Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 10, 1993 TAG: 9310110130
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: DALEVILLE LENGTH: Medium
OBIT CLARKSON, FRED VERNON
CLARKSON, Fred Vernon, 74, of Daleville, passed away Friday, October 8,
1993 at his home. He was preceded in death by a brother, Talbert N. Clarkson,
who died in 1964 and his wife, Hazel Sublett Clarkson, who died in June of
1978. Born March 28, 1919 in Laurel Branch, Monroe Co., W. Va., he was a son
of the late Oliver Marshall and Maxie Pearl Clarkson. He was a 1939 graduate
of National Business College and attended Auburn College (now Auburn
University) in Auburn, Ala. During WWII, Mr. Clarkson served in the U. S.
Navy. After the war, he worked during the day and attended Roanoke College at
night under the American Institute of Banking program. He attended Rutgers
University and later the Virginia School of Bank Management at the University
of Virginia, graduating in 1964. In May, 1971, he entered the graduate school
of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University, graduating in 1973. Mr.
Clarkson's long career in banking began in 1939 in New Castle, Va. at the
First National bank of New Castle. He later worked in the communities of
Wytheville, 1946-47 and Hillsville, 1947-57. He completed his banking career
in Troutville, Va., working from 1958-84 at First National Bank of Troutville
(now Nationsbank) where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Active in civic and business affairs, Mr. Clarkson was well known for his work
in churches, civic organizations, youth groups and community development
programs. He was a past president of the Troutville Lions Club, past president
of the Troutville PTA, and a past member of the Board of Directors of the
Botetourt Country Club, Shenandoah Valley, Inc., 4-H Educational Camp Center
and held executive positions with many organizations. He was active in the
work of the Botetourt Co. Republican Party and was a founder of the annual ham
supper. He was currently serving on the board of directors of the
Roanoke-Botetourt Telephone Company, and was a member of the Roanoke Chapter
of the Antique Automobile Club of Virginia. He was a member of the Daleville
Church of the Brethren. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. Surviving
are one daughter, Carolyn Kinzie Carpenter and her husband, Thomas Sidney
Carpenter, III, Staunton; one son, Schuyler H. Clarkson, Daleville; three
grandsons, Paul S. Kinzie, Jacob R. Kinzie, and Thomas S. Carpenter, IV; two
sisters, Ruby Hylton, Pearisburg, Orean Lipes, New Castle. In lieu of flowers,
the family requests that memorials be made to the Daleville Church of the
Brethren, Daleville, Va. 24083, or to the Troutville Volunteer Rescue Squad,
P. O. Box 11, Troutville, Va. 24175. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m.
Monday, October 11, 1993, at Daleville Church of the Brethren by the Rev. J.
Richard Gottshall and Dr. Harry Y. Gamble. Interment with Masonic grave rites
will follow in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 2
to 5 p.m. Sunday at Oakey's North Chapel.
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