Known as "The Whistling Farmer" radio program.
Roanoke Times and World News Feb. 1974
Leland C Moomaw, age 94, passed away Saturday at his home. He is survived by his wife Mrs Nina Kinzie Moomaw; two brothers, Earl Moomaw and Albert S Moomaw, Roanoke; daughter, Mrs Wilson Janney, Roanoke; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a life time resident of Roanoke and had been a member of the First Church of the Brethren for seventy nine years, having served in various offices of the church; and as a member of numerous committees. He had been a trustee of Bridgewater College for almost fifty years. One of the buildings on the Bridgewater Campus was named Moomaw Hall because of numerous gifts to the college by Mr and Mrs Moomaw. He was well known as "The Whistling Farmer" for his many radio appearances. He once appeared on The Original Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Interment will be in the Moomaw Family Cemetery near Bonsack.
Roanoke Times and World News Feb. 1974
Leland C Moomaw, age 94, passed away Saturday at his home. He is survived by his wife Mrs Nina Kinzie Moomaw; two brothers, Earl Moomaw and Albert S Moomaw, Roanoke; daughter, Mrs Wilson Janney, Roanoke; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a life time resident of Roanoke and had been a member of the First Church of the Brethren for seventy nine years, having served in various offices of the church; and as a member of numerous committees. He had been a trustee of Bridgewater College for almost fifty years. One of the buildings on the Bridgewater Campus was named Moomaw Hall because of numerous gifts to the college by Mr and Mrs Moomaw. He was well known as "The Whistling Farmer" for his many radio appearances. He once appeared on The Original Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Interment will be in the Moomaw Family Cemetery near Bonsack.
Known as "The Whistling Farmer" radio program.
Roanoke Times and World News Feb. 1974
Leland C Moomaw, age 94, passed away Saturday at his home. He is survived by his wife Mrs Nina Kinzie Moomaw; two brothers, Earl Moomaw and Albert S Moomaw, Roanoke; daughter, Mrs Wilson Janney, Roanoke; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a life time resident of Roanoke and had been a member of the First Church of the Brethren for seventy nine years, having served in various offices of the church; and as a member of numerous committees. He had been a trustee of Bridgewater College for almost fifty years. One of the buildings on the Bridgewater Campus was named Moomaw Hall because of numerous gifts to the college by Mr and Mrs Moomaw. He was well known as "The Whistling Farmer" for his many radio appearances. He once appeared on The Original Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Interment will be in the Moomaw Family Cemetery near Bonsack.
Roanoke Times and World News Feb. 1974
Leland C Moomaw, age 94, passed away Saturday at his home. He is survived by his wife Mrs Nina Kinzie Moomaw; two brothers, Earl Moomaw and Albert S Moomaw, Roanoke; daughter, Mrs Wilson Janney, Roanoke; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a life time resident of Roanoke and had been a member of the First Church of the Brethren for seventy nine years, having served in various offices of the church; and as a member of numerous committees. He had been a trustee of Bridgewater College for almost fifty years. One of the buildings on the Bridgewater Campus was named Moomaw Hall because of numerous gifts to the college by Mr and Mrs Moomaw. He was well known as "The Whistling Farmer" for his many radio appearances. He once appeared on The Original Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Interment will be in the Moomaw Family Cemetery near Bonsack.
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