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maintenence superintendent, supervises their work.
In addition to his four years as public works superintendent in Warnenton, where he oversaw the town’s roads as well as waste disposal, building maintenance and the town’s vehicle fleet,-Mr. Marshall also has experience working with both public highway departments and with a private company. He worked for the West Virginia Department of Highways in thrmid70s, and also spent eight years working for an asphalt company in West Virginia.
Now he’s returned to rural Virginia, a place where the Centerville native feels most comfortable. “I was raised on a big farm, and I’m not crazy about a real city atmosphere. This is ideal for me,” he said of Rappahannock County, “the rural atmosphere.”
And, he’s found that the rural lifestyle also brings benefits to the job. “There’s not much turnover here,” he said of the highway shop. With high turnover, he explained, you often lose a quality of people. “These people have been here; they know their job and they know what to do.”
He pointed to Ennis Jenkins as an example. “He’s been here 33 years. There’s a pride in their work, a team effort. It goes from here in the office, from Fiscal Assistant Eunice Lewis, right on out to the road teams. It’s an ideal situation — people live and worirhere.”
Mr. Marshall is married, with four children. He is a Vietnam Veteran, who served in the Navy as a radioman. He lives with his wife and children on the Culpeper/Rappahannock County line.
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