Ernest & Luther Zirkle
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Title
Ernest & Luther Zirkle
Subject
Zirkle, Ernest William (1936-2021)
Zirkle, Luther Ames (1938-2017)
Description
Photograph of Ernest William and Luther Ames Zirkle as young children. They were the sons of Clarence Ernest and Bertie Ellen (Bowman) Zirkle, a farming couple from New Market, Virginia.
Ernest William Zirkle played baseball for New Market High School and is mentioned in the 1954 yearbook. He married Sylvia Burnette in 1958 while both of them lived in Blacksburg, Virginia. Ernest married a second time more than a quarter century later, in 1984, to Cynthia “Cindy” A. Bretnall. When his brother died in 2017, Ernest was living near Bridgeton, New Jersey, and was a veterinarian.
Luther Ames graduated from New Market High School in 1957 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1962. He worked as an extension agent for the VPI Cooperative Extension Service. In 1963, he married Carolyn Lee Peters (1941-2018) and spent much of his married life in Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia, where he raised a son, Ernest Bruce Zirkle, and a daughter, Amy (Zirkle) Warlitner.
He moved back to New Market in 1991 to assist his parents in their final years. Unfortunately, he suffered a stroke in 1994 and was never able to return to Cumberland. In 2002, he moved into the Masonic Home of Virginia where he resided until his death.
Ernest William Zirkle played baseball for New Market High School and is mentioned in the 1954 yearbook. He married Sylvia Burnette in 1958 while both of them lived in Blacksburg, Virginia. Ernest married a second time more than a quarter century later, in 1984, to Cynthia “Cindy” A. Bretnall. When his brother died in 2017, Ernest was living near Bridgeton, New Jersey, and was a veterinarian.
Luther Ames graduated from New Market High School in 1957 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1962. He worked as an extension agent for the VPI Cooperative Extension Service. In 1963, he married Carolyn Lee Peters (1941-2018) and spent much of his married life in Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia, where he raised a son, Ernest Bruce Zirkle, and a daughter, Amy (Zirkle) Warlitner.
He moved back to New Market in 1991 to assist his parents in their final years. Unfortunately, he suffered a stroke in 1994 and was never able to return to Cumberland. In 2002, he moved into the Masonic Home of Virginia where he resided until his death.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca mid 1940's
Contributor
Identified by their cousin, Betty B. Phillips.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
000294
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Ernest & Luther Zirkle,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22528.
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