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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
“He’s one of the few men I’ve met who has an integrity about him . . . his integrity meant a lot to me,” said Rev. Steve Scoggin, pastor of the Washington Baptist Church.
Integrity is a word you hear over and over when people talk about Judge Rayner V. Snead, the Rappahannock News Citizen of the Year. Bom in 1918, Judge Snead is a Rappahannock native who was raised in Gid Brown Hollow.
He graduated from Washington High School and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. After earning a law degree from UVa in 1941, he was admitted to the Virginia Bar that same year. After World War II, Judge Snead returned to Rappahannock County, where he was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney.
In 1952, Mr. Snead was appointed to replace Judge J. R. H. Alexander, of Loudoun County, as judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit. At age 34, he was the youngest judge ever appointed. It was an unusual appointment; the General Assembly was deadlocked between two candidates from Loudoun and Fauquier counties. To break the stalemate, Gov. John Stuart Battle appointed Rayner Snead, who represented Rappahannock, the third county in the 20th Circuit.
From 1952 until 1972, when Carlton Penn was appointed as a second judge on the circuit, Judge Snead served the three counties by himself. His stamina was praised by Judge Penn. “He was dedicated. He was on time, he always got here . . . even in the snow, despite the fact that some of the other principals might not make it.”
Judge Penn added that Judge
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