Boone Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer Virgil Underwood was a guest speaker at the Brookview Elementary School National Honor Society Induction held on May 17, 2016 in Foster, WV. A few of the student inductees are children of hospital staff, including Mallory Jett, daughter of Toni Mullins, Director of Radiology. "Mr. Underwood gave a great speech about service and character. At the end of the ceremony, the students presented him with a picture to be hung in the new hospital," explained Mullins. The new Boone Memorial Hospital is scheduled to open next month. "We are very appreciative of the picture," said Underwood. "We will proudly display it in our new hospital. These students a
Madison native and Insurance Agent Ross Johnson and his wife Dee made a $15,000 gift to the new Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison. The Johnsons are naming a patient-visitor waiting room located just inside the main hospital entrance in honor of his parents, Reed Marvin Johnson (deceased) and Julia Ann Loud (Judy) Johnson. In addition, they are naming a physician and staff break-room located in the Emergency Department in tribute to former Boone Memorial Hospital physician and State Senator, Dr. David E. Wallace. “I’m at the point in my life where I felt I should give something back to the community I came from and also recognize my parents and their life in Madison,” said Ross. “My parents
Bob and Barbara Foster to name a patient room in the new Boone Memorial Hospital in memory of mother
St. Albans residents Robert “Bob” L. Foster, Jr. and his wife, Barbara, have pledged to name a patient room in the new Boone Memorial Hospital in memory of their mothers; Fay Foster and Louise White. Fay was a first grade teacher for 25 years. “She particularly loved first grade because she felt that was a critical time for children and their intellectual development,” said Bob. “She felt they gained a true love for learning in their first year.” Fay was married to Bob Sr. for 60 years before losing her fight with cancer. She had four boys and nine grandchildren. “The four sons were a burden she carried with grace and love,” said Bob. She was very active in her church. Her passions included
