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Walter Robert “Bob” Wetherington Sr.

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Walter Robert “Bob” Wetherington Sr.

Birth
Death
11 Aug 2010 (aged 79)
Burial
Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.7291498, Longitude: -76.3911241
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Walter was the son of A. W. Wetherington & Leah Buck Wetherington. He married Nancy Jane Harcum on April 9, 1977 in Buckingham County, Va.
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Obituary is from the Currie Funeral Home (Kilmarnock, Va.) website, August 2010:

Walter Robert "Bob" Wetherington, Sr., 79, of Weems died on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He was an active member of Kilmarnock Baptist Church, a Mason honored with 50 years of service, the Khedive Shrine Legion of Honor and a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Wetherington was an employee of the Virginia State Police, serving from 1957 to 1987. Prior to his retirement he was the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Chief Arson Investigator for the State of Virginia. A man of many accomplishments, he was appointed by the U.S. Attorney General as an expert to the Special Counsel in the Waco, Texas Investigation. He was a Past International Director, and Trustee of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators and Past President of the International Association of Arson Investigators. At the time of his death, he was working as an agent of the U. S. State Department as an Anti-Terrorist trainer around the world. Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Nancy H. Wetherington; a son, Walter R. Wetherington, Jr. of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a daughter, Diane Wetherington Seifert of Bellevue, Wash. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 14 at Kilmarnock Baptist Church, Kilmarnock with The Reverend Matthew Tennant officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Kilmarnock. Friends may call 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, August 13 at Currie Funeral Home, Kilmarnock. Memorials may be made to Kilmarnock Baptist Church, P.O. Box 99, Kilmarnock, 22482 or Animal Welfare League, P. O. Box 975, White Stone 22578.
Walter was the son of A. W. Wetherington & Leah Buck Wetherington. He married Nancy Jane Harcum on April 9, 1977 in Buckingham County, Va.
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Obituary is from the Currie Funeral Home (Kilmarnock, Va.) website, August 2010:

Walter Robert "Bob" Wetherington, Sr., 79, of Weems died on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He was an active member of Kilmarnock Baptist Church, a Mason honored with 50 years of service, the Khedive Shrine Legion of Honor and a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Wetherington was an employee of the Virginia State Police, serving from 1957 to 1987. Prior to his retirement he was the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Chief Arson Investigator for the State of Virginia. A man of many accomplishments, he was appointed by the U.S. Attorney General as an expert to the Special Counsel in the Waco, Texas Investigation. He was a Past International Director, and Trustee of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators and Past President of the International Association of Arson Investigators. At the time of his death, he was working as an agent of the U. S. State Department as an Anti-Terrorist trainer around the world. Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Nancy H. Wetherington; a son, Walter R. Wetherington, Jr. of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a daughter, Diane Wetherington Seifert of Bellevue, Wash. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 14 at Kilmarnock Baptist Church, Kilmarnock with The Reverend Matthew Tennant officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Kilmarnock. Friends may call 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, August 13 at Currie Funeral Home, Kilmarnock. Memorials may be made to Kilmarnock Baptist Church, P.O. Box 99, Kilmarnock, 22482 or Animal Welfare League, P. O. Box 975, White Stone 22578.

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  • Created by: GJ
  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57264246/walter_robert-wetherington: accessed ), memorial page for Walter Robert “Bob” Wetherington Sr. (28 Nov 1930–11 Aug 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57264246, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by GJ (contributor 47117269).