HallOfFame2007toPresent

Donald Roger Overly was born in Groveport, Ohio on August 14, 1936. He was the third of five sons born
to Delbert O. and Murial Clouse Overly. Roger grew up in the village of Beaver and graduated from Beaver
High School in 1954. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the U. S. Army in which he served from 1956
to 1958. Upon returning from military service, Roger found employment at the Atomic Energy Plant near
Piketon. He would work at this facility for the next 44 years, many as a foeman. During his service at the
Atomic Plant he was a member of the Top Ten Foreman’s Club and received the Goodyear Spirit Award.
Roger has dedicated his life to the betterment of the community in which he has called home. As a young
man he joined the Beaver Volunteer Fire Department. He recently completed his fiftieth year of service to
the department, eight of which were as fire chief. His fire service has also included 23 years as a member of
the Beaver Firefighter’s Association, a trustee of the Pike County Firefighter’s Association, a member of the
Pike County Firefighter’s Honor Guard, and a member of the Pike County Hazardous Materials Team. In
1974 he became one of the original members of the Pike County Emergency Medical Service. His service as
a volunteer EMT lasted over twenty years and he responded to hundreds of emergency calls to help his
neighbors. He has been a member of the Pike Heritage Foundation and served as its President for three
years. He was a twenty year member of the Pike County Gideons. He is a lifelong member of Beaver
Emmanuel United Methodist Church where he has served various capacities including President of the
Administrative Board. He was a long time member of the Boy Scouts of America where he served various
leadership positions including Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, camp staff, and commissioner. He was awarded the
Silver Beaver Award for his service to the local scouting program. He has served as a trustee of Franklin
Valley Golf Club. He assists other various organizations to help they fulfill their missions. These include
the Beaver Oktoberfest, the Eastern Youth Soccer League, and the Beaver Valley Historical Society. Roger
married Ernestine Compton on June 13, 1959. They have three children.

Carl Williams was born November 21, 1915 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of three
sons and two daughters born to Walter S. and Bertha Hensley Williams. His parents moved to Ohio from
Kentucky in 1925. Throughout his youth he moved with his family to several communities. They lived in
Sciotoville, Sciotodale, and along Swift Creek north of Beaver. He was married to Thelma Reed in 1936
and made their home and began raising a family. The couple moved to Stockdale where they raised two
sons, Danny and Fred, while a third son, Carlos, died at birth. During World War Two Carl moved his
family to Baltimore, Maryland where he worked as a welder in the ship building business until the end of
the war. At the conclusion of he war the family returned to Ohio and again made their home in Stockdale.
Mr. Williams was introduced to the retail grocery business after the war when he worked at the A. K.
Wheeler Market in New Boston, Ohio where he served as manager. He worked at that establishment for
twenty years. He then opened a grocery in the village of Stockdale. His full service grocery was a
community mainstay which offered a variety of products including hardware goods, and fresh cut meats.
Carl was an active and dedicated member of Stockdale United Methodist Church. He served that
congregation in numerous capacities including Sunday School Superintendent and Administrative Board
Member. Mr. Williams was also a founding member of the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department where he
served as a trustee. He also served as a member and President of the Scioto Water Company. Carl was an
elected member of the Stockdale Board of Education. Throughout his life he enjoyed raising Tennessee
Walking Horses at his farm near Stockdale. Mr. Williams died at his home in Stockdale on May 3, 1991.
He was laid to rest in Stockdale Cemetery.

Charles Merton Emory was born July 27, 1880 in the village of California in Pike County, Ohio. He was
the son of Oliver E. and Amanda J. Adams Emory. Charles grew up in the same community in which he
was born and attended the local schools. As a teenager he enrolled in college at Ohio University where he
played football. He would eventually transfer to The Ohio State University to complete his education. He
returned to California where he assisted his father in the operation of the family business, O. E. Emory and
Company. Charles would eventually assume full operation of the business. He expanded the services offered
to include groceries, ice, dry goods, new automobiles, farming implements, seeds, gasoline, furniture,
automotive repairs, and clothing. He was also a real estate agent serving much of the area. On October 10,
1902 Mr. Emory was united in marriage to Maude Cockrell. The couple were the parents of five children.
Charles was a dedicated member of Stockdale Methodist Church where he served as Sunday School
Superintendent. He was active in numerous social and fraternal organizations including: the Waverly
Masonic Lodge, the Stockdale Daughters of the Confederacy, the Waverly Eastern Star Lodge, Delta Tau
Delta and Delta Chi Fraternities, the Independent Farmer’s Institute, Union Grange No. 1505 of Stockdale,
the Stockdale Junior Order of United American Mechanics Lodge No. 273, the Alhambra Lodge Knights of
Pythias No. 554, and the Stockdale Masonic Lodge. Mr. Emory was elected to several public offices. He
served on the Marion Township Board of Education, the California Special School District Board of
Education, and the Pike County Board of Education. He served as Justice of the Peace and as the chairman
of Marion Township’s Liberty Loan Program during World War One. He was elected to two terms to the
Ohio House of Representatives. During his tenure in the state capital, Charles sponsored legislation to
designate the road linking Minford, Stockdale, and Beaver as a state highway. Charles Emory passed away
March 17, 1940 in Stockdale. He is buried in Evergreen Union Cemetery in Waverly, Ohio.

Martin Dale Vulgamore was born April 21, 1915 in Wakefield, Ohio. He was born the son of Ralph and
Virgie Waid Vulgamore. Martin attended school in the same community in which he was born and
graduated from Wakefield High School in 1933 at the top of his class. During these years he helped support
his family by working at Noel’s Market in Wakefield. In 1934 he enlisted into the Civilian Conservation
Corp in which he served for six months. Martin returned to work at Noel’s Market in 1939 where he was
employed as a huckster, driving a truck loaded with groceries throughout the countryside. It was on one of
these stops that he met Rhoda Marcella Tomlison. She asked him on a date, and three months later the
couple was united in marriage. For a short time Martin was employed at the NCR Corporation in Dayton,
Ohio. In 1947, Martin would return to Pike County where he purchased a small grocery in the community
of Givens. With hard work, determination, and perseverance, he expanded the business over the next six
decades. His store became the center of the Givens community. It was a welcome retreat for people of all
ages. It was a place where customers were respected and appreciated, even when they often had no money to
pay for goods. In support of the area’s children, he built an outdoor basketball court. He sponsored and
coached his own slow pitch softball team for twenty years. He supported the local churches, both financially
and figuratively. For some ten years he also operated a bulldozing business to support his family. Martin’s
respect as a community leader was exhibited through his election to the Eastern Local Board of Education.
He served as the board president in the 1960’s when the three local school systems were consolidated and
Eastern High School was constructed. Martin and Rhoda’s marriage would prosper for 58 years, until her
death in 1997. They were the parents of three children. Martin Vulgamore passed away May 7, 2007 and
was laid to rest in Bailey Chapel Cemetery near Piketon.

Wray Bevens was born May 5, 1907 in Lawrence County, Kentucky the son of William and Martha Ann
Chandler Bevens. In 1921 he moved with his parents to Marion Township in Pike County OH. In 1925
he graduated from Beaver High School and later that fall enrolled in The Ohio State University. In
September 1926 returned to Beaver where he taught school for two years. In June 1928 he returned to the
Ohio State University and in June 1932 received his law degree. He passed his Bar exam in June 1932 and
was admitted to practice law in Ohio in August 1932. From the fall of 1932 to June 1933 he practiced law
in Waverly. In June he moved to Adams County to establish a law office there and also held several public
positions. From May 1934 to January 1937 he was Administrator of Aid for the Aged for Adams County.
In January 1937 he was appointed secretary to the former Governor Martin L. Davey and remained in that
position until September 23, 1938. He was then appointed Chief of the Division of aged in the state of Ohio
which he held until he resigned on January 25, 1939. At that time his family from Columbus back to
Waverly where he opened a law office. He served three terms as Pike County Prosecuting Attorney (1949-
1960). He was the state representative for Pike County from 1961 to 1966. In 1966 he returned to Pike
County to serve as judge of Probate Juvenile Court for one term. From 1969 to his retirement in February
1973 he served as judge of Pike County Common Pleas Court. He was also the solicitor for the Village of
Beaver for a time. On June 5, 1942 Wray enlisted into the United States Army to serve his nation as it
entered the second World War. He spent two of three and half years of active duty during World War II in
the southwest Pacific Islands including combat in the New Guinea and Papuan campaigns. He received the
Presidential Unit Citation with an Oak Leaf Cluster. After the end of the war he stayed active in the Army
Reserves. In 1962 he was promoted from the rank of major to Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army Active
Reserves. He was active in the International Order of Odd Fellows which he served as Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Ohio. He was united in marriage to Mary Mavis Cole who survives. The couple had two
sons, Gordon and William “Buz” Bevens. Wray Bevens passed away September 27, 1980 and was laid to
rest in Beaver Union Cemetery.

Richard Dean Rapp was born September 25, 1930 in Beaver, Ohio. He was born the son of Harmon Emory
and Carol Louise Pratt Rapp. Richard grew up in the same community in which he was born and attended
the local school from first through twelfth grades. He graduated from Beaver High School in 1949 and
enrolled in The Ohio State University. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education in
1953 and was hired to teach at his alma mater Beaver High School. However, before he began his teaching
career he was drafted into the military. Richard served as a military policeman in the United States Army for
two years. Upon completing his military service, he returned to Beaver and his teaching career. He
furthered his personal education by earning a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Ohio
University. Richard served as Stockdale Elementary principal from 1967 to 1970. From 1970 to 1973 he
served as the Secondary Supervisor for Pike County Schools. In 1975 he returned to Beaver to serve as
Elementary principal, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. Richard was twice elected to the
Eastern Local Board of Education. He was a lifetime advocate of education and truly cared for the children of
the Eastern Local School District. He was a long time member of the Beaver Lion’s Club, an active
member of Beaver Chapel United Methodist Church, an advisor for the local Boy Scout Troop. Richard
was first married to Allarae McGuire in 1953. On August 25, 1962 he married Esther Ruth Downey.
Richard and Ruth had two children, Jacob Dean and Carol Deanette. He was also very close to his niece and
three nephews. Richard Rapp passed away June 13, 1997 and was laid to eternal rest in Beaver Union
Cemetery.

Louise Eugene Brushart was born July 20, 1934 in the Zahn’s Corner Community of Pike County, Ohio.
He was the son of Glen L. and Audrey F. Blanton Brushart. Gene is a 1952 graduate of Piketon High
School. Upon graduation he enrolled into Rio Grande College where he received a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Education in 1956. He would continue his personal education by earning a Master’s Degree in
Education in Guidance/Counseling from Xavier University, and also earned additional Graduate School
credits at Ohio University in School Administration, culminating in his receiving an Ohio Superintendent’s
Certificate. He started his teaching and coaching careers at Clarksburg OH where he was employed from
1956 to 1959. He was then hired to teach in Beaver where he taught and coached at Beaver High School
and later Eastern High School. During his coaching career at Clarksburg, Beaver, and Eastern he had a
combined record of 202 wins and 83 losses. Gene was the last coach at Beaver High School. While at
Beaver and Eastern, his teams won the last five Pike County Tournaments (a record), His 1963 Beaver High
School team advanced to the Regional Finals before losing to State Champion Dresden 55-53. He coached
four Tri-County League Championships, one Southern Valley Athletic Conference title, two Sectional
Titles, one District Title, one District runner-up title, and one Regional runner-up title. He was
instrumental in organizing the Eastern Athletic Booster Club in 1964. He had eight Beaver/Eastern boys to
go on to play college basketball. In 1967, he was recognized at the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches
Association Clinic receiving their achievement award. He was the First Inductee into the Eastern High
School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. Gene remained at Eastern until 1969 when he became affiliated with
the Vern Riffe Joint Vocational School. There, he served as a Guidance Counselor, Director, Adult
Education Supervisor, Job Placement Coordinator, and Shawnee State University Coordinator. In 1987 he
was employed as the Principal at Zahn’s Corner Elementary. Two years later he returned to Eastern High
School where he was hired as the Principal and Athletic Director. He retired from Eastern Local Schools in
1991. Gene is a member and former President of the Pike County Retired Teachers Association, the Ohio
and National Retired Teachers Associations, the Ohio School Boards Association, the Pike County
Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Rio Grande Boosters Association. He is an active member of
Beaver Emmanuel United Methodist Church. He has served as Chairman of Administrative Board, Board
of Trustees, Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, a Sunday school teacher, and choir member. In 2000 he
was elected to the Scioto Valley Local School Board of Education and was re-elected in 2004. He is a
former Board of Trustees member of the Hillview Retirement Center at Portsmouth OH. His hobbies
include gardening, golf, his grandchildren, and currently serves as a travel escort for the American
Automobile Association. He was married to Sarah Connett on August 17, 1957. The Brusharts have five
children and five grandchildren.

Danny Lee Schrader was born in Beaver, Ohio on February 27, 1939. He was the son of Roberta Schrader
and was raised by his grandparents Nick and Eliza Schrader. Danny grew up in the village of Beaver and
graduated from Beaver High School in 1957. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the U. S. Army in
which he served from July 1957 to 1959. During his military service he served in Company H 2nd
Armored Regiment. He served in Berlin, Germany from February 5, 1958 to July 8, 1959. He served on
border patrol between West Germany and Czechoslovakia. He also participated as a member of the honor
guard for Queen Elizabeth in November of 1957 while stationed in Washington DC. After the conclusion of
his military service Danny returned to Pike County where he was employed at Jisco Industries in Jackson
County. After seven years he enrolled in Ohio University where he would earn a Bachelor’s Degree in
Education. After graduation he was employed by the Eastern Local Board of Education where he would
teach for the next twenty-eight years. During his tenure at Eastern he coached track, volleyball, quiz team,
and cheerleading. Yet, his passion for coaching was eighth grade boy’s basketball for which he coached for
fourteen years. During that time his teams won eight league championships, five tournaments, and earned a
won-loss record of 175 wins and 49 losses. Seven of his league championships were consecutive. He takes
pride that he never cut a player for lack of ability. During his teaching career he and his wife took in three
troubled boys as foster children. Danny has been an active member of Beaver Veteran’s of Foreign Wars
Post 9942 of Beaver since 1976. He was a charter member of the Beaver Oktoberfest for which he has been a
vital person including serving as emcee for twenty years. Danny has also served as a member of the Pike
County Board of Health, the Pike County Community Hospital Board, the Beaver High School Alumni
Association, and is a current Beaver Township Trustee for which he has served for eight years. Danny
married Ellarose Allen on October 12, 1962. They have tone child, Cory Schrader.