Charles Stevens Wassum Jr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Smyth Co, VA - 1920 Federal Census, 9 Jan 1920, Smyth CO, VA. ⁵ Marion, Dist 109, Sheet 11A, Stamped Pg 21

• Census: Smyth Co, VA - 1930 Federal Census, 7 Apr 1930, Smyth CO, VA. ⁶ Marion, Dist 6, Sheet 3B, Stamped Pg 71

• Obituary: Smyth County News and Messenger: Smyth CO, VA. ⁷ Charles Stevens Wassum, Jr., 90, a life-long resident of Marion, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, at the home where he was born.
He was born May 28, 1913, to Charles S. Wassum and Maggie Cornett Wassum. He graduated from Marion High School and attended Washington & Lee University where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. In 1938 he married Elizabeth Venable Warriner, the year she was May Queen at Marion College. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in U.S. Navy, a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Marion.
Charlie, as he was known to his many friends, was an entrepreneur. In high school he and Pete Peterson brought big name bands to Marion. After college, he continued in the business started by his father, the Royal Oak Boxwood Farms. In the early 1950s Charles began the development of his farm into the residential areas of Wassona Park, Panorama Drive, and Forest Hills. Also in the early '50s he and George Greer built the Virginia House Inn. Perhaps closest to his heart was the part that he played in the creation of Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Mattie Preston Wassum Kabrich, Margaret Wassum Huff, and Janie Wassum Boyd.
Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Elizabeth Warriner Wassum of Marion; one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Charles S. and Anna-Stina Wassum III of Marion; one daughter and son-in-law, Erwin Wassum and David Rowland of Marion; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Evelyn Wassum Wright of West Palm Beach, Fla.
Graveside services were held Dec. 9, 2003, at 11a.m. at Rose Lawn Cemetery with Dr. Charles S. Wassum III officiating.
Seaver-Brown Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.

Charles married Elizabeth Vernable Warriner on 26 Oct 1938 in Nottoway Co., VA.¹ (Elizabeth Vernable Warriner was born on 13 Sep 1918 in Henrico Co., VA ^{2 8 9} and died on 24 Oct 2005 in Smyth Co., VA ^{8 9}.)