Obituary
Edna ‘Sis’ Rae Good Drain
Age 89, Luray, Va. On May 25, 2023, Edna “Sis” Rae Good Drain, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully and entered the pearly gates of Heaven at the age of 89. She […]
Month: May 2023
Luray
‘Remember their sacrifice’
By Randy Arrington LURAY, May 29 — Luke Bedortha remembers how his perspective on the world greatly changed on Sept. 11, 2001. He heard news of the terrorist attacks while sitting in math class. He […]
Weekly Salute To A Veteran
Homer Purdham
PageValleyNews.com salutes HOMER PURDHAM for his service in the U.S. Army.
Today In History
VFW ‘All-State’
May 29, 1990 — If it’s not a first in the State of Virginia, then at least Page County’s three VFW post commanders have done something extremely rare. All three — William J. McKnight of […]
Shenandoah
‘We will never forget’
By Randy Arrington SHENANDOAH, May 27 — As cars filed into the parking lot, the mayor began to breathe a little easier. During the final weekend of May each year, he worries that the crowd will […]
Today In History
Mending the wall
May 28, 1987 — The process, they say, never ends. The ceaseless seasonal cycles always provide some element that gnaws at the foundation of Skyline Drive’s serpentine wall — built originally more than 50 years […]