Public Service Professionals

Firefighters

Everett Oxendine

Everett Oxendine Birth: 1897 Death: 1954 Mr. Oxendine served in the Richmond Fire Department for 32 years. He resided at […]

Military

Harry Leavell

Tuskegee Airman / Firefighter / Psychologist / Activist / Earlham 1940s Birth: March 9, 1919 in Richmond, Indiana Died: May

Mary E. Hill
Medical

Mary E. Hill

Mary E. Hill (1877-1958) came to Richmond from Kentucky in the 1920s. When her blind and ailing sister needed help,

Jewel Spears
Medical

Jewel Spears

Jewell Spears (1933-2021) held a long and prosperous career in Nursing at Reid Hospital. During Richmond’s 1968 explosion she healed

Joe Perkins
Firefighters

Joe Perkins

Joseph M. Perkins, Sr. (October 9, 1936- February 14, 2017) Perkins joined the Richmond Fire Department on May 29, 1960,

Eric D. Holmes
Firefighters

Eric D. Holmes

Eric D. Holmes’ celebrates 33 years with the Richmond Fire Department! Today marks another year of dedication to this department guiding

Tim Davis Law enforcement
Law Enforcement

Timothy Davis

Tim Davis joined the Richmond Police Department in the early 1990s. Since then, he has distinguished himself numerous times over

Military

Dick Reynolds

While in the service, he became a laboratory medical technologist and his late-blooming interest in education exploded. AFTER LEAVING the

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