrone
Steve and Judy Schulz
William Skinner

Guice G. Strong III
Paul and Wendy Tackett
Ms. Kay Wilkinson

$2,500–$4,999

Atlanta Preservation Center
Kristin and David Benson
Ms. Linda Anne Boyte
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce E. Brannock
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brown
Esther and Rudy Bunzl
Dick and Elsie Byrne
James A. Clodfelter
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Constance
Carol T. Cover
The Curtis Group
Mr. and Mrs. R. Gene Goley
George and Louise Kegley
Timothy A. Kuhn
The Minnie & Bernard Lane Foundation
Dr. Laura Macaluso and Mr. Jeffrey L. Nichols
Mr. Dennis D. Mateski

Travis C. McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Nelson
Rob and Linda Palmer
Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc.
Rieley & Associates
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Vaughan
Ms. Mary Denny Wray

$1,000–$2,499

William L. Beiswanger
Richard and Barbara Binder
John Pilcher Bradshaw Jr.
Douglas and Ruth Broadfoot
Joe and Linda Carroll
Mr. F. H. Boyd Coons
A. Glenn Dalton
Roger Dowdy
Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia
Stephen C. Foster
Framatome
Maureen F. Giese
Charles T. Hagan III
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Hart Jr.
Carmine Iadarola
John H. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L Jones
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kramer
Holly Leicht-Weinstein and Adam Weinstein
Rodney and Karen Lorence
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madden
McGuireWoods LLP
Meriwether Godsey, Inc.
Hugh C. Miller in memory of Stella H. Miller
Mr. Robert L. Montague, III
Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Moore
Mr. C. Murphy Moss and Ms. Mary Ann Coffey
Mr. Marc D. Propst
Sootie, Dickens & Shadow Ramsey Fund as directed by Thomas O. Ramsey in honor of Marian and Preston Stevens and Chrissie Wayt
Mike and Elena Rousseau
Kirsten Sihlanick
Mark and Susan Sihlanick
Ken and Cam Srpan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Sterne, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney N. Stokes Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Taylor III
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Van Name
Deborah Ware
Mr. and Mrs. C Michael Welch
Nancy and Jeff Wilson
Anonymous

$500–$999

Burgess and Karen Allen
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Autry IV
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bauer
Tina M. Beatty
Mary and Carlile Chambers
Dan and Kourtney Coleman
Ygondine Sturdivant Creasy Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Douglas and Ruth Day
Mrs. Alice Ellingsberg
Michael Evans
Julia Jackson Gray in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
C. Thomas Hamlin III
Teresa Harris
David and Joan Healy
Patrick Horne and Dr. Elizabeth Williams
Wes Hunsberger
Barry and Bev Hunter
Mr. Kyle S. Kendrick
Mr. and Mrs. John MacLeman
Jacqueline B. Mars
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald
Barbara A. Moser
Larry and Susan Moxley
Mr. and Mrs. G. Andrew Nea, Jr.
Dr. Genevieve Neale, DVM (Pawprints Mobile Medicine for Pets)
Alex and Jessica Newmark
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Newskyj
Ralph Pernice in memory of Rebecca Pernice
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pettyjohn, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Pickford
Alyson and Peter Ramsey
Debra D. Shaver
Frank and Lark Smith
Rick and Lynne Spies
Joshua Swenson
Shelley J. Switzer
Kyle Tello in memory of William and Carolyn Barnett
Brenda Torian
Mr. and Mrs. D. Cabell Vest
Ms. Shirley M. Ware
Stormy and Jonathan Wiegand
Sterling A. Wilder

$250–$499

John and Pamela Aadland
William E. and Christine Albers
Ron and Judy Atkinson
Ms. Betty F. Barnett
Lynne Bettinger
Joseph and Patricia Bodenstedt
Susan L. Buck
Robert and Chrystie Burns
Stephen and Ann Cagle
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Andrew Cherna in memory of Richard T. Sadler
Robert M. Chilton
Ms. Cornelia Christian
Dr. and Mrs. C. Hunter Cloud
Drs. Matthew R. Craig, M.D. and Jennifer M. King
Doug and Sandy Crowther
Jennifer Dickey
Mr. and Mrs. David V. Dietrich
Ms. Lynn L. Dodge
Susan A. Dunlap
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Edwards
David Ferguson
Ian Firth
Charles O. Flickner Jr. and Christine Wegman
Barbara Fultz
Mrs. Mary Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Gill Jr.
Robert and Salle Ann Gill
Samuel Gill
Robert Golcheski
Gwen Goodkin in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Ms. Carol Z. Hannah
Mr. Richard L. Hay
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hedge FAIA
Donald M. Holland
Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Hollinshead
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell John Johnson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Jonusas
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kesler in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Jonathan and Alexandra King
David and Ann Koch
Ms. Judith B. Lavinder II in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Lavinder, Jr.
Mr. Jeff Lenser
Lewis Media Partners
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lockhart
Robin and Rick Loving
William and Barbara Luton
Randy and Betty Jo Marling
Justin and Middy McCarthy
Ed and Beverley McCauley
Dr. and Mrs. Richard McClintock
Sandy and Anne McKenna
Larson Mick
Dr. and Mrs. James F. Mooney III
Elizabeth P. Mossman
Michael and Burnadette Nelson
Dr. Steven Nichols
Joe and Marcia Obenshain
Dee Parsons
John Pensec
Mrs. Mildred L. Petty
George Phillips
Mr. Robert J. Pratt
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Ramsey III
Irene and Daniel Randolph
Mr. G. Everett Reveley in honor of Helen Reveley
Mr. Kenneth A. Ringle
Jim and Sylvia Rinker
Michael F. Rosenthal and Marleen F. Roggow
Ms. Patricia P. Salamone
Hans F. Schwartz
Mr. Isaac S. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. William Sihler
Jay Spencer
Nancy Spillane
Dennis R. and Connie L. Straub
Kenneth O. Summerville
Mike and Debbie Sumner
Mr. Lee A. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Thomsen, Jr.
Ms. Lisa Tibbs
Deborah Tolley
Edward T. Tomlinson
Dr. and Mrs. J. Scott Wade
John L. Walker
Ms. Jacqueline Ward Talevi
Elizabeth White Waters
Glenn and Jeanette Wertz
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Winemiller
Mina and Robert Wood
Studie and Zach Young
Anonymous (2)

Below $250

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Abramson
Robert and Ingrid Adam
Dave and Anna Adkins
Margot and Colin Aker
Len and Cyndy Alaimo
Ms. Marian Alexander in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander
Eugene Alford in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin and Gene Alford and their friendship
Erin Alvis
Mr. Gary Aman
Herb and Terri Anastor
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Anderson
Christina Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson
Rev. Frank W. Anderson
N. Allen Anderson
Paige C. Anderson
Shannon Arrington
Joe and Judy Axelrod
Linda and Stephen Bailey
Ms. Carolyn Kelly Baker in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Baldwin Jr.

Wendy S. Barnstein
Mrs. Ellen Barr in memory of Robert Q. Barr
Danny L. Bartlett
Senator Marc Basnight

Louis B. Basten
Pamela B. Bayse
Joanne Bear
The Beckham Family
Mrs. Nancy E. Bedford in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Woodrow W. Bedsaul

Ms. Norma Beheler
Claire and Bryan Benedict
Glenn and Debbie Berger
Eric Berghold
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bergmann
Page Bethke
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beville
Ms. Stephanie Bickers
John Bloom and Amy Farrell
Blue Ridge Therapy in memory of Vincent Scully
Larry Bly
Mr. and Mrs. Dane U. Blythe
Jeanne and Deane Blythe
The Boisen Family
Richard Bottone
Ms. Nancy A. Bourne
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Boyd
Steve Boyd-Smith
Martha W. Brame
Mrs. Caroline Y. Brandt
Ms. Barbara J. Braun
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bresler
Sgt. and Mrs. William B. Bristor
Roxanne Brouse
Carole and Steven Brown
Linda Y. Brown
Phyllis H. Bruce in memory of Rick Bruce
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Brunson, Jr.
Joseph and Sherry Bryant
Wyatt L. Buckingham
Carl Buesing
Bob and Pat Burley
Mary Ann and Paul Burnam
Susan Burnell
Brian and Lori Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Burton
Joseph Cafarella
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calhoun in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Kent Campbell
Dr. and Mrs. D. Rae Carpenter, Jr.
Mr. Larry E. Carroll
Mr. Robert Carroll
G.K. Carter
Paula Gusbar Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund F. Cass, Jr.
Jan and Helene Cella
Lester J. and JoEllyn Chadwick
Ann H. Christie
Vanessa Cieslak and Kevin Holloway
Ms. Susan I. Cimbalo
The Citrone Family
Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne
Brian and Judy Clark
Carolyn M. Clark
Rev. and Mrs. Richard K. Clarke
Mr. David W. Clauss
Mr. Earl Clayton
Johanna Cleary
Ms. Phyllis Clements
Gene and Rebecca Coakley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cocco
Chris Coffey
Pamela L. Coleburn
Mr. E. Stewart Coleman
Community Foundation of The Lowcountry
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Costo, Jr.
Sally R. Coughlin
Elizabeth and Jeffrey Coughter
Mitch Counts and Family
Kristen and Mike Cowling
Ms. Elizabeth Creech
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Crow
Arlene Cundiff
Janet and Richard Cunningham
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Dageforde
Mr. Steven Dasher
Ms. Michelle Davis
Thomas A. E. Davis
Harry L. Day
Dick and Patti DeiTos
Jean Dennis in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Ms. Christina Dick
Wilson and Anne Carter Dickerson
Nicholas Diffenbaugh
Bob and Connie Dixon
Richard S. Doring
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dotson
Dr. and Mrs. Basil C. Doumas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drumheller
Bruce Duval and Nancy Duval
Mr. Paul Dwiggins
Mr. Terry R. Eastman and Ms. Victoria L. Diaz-Eastman
Frank and Lucy Ellett
Martha Ellett
Stacie Elliott
Mr. Mark Ellis
Mr. F. Curtis Elswick
Theodore C. Engelder
Mr. Paul J. Englander
Garry Evans
Stephanie and Charles Fagan
David M. Fairman
W. Vincent Fastabend
Michael Fein
Mr. and Mrs. John Felicciardi
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Ferguson
Mark and Gaile Ferguson
Judith Lee Fichter
Kathy and David Firth
Laura Fischer

Madeleine McDonald Fontana
Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ford
Mr. Vance L. Fraley
Fred and Phylis Fralick
Richard Lee Francis
Lyle Frederickson
June Gaeke
Dr. Rachel Gagen and Mr. Ryan Gagen
Mr. Wayne Gannaway
Palmer and Richard Gard in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Garden Thyme Garden Club
Jack and Lynn Gardin
Robert and Christine Garsson
Jack Gary
Ms. Barbara E. Gengenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Walter George in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
The Gilreath/Klosterman Family
Mr. Robert L. Givens, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Glass IV
Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason
The Hon. and Mrs. Robert W. Goodlatte
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Goodwin
Greg and Barbara Gordon
Dabney Gough
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gough
William M. Grant
Ms. Linda Greenwood
Mrs. Emily Greenwood
Colonel and Mrs. Wilbur T. Gregory, Jr.
Gordon Griffin
Joseph Griffin
Ms. Linnea M. Grim in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. David Gross
Ms. Deborah Guy
Ms. Gladys Hagerty and Mr. William Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hall
Stephanie Hallinan
Mr. Gardiner Hallock
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hamilton
Suzanne Hamlin
William and Sherryl Hankins
Lane and Linda Harbertson
Jeffrey Hardy
Mary B. Harkleroad
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harkness
Edwin L. and Lucy D. Harper
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Harris
Dr. Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler
Greg and Marlene Hay
Headquarters 310 Command Association in memory of Lib Walker
Timothy Healy
Dr. Julius C. Hedden, Jr.
Roger and Bev Henderson
Christine Rae Henry
Tammy F. Herron
Mr. John Herzfeld
Ann and John Hess
Lawrence and Elisabeth Hicks
Tanesha J. High
C. Roger Hill and Terry E. Jones
Ms. Jessica Hogan
Mr. Thomas J. Hogan
Catherine Elizabeth Holcomb
Alice Holcomb
Mildred Hollenbeck
Deborah Holloway
Andrea Horton
Ms. Lee A. Houston
Francine Huang
Ms. Ann Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hudson III
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Huprich
Mrs. Eleanor Zurn Hutt
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly S. Hutter, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Temp D. Hutter
Dianne Hylton
Betty Ann Hyssong
Mr. Greer Illingworth
John Peters Irelan
Ann W. Jackson
Steven D. Jackson
Jeffrey L. Jacobs
Jefferson’s Poplar Forest Garden Club
James J. Jefferson in memory of Elizabeth Jefferson Walker
Joel Jensen
Stanley and Linda Johnson
Linnea Jones
Mrs. Jean Judd
Janet B. Kaltenbach in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Evelyn J. Kealey
Herb and Judy Keil
David Keller
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kennan in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. J. Matthew Kenney
Mr. Christopher O. Kern
Evelyn Morrison Kinkade
Ms. Donna C. Klimchuk
Mr. John Knoblich
Melora Kordos
Leland and Lydia Krebs
Teresa A. Lane
Jane Larkin
Mary Laub
Randy S. Layman
Mr. Roger W. Lazorchack
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lecik
Mr. Charles Ledbetter
Mr. Arthur S. Lefkowitz and Ms. Amy E. Lawrence
Patricia Lemon
Ms. Virginia Lenz
Rebecca Leucht
Ms. Carrie E. Lien in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Nancy Linn
Timothy John and Lisa Liston
Janice Litschert
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Little
Crawford and Jenice Long
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long
Mr. and Mrs. Lefty Longa
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jefferson Looney
Agnes Lee Lowry-Campbell in memory of Lester E. Campbell, Jr.
Mrs. Sharon S. Lugar in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lowe Lunsford III
Lynchburg Chapter, NSDAR
Alexandra Macaluso
Lohrie G. MacDonald
Doug and Jennifer Mackintosh
Allen and Karen Majewski
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Marion
Bruce and Judith Marsh
David W. Marshall
Ms. Elizabeth B. Marshall in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Dr. George I. Martin
Betsy and Carl Mason
Richard Mason and Carol Mattusch
Mary Massie
Dr. William McKinnon Massie
Michael Maxwell
Ms. Evelyn McCashin
Mr. and Mrs. John T. McCauley, Jr. in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Gene McClure in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Lee W. and Marlene A. McCombs
James McConnell
Mr. Michael C. McCray
Karen McIlvoy
Mr. and Mrs. John McKinney
Mr. Stephen E. McLaughlin
Yvonne McMahon
Ms. Sandra McNerney in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Gene and Mary Meyer
Chita and Rick Middleton in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Jayne and Bob Milanovich
Edmond Miller in honor of William S. Price
Scott and Patricia Miller
Mr. Sam Mizener
Doug and Jill Moore
Gena Morris
Norwood and Susan Morrison
Nancy J. Moser in honor of John L. and Hilda Moser
Tammy Moss
Kyle Neuman
Mr. George Niblett
Cynthia and Phil Nichols
Gail L. Norkett
Mary Ann O’Donnell
Mrs. Monica Oosting
Carol and Gerald Ottman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Owens
Laura J. Page
Mr. Irving G. Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Parker
Mrs. Carter C. Paxton
Dr. and Mrs. James M. Peery
Mr. and Mrs. John Pennington
Paul R. Penny
Gregory Perry
Ronald and Carol S. Peterson
Helen E. Petrill
Mr. Larry Peyton
Mrs. Alice Phillips
John and Trudy Phillips
Andrew and Barbara Piekutowski
Alycon T. Pierce, C.G.
Mrs. Rachel Pietsch
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Piggott
Mr. Chris E. Pikrallidas
Mr. Michael Pinelli
Kathleen Placidi and John d’Entremont
Lenore Plassman
The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth R. Plum
Jim Porter
Mr. Christopher Powell
Steve Preston
Anita Priddy
Dr. Eric Proebsting
Mr. J. Perrin Quarles in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Quarles in honor of Rick and Lynne Spies
Mr. and Mrs. John Ragosta
Suzanne and Dudley Raine
Ms. Marilyn Rainey in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Rayburn
Kathryn Reesman
Ms. Lorraine Regula
Evans and Sharon Reynolds
Joseph and Bessie Richards
Douglas and Amanda Riley
Mr. David R. Ritter
Mr. Cliff Rivers
Mr. and Mrs. James Robbins in honor of Christian Stevens Wayt
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Ms. Amanda Robinson
Jane Robinson
Marty Robison Family
Peter J. Rockefeller
Ms. Charlene A. Rode
Janet and William Rolfe
James W. Rook

Mrs. Hubert C. Roop, Jr. and Mrs. Warren Tuck
William L. S. Ross
Barbara and Mason Rowe
Nancy and LeRoy U. Rudasill, Jr.
John and Joan Ruppenthal
Mr. Jeffrey A. Ruppert and Dr. Kara E. Marciani
Joan Ruszkowski
Mr. Mark Sandefur
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schaefer
David A. Scheinman
Frank and Susan Schmaltz
John and Suzanne Schoenbrunn
Paul F. Schrecker
Mr. Frank S. Schwahn, Jr. in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. Len Scoggins
Robert T. Scott
Ray and Nancy Selmer
Ms. Priti Shan
Ms. Linda S. Shanley
Robert and Margaret Shannon
Letty A. Shearer
Susan B. Sheppard
Michelle Shinn
Jud and Rebecca Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. John Sims
Jeffrey & Maria Sinley
Mr. Greg Slominski
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Slusher
Mr. and Mrs. Kent A. Smack
The Smith Family
Mr. Cameron O. Smith
Kathleen M. Smith
Ms. Kay B. Smith
Ms. Laverne Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Smith
John Snarr
Mr. and Mrs. Rayner V. Snead, Jr.
Mr. Robert A. Spangard
Del and Becky Spangler
Bob Spatz
Mr. Hugh Sprott
Linda and Roger Steele
M. K. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Stout
Peter and Judy Suhmann
Myrna L. Sullivan
Marsha Summerson
Christine Sweeters
Ms. Metta Tanikawa
Ms. Sharlene M. Tenaglia
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tenley
Drs. Christine and Stephen Terry
Mrs. Deborah Terry
Suzanna C. Thieblot
Jeremy and Ashley Thompson
Mary Norvell Thomson
Kari Thyne
Cheryl, Jen, Roofi and Barry Tice in honor of Margi and Booner Reiman
Jason Tipton in memory of Donald G. Tipton
Mr. M. Bradley Tonkin, Jr.
Ms. Beth J. Towner in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Steve and Cathy Trimble
Sergei Troubetzkoy
Carolyn Turner
Art and Sue Urbanik
Sally S. Van Allen
Kay and J.P. Vaughan
Ms. Holly Veloso
Christine Vrooman
Mr. Kevin Wagner
Gene and Debbie Walker
Richard and Mary Wall
Mr. Glen Wallick
Karen Warren
Peter and Mary Jo Warren
Edward and Belinda Watkins in memory of Sarah Spotswood (Berkeley) Watkins
Teresa Watson
Mr. Dennis L. Watts
Kathleen W. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Weidner
Anna B. Weil
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wellborn in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. West
Mr. and Mrs. W. James Wetzel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wheeler
Rebecca B. Whitaker
Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunt Whitbeck, Jr. in memory of Dick Sadler
Ms. Sandra K. White in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Chris and Barbie Whorton
James and Barbara Williamson
Timothy R. Winters
Jonathan Witter
Ms. Virginia B. Wohlford in memory of Sylvia Smith Griffin
Janice E. Woodard
John H. Works, Jr.
Gary E. Wright
Jim and Marty Wright in honor of Travis McDonald
Denise Yannone and Stephen Batt
Mark Yarris
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bruce Zahor
Anonymous (7)

The Thomas Jefferson Circle

Poplar Forest is grateful to these new members of our planned giving society, whose commitments were secured during the capital campaign. Thank you for leaving a legacy at Poplar Forest.

Mr. Craig R. and Dr. Kristi S. Fowler
Timothy A. Kuhn
Dennis D. Mateski
William L. S. Ross
Phil and Cherrill Stone
David and Shelley Switzer
Paul and Wendy Tackett
Mr. and Mrs. Massie G. Ware, Jr.
Anonymous

Capital Campaign Sprint Donors

We extend our sincere thanks to the many donors who have supported our online fundraising campaigns for the following special projects.

Plantings

Dave and Anna Adkins
Linda Bailey
Jim Bauer
Jason and Amy Beckham
Page Bethke
Joseph Bodenstedt
The Boisen Family
Joe Cafarella
Frank Callaham
Melanie Christian
Susan I. Cimbalo
Elizabeth Creech
Thomas A. E. Davis
Christina Dick
Judy and Ken Dotson
Jason and Mary Quinn Ferguson
Barbara Fultz
Garden Thyme Garden Club
Barbara Gengenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gough
Emily Greenwood
Linda Greenwood
David Gross
Susan Giles Hamilton
Suzanne M. Harkness
Gail and Wayne Harris
John Herzfeld
Lee Ann Houston
Ann Hubbard
Bev and Kate Hutter
Temp and Karen Hutter
Betty Ann Hyssong
Carmine Iadarola
Kyle Kendrick
Mary Kesler
Melora Kordos
Arthur S. Lefkowitz and Amy E. Lawrence
Nancy Long
Kristin and Lefty Longa
Dr. George I. Martin
Stephen E. McLaughlin
Doug and Jill Moore
George Niblett
Gail L. Norkett
Mike Pinelli
Steve Preston
Ken Ringle
Larry and Leslie Roberts
Charlene Rode
Hans F. Schwartz
Linda S. Shanley
Sandra Sims
Jacqueline F. Ward Talevi
Deb and Robert Terry
Holly Veloso
Ray and Margie Weidner
Glenn and Jeanette Wertz
Diana West
Marilyn Williams

Dog Kennel

Paige Anderson
Jim Bauer

Joanne Bear
Lynne Bettinger
The Boisen Family
Richard Bottone
Caroline Y. Brandt
Doug Broadfoot
Roxanne Brouse
Carl Buesing
Johanna Cleary
Arlene Cundiff

Harry L. Day

Alice Ellingsberg
Stacie Elliott
Laura Fischer
Emily Greenwood
Jeffrey Hardy
Alice Holcomb
Catherine Elizabeth Holcomb

Mildred Hollenbeck
Andrea Horton
Mary Laub
Judy Lavinder II
Patricia Lemon
Catherine Lynn
Dr. Laura Macaluso and Mr. Jeffrey Nichols
Genevieve Neale, DVM (Pawprints Mobile Medicine for Pets)
Peter Newskyj
Cynthia and Phil Nichols
Mary Ann O’Donnell

Carol and Gerald Ottman, Jr.
Paul Penny
Lenore Plassman
Robert J. Pratt
Letty Shearer
Susan Sheppard
Susan Sihlanick
Christine Sweeters
Jacqueline F. Ward Talevi
Mary Norvell Thomson
Kari Thyne
Carolyn Turner
Christine Vrooman
Kenneth White

Public Trails

Margot McDonald Aker

Steve Boyd-Smith
Joe and Linda Carroll
Cornelia Christian
David and Beatrice Clauss
Glenn Dalton
Lynn Dodge
Curtis Elswick
Theodore C. Engelder

Paul J. Englander

Madeline McDonald Fontana
Rachel and Ryan Gagen
Wayne Gannaway
Emily Greenwood
Tammy F. Herron
Jessica Hogan
Donna Klimchuk
Arthur S. Lefkowitz and Amy Lawrence

Lewis Media Partners
Christopher Little
Morris Lockhart
Nancy Marion
Lynn McCashin
Marlene McCombs
Michael C. McCray
Yvonne McMahon
Sam Mizener
Kyle Neuman
Peter Newskyj
Carter Paxton
James Peery
Larry Peyton
Eric Proebsting
Lorraine Regula
Sylvia Rinker
C. D. Rivers
Ms. Amanda Robinson
Ms. Patricia P. Salamone
Mr. Greg Slominski
Anita Smith
Jacqueline F. Ward Talevi

Lisa Tibbs
Kay Van Allen
Gene and Debbie Walker

Dennis Watts

Anonymous (2)

Jefferson Gate

Dave and Anna Adkins
Erica and Andrew Brown
Karen Campbell and Bob Galloway
Kyle Kendrick in memory of Roy Maynard Kendrick (1949-2017)
Mr. Leland Krebs and Ms. Lydia Gnos
Jacqueline B. Mars
Jane and George Phillips
Kathryn Reesman
Ken and Peggy Slusher
D. Cabell Vest
Deborah Ware

Shirley M. Ware

Fireplace Restoration

Dave and Anna Adkins
Joe and Judy Axelrod
Joseph Griffin
Suzanne Hamlin
David Keller

Richard Mason
Peter and Judy Suhmann

Anonymous

 

Interior RESTORATION

Christina Anderson
Joe and Judy Axelrod
Tina M. Beatty
Doug and Ruth Broadfoot
Elizabeth Creech
Jennifer Dickey
Nicholas Diffenbaugh
Stephanie and Charles Fagan
Greer Illingworth in honor of Ian Robert Whittinghill
Dennis D. Mateski
Marlene McCombs
Gail L. Norkett
Christopher Powell
Robert J. Pratt
Kathryn Reesman
John and Suzanne Schoenbrunn
Mark and Susan Sihlanick
Kathleen Stout
Peter and Judy Suhmann
Joshua Swenson
Jeremy and Ashley Thompson

School Field Trips

Carolyn M. Clark
Mr. Mark Ellis
Framatome
Emily Greenwood
Vivian Haussermann
Christian S. Hutter III
Katherine M. Kramer
Alexandra Macaluso
John Pensec
Mr. and Mrs. Massie G. Ware, Jr.
Teresa Watson

Exhibit Cases

Dick and Elsie Byrne

NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES

Mr. Mark Ellis
Christine Rae Henry
Dr. Laura Macaluso and Mr. Jeffrey L. Nichols
Robert and Marlene Pratt
Joshua Swenson
Paul and Wendy Tackett

Gifts Were Received in Honor of the Following:

Catharine and Wood Burns
Agnes Lee Campbell
Alice Carter
Vanessa Cisz
Courtney Clark
Gertrude Clark
Dave Clauss
Brian Foree
Jack Gary
Robert Giese, Sr.
Zeb and Jan Gray
Harman Eye Center
Donald Holcomb
The Hutter Family
Beverly S. and Frances F. Hutter
Mr. and Mrs. Christian S. Hutter III
Clay S. Jenkinson
Richard Mason
Travis McDonald
Mary Ruth Mizener
John L. and Hilda Moser
Alfene Page
Judy Penny
Gail Pond
William S. Price
Margi and Booner Reiman
Helen Reveley
William Rieley
Barbara Berry B. Somers
Rick and Lynne Spies
Marian and Preston Stevens
James O. Watts, Jr.
Sarah Key Watts
Stephen Watts
Christian Stevens Wayt
Ian Robert Whittinghill
Scott and Betty Wright

Gifts Were Received in Memory of the Following:

GGene Alford
William and Carolyn Barnett
Robert Q. Barr
James and Bernice Bickers
Nat & Willie Ree Broach
Rick Bruce
Frank H. Callaham, Jr.
Edward A. Chappell
James R. Cleary
Lester E. Campbell, Jr.
Nancy E. Dalton
Mazell Franklin Dotson
Susan Duerson
G. Logan Forsyth
J. William Grant
Sylvia Smith Griffin
C. Robert Grippin
Button Gwinnett
Kay R. Hagan
Katharine D. Hiner
Ann Hoskins
Beverly S. and Frances F. Hutter
Kyle Kendrick
Roy Maynard Kendrick
Hilda Lorraine Kuchar
Timothy A. Kuhn
Frank Lagana
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Lavinder, Jr.
Carden C. McGehee, Jr.
Jeanice Midgett
Stella H. Miller
R. William Moore
John L. and Hilda H. Moser
Mac and Genevieve Nowack
Charles M. Parker
Rebecca Pernice
James Logan Porter
Richard T. Sadler
Ulli Scharnberg
Vincent Scully
Thomas J. Shanley, Jr.
J. Richard Smith
Jean Stevens
Marian Hutter Stevens
Edward H. Tarkington
Frank Thomasson
Donald G. Tipton
Massie Valentine
Lib Walker
Elizabeth Jefferson Walker
Sarah Spotswood (Berkeley) Watkins
Walter J. Weidner
Deborah L. Wilder

Gifts Were Received in Honor of Four-Legged Friends:

Scottish Terrier Bonnie from Forest, VA
Enzo
Gus
Klaus Van Tassel
Kyle and Troop
Opal
Ripley, Cora and Pappy
Ruby
Stevi and Kallie

Gifts Were Received in Memory of Four-Legged Friends:

Casey and Mont
Cricket
Gretchen
Maxwell, Gus and Boudreaux
McDuff and Toby; the two best dogs ever
Merlin
Oli Duff
Peyton, the best dog ever

Please note that this list reflects gifts made to sprint campaigns through December 31, 2021. Thank you for your generous support.

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