Kirk Ring ::

I try to remember to check the on-line edition, such as it is, of The Camden Chronicle-Independent each Monday morning to get some idea of what is happening in Camden. This was published this morning:

Kirk Ring
Kirk Ring, 64, of Richmond, Va., departed this life on Nov. 1 after a mighty fight with cancer. He is preceded in death by his parents, Giles E. Ring Sr. and Sallie (McClung) Ring of Waynesboro, Va. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy (Britton) Ring; two brothers, Giles E. Ring Jr. of Virginia Beach and James M. Ring and wife, Patricia (Hall) of Mechanicsville, Va.; and their children, Giles M. Ring and Tracy Berry. Also surviving are his mother-in-law Kay Steele; Nancy's children, Douglas Britton, his wife, Amy, and their daughter Madelyn, and Angie Matthews, her husband, David, and their children, Jake and Jessica; and brothers-in-law, Richard, Mike and Ron Steele. Also Spot and Spooky. They will all miss him.

Born in Waynesboro, Va., in 1944, he spent his formative years in Camden and graduated from Camden High School. He attended the University of South Carolina from 1962 to 1965. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and spent three years in Germany in the late 1960s with the Security Agency. He graduated Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1975 (MBA) and enjoyed a long career in real estate brokerage. He was an adjunct at VCU teaching real estate for 20 years. He also taught at other real estate proprietary schools. He loved to teach!

There will be a Celebration of Life for all his friends and family at Melito's Restaurant on Sunday, Nov. 9, from 2-5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, he requests that donations be made to the Cullather Brain Tumor Quality of Life Center at Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond.

Our thoughts are with the Ring family!