History

Mrs. Rhoda Buckley and Mrs. Betty B. Hay, president of the District Retired Teachers Association, organized what is now the Hanover Retired School Personnel Association (HRSEA) at Elmont Elementary School on September 21, 1969.  Miss Bessie Motley, director of the Virginia Retired Teachers Association (VRTA), assisted in getting the organization started. The group originally operated under the name of the Hanover Retired Teachers Association (HRTA). The name was changed later to include all retired personnel connected with the Hanover County Public School System.

The organizational meeting of the association included fourteen (14) retired Hanover County teacher and two (2) state teachers. The charter members were:

  • Mrs. Rhoda Buckley
  • Mrs. Lucille Brooks
  • Miss Miriam Chisholm
  • Mrs. Pearl Coffey
  • Mrs. Christine Gravatt
  • Dr. Charles E. Myers
  • Mrs. Waverly McCauley
  • Mrs. Marguerite Oliver
  • Mr. Joseph Rotella
  • Miss Mary Schroeder
  • Mrs. Pearl Sweet
  • Mrs. Sallie Talley
  • Miss Clara Tiller
  • Mrs. Hallie Waldrop

At this first meeting the group voted to have two meetings per year: a luncheon meeting in the spring and a business meeting in the fall.

The second meeting of the association was held in the Patrick Henry High School Band Room on April 26, 1970. President Rhoda Buckley presided. The group set annual dues at fifty cents. Twenty-five members joined the new organization during its first year. President Buckley appointed a nominations committee and a committee to draft the governing documents.

The third meeting of the group was held September 21, 1970 at the Ashland Rescue Squad Building in Ashland. Officers elected at that meeting were Mrs. Mary Ruth Durham, president, and Mrs. Christine Gravatt, secretary-treasurer.

Past Presidents

1969-1970     Mrs. Rhoda Buckley*

1970-1972     Mrs. M. Ruth Durham*

1972-1976     Mrs. Vernelle Vaughan*

1976-1978     Mrs. Lucille Brooks*

1978-1982     Mrs. Julia Mae Mann*

1982-1984     Mrs. Thelma Fletcher*

1984-1986     Mr. Louis Wright*

1986-1988     Mrs. Leona Bailey*

1988-1990     Mrs. Janye Massie

1990-1994     Mrs. Leona Bailey*

1994-1998     Mr. W. Nelson Taylor*

1998-2004     Mr. Elwood Kelley*

2004-2006     Mrs. Hilda Kelly

2006-2008     Mr. Al Whitley

2008-2010     Mrs. Brenda Petty

2010-2014     Mrs. Cathy P. Daugherty

*deceased

 

Leadership 

2012-2014 Executive Committee

President:

 Cathy P. Daugherty

Vice President:

 Carol S. Cash, Ed.D.

Secretary:

 Celeste J. Hall

Treasurer:

 Mary D. Waddy

Past President:

 Brenda Petty

2012-2014 Committee Chairs

Finance:

 Stewart Roberson, Ed.D.

History/Archives:

 position vacant

Hospitality:

 Linda D’Agostino, Raymond Gaines, Debbie Moose

Legislative:

 Thomas Folly

Mailing:

 Sarah Collier

Membership:

 position vacant

Newsletter/Directory:

 Cathy P. Daugherty

Nominations:

 Mary D. Waddy

Program:

 Carol S. Cash, Ed.D.

Remembrance/Contact

 Anne Wiltshire

Rules:

 elected officers

Scholarship:

 Mary D. Waddy

Governing Documents