Hurricane Camille 40 Years Later

Hundreds gather to remember Camille’s wrath


Hundreds gather to remember Camille’s wrath

A crowd of more than 800 people Thursday night gathered at a remembrance event held at Nelson County High School in Lovingston to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Hurricane Camille.

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Former news photographer recalls the fury of Hurricane Camille Former news photographer recalls the fury of Hurricane Camille

Driving up Virginia 151 in Nelson County less than two days after the gentle countryside had been subjected to the fury of the remnants of Hurricane Camille, the scene was surreal.

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Lynchburg to air Hurricane Camille documentary; show also available online

This week, the Lynchburg Government Channel will air “Portrait of a Disaster,“ a documentary of Hurricane Camille produced by the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Department of Transportation.

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Nelson County events commemorate Camille anniversary

Forty years ago this week, the remnants of Hurricane Camille ripped through Nelson County and surrounding areas, devastating homes, tearing apart roadways, washing away bridges and killing more than 120 county residents.

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Who were the eight Camille victims never identified?

Four decades have done little to clear up the identities of eight bodies found in and near Nelson County in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the remnants of Hurricane Camille.

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Hurricane Camille Victims

Davis Creek

Michael Julius Earhart

Lynda Huffman Gibson

Patricia Lynn Gibson

Henry Hudson

Barbara Lou Huffman

Brenda Ann Huffman

David Wayne Huffman

Emma Virginia Huffman

Gloria Marie Huffman

Mrs. Hazel Huffman

James Patrick Huffman, Jr.

Jessie Lou Huffman

Juanita Burnley Huffman

Lawrence Harvey Huffman

Mrs. Lottie Beverley Huffman

Robert Lee Huffman

Roger Dale Huffman, Jr.

Walter Homer Johnson, Jr.

Alice Martin

Mary Burnley Martin

Robert Lee Martin

Albert Perry

Catherine Ann Perry

Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Perry

John Thomas Perry

Mary Frances Perry

Robert Ramsey

Mrs. Nora Ann Simpson

Robert Elmo Simpson, Sr.

Robert Elmo Simpson, Jr.

Mabel Wood

Faber

Mary Catherine Schur

Betty Mawyer Sites

Luther Glen Sites

Hat Creek

Frances Bryant

Margaret Louise Bryant

Patricia Bryant

Mrs. Sarah Grace Marshall Bryant

Lovingston

Mrs. Annie Texas Ponton Giles

Massies Mill

Kenneth Edward Campbell

Melissa K. Campbell

Alice Smith Coles

Daisy Daughterey

Sharon Cedelia Giles

Christine Loving Grooms

Pauline Wood Hughes

Anna Virginia Oakcrum Johnson

Ora Teresa Johnson

Harold Eugene Loving

Mrs. Willie Madison

Carl Franklin Raines, Sr.

Johanna Raines

Shirley Gordon Raines

Virginia Raines

Walker Saunders Raines

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Thompson

Millie Toms

Mary Louise Giles Turner

Norwood

Barbara Louise Burnley

Larry Wade Burnley

Mrs. Sylvia Gunter Burnley

Mrs. Emma Forbes Wooten

Harry Wooten

Piney River

Edward Beauregard Thompson

Tyro

Thomas Hope Giles

Jeffrie Oliver

Regina Rene Oliver

Charles Ashby Staton

Flossie Lawhorne Staton

Linda Hope Staton

Audrey Zirkle

Gary Stewart Zirkle

Laurabello Oliver Zirkle

William H. Zirkle

Wheeler’s Cove

Mrs. Wrennie Harris Wright Cook

Wintergreen

Elva Louise Hines Ewing

Hawes Edward Ewing

Incomplete Information

Wilbert Lee Burnley

Victims from Outside Nelson County

Otis David Dellinger, North Carolina

Josephus Cecil Graves, Danville

Jabe A. Hardy, Danville

Almond W. Herring, Crozet

Henry Foster Sanders, North Carolina

John Arthur Seals, Jr., Madison

Victims Never Recovered

Davis Creek

Roosevelt Burnley

Mrs. Annie Mae Martin Huffman

Mrs. Becky O’Brien Huffman

Dale Huffman

James Harvey Huffman

Mitchell Huffman

Mrs. Frances Martin

George Martin

Mary Ann Martin

Robert Martin

Betty Perry

Carolyn Perry

Edward Perry

Nelson Perry

Charles Henry Ramsey

Brenda Simpson

Jimmy Simpson

Mike Simpson

Paul Edward Simpson

Massies Mill

Mrs. Thornhill Carter

Donna Fay Wood

Gary Wood

Muddy Creek

Emory French

George Giles

Dan Taylor

Mrs. Vernell Harris Taylor

Bonnie Thompson

Norwood

Darrell Wayne Burnley

Lisa Burnley

Tom Burnley, Jr.

John Waterman

Woods Mill

Mrs. Hattie Critzer

James A. Megginson

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