Historic marker would tell the story of Roanoke ophthalmology pioneer Elbyrne Gill

Historic marker would tell the story of Roanoke ophthalmology pioneer Elbyrne Gill

Roanoke ophthalmology pioneer Elbyrne Grady Gill was a Sunday school teacher, a fisherman and a Virginia Tech football fan, according to his grandson, Stan Breakell. He was always seen in a suit and tie.Gill, who is from Bedford County, is best known in Roanoke for opening the first specialty hospital and first eye bank in the commonwealth. In 1926, he founded the Gill Memorial Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat Hospital on Jefferson Street. Nelson Harri…

Oxford Twp. officials unveil first historical marker

By Jim Newell Managing Editor OXFORD TWP. — Oxford Township officials unveiled the first historical marker of the township’s new historical marker program with a ceremony at Stony Lake Twp. Park on Friday. The first marker celebrates Detroit Tigers Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, who visited Oxford and fished on Stony Lake. The marker is a bronze plaque mounted on an 11,800-pound boulder. “(Cobb) began taking fishing trips to Oxford in 1906 and continued