Obituaries » Jerry M. Wood Jerry M. Wood, 83, of Warrenton, a retired pharmacist who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and on the town council, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Novant Health UVA Prince William Medical Center in Manassas of complications from COVID-19.
He was born April 15, 1937, in Roanoke, to the late Jeannette Jackson Minter Wood and William Howard Wood.
He graduated from Andrew Lewis High School in Salem 1957 and from the Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy in 1962.
Mr. Wood worked at pharmacies in Fredericksburg and Culpeper before coming to Warrenton in 1968 to join the Rhodes Drug Store staff. He owned and operated the Fauquier Pharmacy on Main Street from 1972 until he sold his business to Rite Aid in 1992. Mr. Wood continued as a family pharmacist with Rite Aid until his retirement in 2005.
⢠Work: Pharmacist in Fredericksburg, Culpeper and Warrenton, 1963-2005; owner/operator, Fauquier Pharmacy, Warrenton, 1972-92.
⢠Government: Appointed to Warrenton Town Council (Ward 1), 2014-16; elected to four-year term, 2016; retired from council, 2020; Virginia House of Delegates (31st District), 1991-93; served on the Virginia Board of Pharmacy and Virginia Board of Health Professions.
⢠Community: Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier, Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier, Mental Health Association of Fauquier, Fauquier/Warrenton Optimist Club, Warrenton Rotary Club, Fauquier Free Clinic, Fauquier County Democratic Committee, St. Jamesâ Episcopal Church, Fauquier Cancer Society and others.
⢠Education: Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy, 1962; Salem High School.
⢠Family: Wife Coleen; six children, and 12 grandchildren.
Manassas-based general contractor R.W. Murray Co. has received an Excellence in Construction Award for its work on the second cardiac catheterization laboratory at Novant Health UVA Health Systemâs Prince William Medical Center.
Presented by the Metro Washington chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), the award recognizes and celebrates outstanding projects built by ABC members. All construction team members are honored, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer.
âWe are proud to partner with R.W. Murray Co. and pleased they have received this award for our state-of-the-art facility,â said Dr. Stephen Smith, president and chief operating officer of Prince William Medical Center and Haymarket Medical Center.
The first wave of COVID-19 vaccines are being administered in Northern Virginia, with hospitals and public health departments working to vaccinate as many frontline health care workers as possible before the end of the month.
Novantâs Prince William Medical Center in Manassas administered its first doses of Pfizerâs vaccine Wednesday to a number of critical care staff in what was described as a âdry runâ before opening a clinic for hospital staff to be vaccinated Thursday.Â
Michelle Strider, chief quality officer at Novant Health UVA Health System, which owns Prince William Medical Center, said Tuesday, when the hospital received its first doses, was âa historic day.â
Novant Health/UVA Prince William Medical Center in Mansssas.
Coronavirus vaccines will begin being distributed in Prince William County this month.
County employees most risk of contracting the disease, which includes fire and rescue personnel, paid and volunteer healthcare workers, and senior citizens in assisted living facilities, will be first to receive the vaccines, said Prince William Health District Director Dr. Alison Ansher.
Healthcare workers will get their vaccines directly from hospitals, like Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge and Novant/UVA Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.
Senior Citizens will be able to get theirs from a string of local pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens.