Callands-Gretna Supervisor Darrell Dalton was elected chairman of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors with a unanimous vote Tuesday during the Board’s annual organizational meeting. Staunton River District Supervisor Tim
BLAIRS, Va. â The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve a resolution in support of renaming the U.S. Highway 29 Business North bridge in Blairs the William H. Pritchett Memorial Bridge in honor of the first Black supervisor in Pittsylvania County s history.
For supervisor Dr. Charles H. Miller (Banister), the only Black supervisor on today s board, the designation is a win for the community also rife with personal sentiment. From the cartographic location of the bridge to the timing of the memorialization, Miller told the
Star-Tribune, The time is right for this type of action.
Meeting Mr. Pritchett
At the motion of Banister representative Dr. Charles Miller, the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors in their Tuesday meeting unanimously adopted a resolution supporting memorializing the Chatham South Bridge after