Honorary Members

                                                                    and Past Presidents

Honorary Members

Lois Foley, Luray, VA  -  Member since 1990
Doris Miller, Luray, VA  -  Member since 1989

Lois Strickler Foley ~ December 14, 1933 ~ September 5, 2024 (age 90)


Lois was a beloved Hill and Valley Garden Club member since 1990.  She was club President in 1996 and 2005.  Lois also served in other Committees during her membership with the club, and was always modest about her wonderful contributions to the club.


Lois could always be counted on to supply her home for meetings, her flowers for special club events, her ideas for the club's endeavors, and her fields of "Sweet Annie" for the dried flower bundles at the Heritage Festival. 

Lois was also a founding leader for the 4-H Junior Garden Club, "Bees & Buttercups", which she named and worked with for many years.


Over the years, Lois' involvement in the club diminished, but she was always happy to hear how the club was doing and that new people were joining to be part of the club's great works.

https://www.thebradleyfuneralhome.com/obituary/Lois-Foley

Our Friend and Garden Buddy

Doris Jean Hodge Miller - March 8, 1935 - June 6, 2024    West Virginia native.  University of Maryland graduate in accounting.  Worked for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.  Married to Ralph Miller in 1956.   After retiring, motor-coached their way across the USA.   Page Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, volunteer tax prep with AARP.   Contributions to her memory - Grace Lutheran Church, Page Public Library, or Luray Volunteer Fire Department.

We made a donation to the Page Public Library in Doris' honor.  See the lovely thank you card from the Library on the "Ways We Give" page.

In Memory of Fran Gregory

Fran Gregory was a member of the HVGC since 2010 and served as the club's president from 2013 - 2014 and Chaplin for terms.  Fran was always quick with a smile or a wry piece of witticism and was a master editor for all our HVGC needs.
She was a Master Gardener, a Red Hat Lady, The Luray Supper Club and a Luray Garden Club member and very active socially with her friends in Luray and Washington, DC.

Fran loved her cat, her favorite old movies, and being a member of the Rileyville Baptist Church.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the Rileyville Baptist Church in Rileyville, on August 17h at 11 am.   All family and friends are welcomed.  In lieu of flowers, donations are preferred to be made to the Walt Whitman Foundation or the American Cancer Society.

Past Presidents

1956 - Mrs. Kay Campbell 

1957 - Mrs. Woody Eastham  

1958 - Mrs. Millie Lipps  

1959 - Mrs. Helen Blanks  

1960 - Mrs. Jennie Ann Garber  

1961 - Miss Anne Stilwell  

1962 - Mrs. Doris Waters  

1963 - Mrs. Joseph E. Grove  

1964 - Miss Mary Rebecca Hudson   

1965 - Mrs. Jean Gilbert  

1966 - Mrs. Margie Shirley  

1967 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kayan  

1968 - Miss Anne Stilwell  

1969 - Mrs. Virginia Saunders Jr.  

1970 - Mrs. Isabel Harrell  

1971 - Mrs. Isaac R. Dovel Jr.  

1972 - Mrs. Mabel Huffman  

1973/74 - Miss Anne Stilwell  

1975/76 - Mrs. Gretchen Temple  

1977/78 - Mrs. Gail Elsea  

1979/80 - Mrs. Gretchen Temple  

1981 - Mrs. Jean Gilbert  

1982 - Mrs. JoAnne Lee  

1983/84 - Mrs. Diane Bragg  

1985 - Mrs. Tammy Borgie  

1986 - Not on record  

1987 - Mrs. Becky Sedwick  

1988 -Mrs.Dwight Monger (resigned) Mrs. Hazel Mills  1989/90 - Mrs. Martha Ann Critzer  

1991 - Mrs. Emmy Tarr  

1992 - Mrs. Emmy Tarr (resigned) Mrs. Hazel Mills  

1993/94 - Mrs. Hazel Mill

1995 - Mrs. Hazel Mills

1996 - Mrs. Lois Foley and Miss Anne Stilwell

1997 - Ms. Melanie Fox

1998 - Ms. Elbie Blount

1999 - Mrs. Doris Kibler

2000/04 - Mrs. Ruby Edridge

2005/06 - Mrs. Lois Foley

2007/09 - Mr. Arthur 'Bud' Gregory

2009/12 - Ms. Lesley Mack

2013/14 - Mrs. Fran Gregory

2015/17 - Ms. Katie Sokol

2017/19 - Mrs. Shelby Hadeler and Mrs. Lupe Knot

2019/21 - Mrs. Lupe Knot


2021/23 - Ms. Katie Sokol