Tom Clore

Tom and Emma Jean were central to Rosni Farm

After Rosni Tom worked the land elsewhere in central Virginia. He was a working man.

A good man

 

Tommy Clore, Aug 11, 1942 — Nov 5, 2026

Tommy Clore, 84 of Leon, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026 at VCU in Richmond, VA. He was born on August 11, 1942, to the late James William Clore, Sr. and Beaulah Nicholson Clore. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Emma Jean Snow Clore; and brother, James William Clore, Jr.

Tommy was a long-time farmer; he also enjoyed woodcrafts and making furniture.

He is survived by his daughter, Doris Jean Clore of Leon; sons, Eddie M. Clore of Wolftown; and brother, John Clore, of Leon, Virginia; sister, Kitty Shifflett, and husband, Mike of Leon; grandchild, Travis Clore, and wife, Kendra; and great-granddaughters Trinity Grace Clore and Izzy Carr.

The family wishes to thank caregiver, Tara Massey Wilson, for taking great care of our Dad.

A private service will be held at a later date.–Preddy Funeral Home

Limiting the damage

The Woolen Mills Village Historic District (DHR ID #002-1260, NRHP reference #10000196) was officially approved by the Secretary of the Interior and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 2010.

(the following written by Brent Leggs, President & CEO of The National Trust for Historic Preservation)

The election is behind us, and Congress is about to get back to work. One of the first things on the Senate’s agenda could change what happens to the places you care about.

Think of the place that makes your town yours. A Main Street you’ve walked for years. A battlefield down the road. A site that has been sacred to a Tribal Nation for generations.

Right now, the people who live near places like these get a say before the federal government builds, funds, or approves a project that could harm them. A bill in the Senate, S. 5653, would take much of that away.

If federal money is building something in your town, you should have a chance to speak up. Under this bill, many highways, bridges, and other federally funded projects would skip historic review entirely. An overpass looming over a historic downtown, or constant noise beside a sacred site, would no longer count as harm.

Faster permitting can be a good thing, and we support it. We’re not trying to stop anything getting built, we just don’t want to bulldoze our history in the process. We’ve asked Congress to fix these provisions. Until it does, tell your Senators to oppose S. 5653 as written.

The Senate returns Monday, November 9. Make sure your Senators hear from you before then.

Tell your Senators: Don’t gut our history.

Senator Mark Warner:

the vine that ate the South

Kudzu, eat it or wear it.

The Japanese arrowroot, Pueraria montana var. lobata, is a stoloniferous, semi-woody perennial plant[ that was introduced to the United States in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition

Kudzu fiber, known as ko-hemp, is traditionally used to make clothing and paper, and has also been investigated for industrial-scale use. Kudzu fiber is a bast fiber similar to hemp and linen and has been used for clothing in China for at least 6,000 years and in Japan for at least 1,500 years. In ancient China, kudzu was one of three main clothing and textile materials, with silk and ramie being the other two. A material made of Kudzu called Kuzufu is still currently used in Japan, primarily to weave kimono and obi worn in the summer.–Wikipedia