The Robert Marks Hall
(Now Under Contstruction)
Mrs. Texie Camp Marks, of Boykins, Virginia, has agreed to make
a gift to Chowan CplJ^^^hat represents the largest in the history of the
315-year-old Hrff^^^icfe^ac^>tding to an announcement made at a recent
(peeting st^b^by Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker.
ei^ift by ivlfs. ]V^S^^^^^^^%>^^xceed $200,000, was made in
of her late husband, Jrlfia^lin Marks, for whom the new
n|ode^ I classroom building rilwr under const|^ll«|^n will be named.
^ ^ iing his lifelame Mr. Marks was a s^e^='>fi4^porter of Chowan”,
DrT^W^taker stated. ^‘It is most appropriate that a member of
Poykms Baptist Chu(c|i, and her three children, M!rff4i^l'*'^'G^p Marks,
Mrs.j^lix Arnold a®d Mr. Robert F. Marks, Jr. have ,pMipMNo honor
r. MarJb TTt~th4»-w^V|Jhe new classroom^building will bejpn^^S^tb^^ost
S^elj^,and handsomje buildings on the camp6^^^^^^|Jieppy;
will cariyjthe name of my latei gi
l^rliaf’, he said. Patti Camp and Robert Fj
iCn. Mrs. j\|niold is the wife of R^
of the Board of Trustees of Chowan *
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. Marks, in pornmenting on the gift! £
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Mr. Marks was a liM
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S^^4rd naming tl« classroom building
^vej^or a long tin*, been interested
i4lich kerves many Yitginia and North Car
we have had the oppior unity to be involved
hjg is to be nanjie^l in memory of my
ilso, that this t will encourage othej
jds of t h i sj Kowing institution of
Board of T^rotees has a policy wh
[% of the conract price of a given bi
}e classrooijiJbuilding, scheduled\ to
:more than] J 105,000.00 accordingift
r. ^lobert p. l^larks died on October 30'
■'lampton |Co^n|y, Virginia, hewa&i^
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4^f Soiilhampton jCoilnfc
Fannie Fpx Marks. B graduated .isom
cashfer, i||p pre»ni^
\Febrj^aj^ Jt, untirhis'fesi^anoflC^ JP6J^;Hej
Boykti?S,.Met6e5isL Qujrchr a veteran of World Wa^^J
Camp F. D. Hun^ CJS^Ui^Ilpino. Mr. .Marks
church and many fri«i|l-colifroitte^^
served as a dmrc^i pew
’^^^simpteJasrtjpSvliS^ared his*lbve
in Chowan IJpllege. He counted
T>pw^ge.rt» aid ^untbft^ d?joun|t PyQPl^ in going; to college
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