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Michael Pullen

E-Mail Commander
Mike Pullen

J. Michael Pullen
Commander
3471 Sleepy Hole Road
Suffolk, VA 23435
Phone: 757-538-8717

Mike was born in Norfolk. A life-long resident of Virginia he has lived in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Southampton County and has lived in Suffolk since 1991. He graduated from Old Dominion University in '81 with a B.S. degree in Education and in '91 with an M.S. in Administration. A Life Member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a Life Member of the Virginia Division, Past Division Adjutant and is currently the Commander of the Tom Smith Camp #1702 in Suffolk. He is also on the Oakwood Restoration Committee and a member of the Friends and Descendants of Oakwood. Mike's son Zachary is also a Division Life member and a Compatriot of the Tom Smith Camp.

Tracy Clary

E-Mail 1st Lt. Cmdr.
Tracy Clary

L. Tracy Clary
1st Lt. Commander
P.O. Box 838
Lawrenceville, VA 23868
Cell: 434-774-4341

Tracy is an eleventh generation Virginian and has lived his entire life in Brunswick County. He has made his career in the insurance and financial services business for the past 16 years. He is an avid historian and has received many accolades for his work in recording and preserving cemeteries in Brunswick County. Tracy joined the SCV in 1998 as a member of the Armistead – Hill – Goode Camp #749 in neighboring Mecklenburg County, VA. Two years later, in 2000, Tracy was instrumental in reviving the old Brunswick Camp #512 in his home county. In April of 2000, The Old Brunswick Camp received its new charter, with Tracy serving as the charter Commander. Since that time, he has served his Camp as Commander, Adjutant/Treasurer, and was the Camp’s newsletter editor for 8 years.

Ken Parsons

E-Mail 2nd Lt. Cmdr.
Ken Parsons

Ken Parsons
2nd Lt. Commander
217 Sherwood Forest
Williamsburg, VA
Home: 757-564-0878
Cell: 757-876-6967

Ken is a native and an unreconstructed rebel from South Carolina and has lived in Virginia for 30 years. He attended Clemson University and worked in the industrial construction business building power plants, paper mills and pharmaceutical plants. He retired from Fluor Corp having spent his last 15 years in the nuclear power business. He joined the Longstreet camp in 2002 and after 3 years was instrumental, with others, in forming James City Cavalry, camp 2095, where he served as the charter commander. He is now the camp adjutant/treasurer. Other than family, fishing and sailing his major interest is studying and preserving Southern Heritage and advancing the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Tim Hamilton

E-Mail Inspector
Tim Hamilton

Tim Hamilton
Inspector

233 Arrowhead Drive
Madison Heights, VA 24572
Phone: 434-238-3267


Tim is a native Virginian living his whole life in Amherst county. He has been working with the same company as a Journeyman Machinist for 26 years. Tim and his wife Andrea have been married for 19 years and have a daughter and son. Tim joined the SCV in 2009 and in 2010 helped form and charter the Pvt. Napoleon Bonaparte Ponton Camp 2179 and serves as Camp Commander.

Photo of Tony Griffin

E-Mail Adjutant
Tony Griffin

Tony Griffin
Adjutant
111 Berryman Court
Smithfield, VA 23430
Home: 757-357-9238
Cell: 757-617-9985
Work Cell: 757-334-6081

Tony is a native Floridian. He has lived in Virginia since he was stationed here in 1983 in the US Navy. He joined the Stonewall Camp #380 in Portsmouth in 1993 and helped charter the Tom Smith Camp #1702 in Suffolk in 1995. He has been a member of the Isle of Wight Avengers Camp #14 in Smithfield since 2007. He is a Life Member of the Virginia Division and is currently in his third term as Commander of Camp #14. Tony is married to Annette and has three sons that are also members of Camp #14.

Gerry Culver

E-Mail Treasurer
Gerry Culver

Gerry Culver
Treasurer
154 N. Main Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
Home: 540-825-6670

 

Gerry Culver spent his early years in Alexandria, VA. He graduated with a BS in Economics and later earned an MBA from Marymount University. Gerry is a SCV member of the Robert E. Lee Camp and a member of the MOSB The Immortal 600 Camp.

He is married to Jill and they have four children. They live in Culpeper, VA where Gerry has owned his business for over twenty years. Gerry enjoys bicycling, hiking, shooting sports and reading all types of books.

Fred Chiesa

E-Mail Quartermaster
Fred Chiesa

Fred Chiesa
Quartermaster
166 Spoon Court
Yorktown, VA 23693
Home: 757-617-6921

Fred Chiesa is a native of Newport News and has been a very active member in several area Civil War Associations. A member of the Portsmouth Civil War Round Table and Stars and Bars Order, Fred is instrumental in the efforts of the Jefferson Davis Committee and has also served three times as the 1st Lt. Commander in the SCV Stonewall Camp 380. Today he service as the Virginia Division Quartermaster. His father, Aldo Chiesa, was a founding member of the North South Skirmish Association, and Fred attended most of the Civil War Centennial Celebrations. An author of several local Civil War articles, Fred has become an acclaimed speaker on a wide range of topics including the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, the Confederate Monument in Portsmouth, the Grand Camp of Virginia with the Early Virginia Sons of Confederate Camp, Confederate currency, as well as Confederate stamps. Fred Chiesa has worked for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for 34 years and currently lives in Yorktown with his wife Ginger Chiesa; they have three children. Fred has also spent 8 years as a lead umpire with the Virginia District 7 Little League Association and a former member of Boy Scout Troop 143.

Michael Virts

E-Mail Chaplain
Michael Virts

Michael Virts
Chaplain
6 Adam Court
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
Home: 540-479-6839
Cell: 301-466-5803

Michael was born in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, on Duke Street, and moved to Southeast Washington, DC, and then later to Silver Spring, Maryland, at an early age. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history at Mars Hill College in Madison County, North Carolina. After college graduation, Michael moved back to Silver Spring where he started his Government career working at the Department of the Interior and is now employed at the Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. He has been interested in Confederate history since age 5. Michael joined the SCV in December 2006, serving Stringfellow Camp # 822 of Fairfax, Virginia, as Chaplain from 2007 to 2008. After moving to Falmouth, Virginia, he transferred to Major General Fitzhugh Lee Camp # 1805 where he served as Adjutant from 2009 to 2010 and as Commander from 2011 to present. Michael is a Life Member of the Virginia Division and is part of the Virginia Division Speakers Bureau. He has served as a Deacon at three Churches and is a Sunday School Bible Teacher.

E-Mail Archivist
Edwin Ray

J. Edwin Ray
Archivist
10805 Brewster Court
Richmond, VA 23233-1909
Home Phone: 804-967-9007
Work Phone: 804-692-3572 or 3777

 

Born in Clanton, Alabama, he graduated from Chilton County High School, the University of Montevallo (B.A.), and the University of Alabama (M.L.S.). A member of the SCV since 1995, he is the Past Adjutant/Treasurer and current Commander of J.E.B. Stuart Camp 1343.

Photo of Kenneth R. Harris

E-Mail Heritage Defense Coordinator

Kenneth R. Harris
Heritage Defense Coordinator
4495 Nanney's Creek Court
Virginia Beach, VA 23457
Phone: 757-426-3622

Kenny was born in Norfolk Virginia and resided in Princess Anne County up until it became today's modern day City of Virginia Beach in 1961 where he is still a resident. He is a member of the local SCV Camp in Virginia Beach, Princess Anne SCV Camp # 484 where he has held several offices including Camp Commander. He is also Past Commander of the Virginia Division's 1st Brigade, a position he held from 2010-2012. He is the Author of "Princess Anne County Virginia; it's Contributions & Sacrifices to the War Between the States", for which he has received the UDC's highest awards, the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal Award, and the Judah P. Benjamin Award. He is also the recipient of several Camp and Division Awards, and is a life member of both the Virginia Division, and International Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Michael Rose

E-Mail Past Div Cmdr
Mike Rose

Michael A. Rose
Commander
360 Dillon Drive
Virginia Beach, VA  23452
Phone: 757-749-1944
A Native Son of Virginia, Mike was born in Roanoke. He lived in Cave Spring until his family moved to Virginia Beach in 1983 where he still resides. As a member of the Princess Anne Camp #484, he has held several offices, including Camp Commander. He has received numerous awards at the Camp, Division and National levels including the Division's highest honor, the Commonwealth Cup. Mike served as the Division Archivist from April 2006 to January 2007, the Division Adjutant from January 2007 to April 2010 and the Division Commander from April 2010 to April 2012.

Commander John Sawyer

E-Mail Past Div Cmdr
John Sawyer

John N. Sawyer
Past Div. Cmdr. (2008-2010)
1206 Confederate Drive
Locust Grove, VA 22508
Phone: 540-972-2459

Born in Cheverly, Maryland. Lived in the Upper Marlboro area all his life until he moved to Locust Grove, VA in November of 2000. He was a previous camp commander of the Maryland Line CSA Camp in Upper Marlboro, the Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Camp in Spotsylvania, VA, and the Capt. William L. Day Camp in Locust Grove, VA. John held the position of 2nd Lt. Cmdr. of the Maryland Division and received a SCV Meritorious Service Award in August of 1996. In April of 2000, John was awarded the Haskins-Claggett Award, the Maryland Division SCV's most prestigious award, and in August of 2000, he was presented with a Distinguished Service Medal from Commander in Chief Rick Griffin. John is a life member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, served as the 1st Lt. Commander of the Virginia Division from 2006-2008, the Virginia Division Commander from 2008-2010, and is currently the Commander of the Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy Camp #2141 in Locust Grove, VA.

A complete list of past Division Commanders can be seen here.

The Division Executive Council consists of elected Division Officers,Brigade Commanders and the immediate two past Division Commanders

 

 


  


Non-Voting Virginia Division Officials

Parliamentarian
To Be Determined

Recruiting Coordinator
Thomas Blanks
P.O. Box 6
Evington, VA 24550
Phone: 434-369-7399

tablanks@embarqmail.com

Genealogist
Dexter Oliver
2240 Cardiff Way
Richmond, Virginia 23236
Phone: 804-745-9441
E-Mail : VABN22@aol.com

 

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E-Mail: rebmaster@scvva.org

 

 

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