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fence or got out somehow.
According to Aylor, last Tuesday’s rain caused more damage—at least at Fletcher’s Mill—than did hurricane Agnes, the storm that devastated Virginia in 1972. “Water was up around our buildings then but nothing was washed away,” Aylor said.
Aylor’s daughter Kim reported that her cousin had driven on Route 522 late Tuesday evening and had been able to see only the top portion of the silo at Old Mill Stables above water at that time.
Real Tragedy
“The real tragedy is the loss of the Woods,” said Aylor. “We can put everything else back almost the way it was before the storm but we’ll never be able to replace them.”
Gene and Virginia Woods were returning to their home next to Fletchers Mill at approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. According to a witness in the car behind the Woods’ vehicle, they stopped just before reaching the small bridge close to the mill, donned rain gear and left their car on the side of the road.
They set out walking toward their house, a few hundred yards away through water only calf-deep. When the witness last saw the Woods before turning her car around, she could also see spots of bare pavement in the road in front of the couple.
Their bodies were found early Wednesday morning just below the mill.
Friends described Gene Wood, a former Virginia State Trooper, as a sensible, level-headed man who never would have proceeded if he thought there had been any danger. Those who watched the rapid rise of rivers and streams throughout the
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