Charles Hill RYLAND

RYLAND (Continued) events, Mr. Ryland gave memorable addresses and lectures concerning the history of Richmond County, the Northern Neck and colonial Virginia. He also served for nine years as member and for three years as Chairman of the Virginia State Library Board. His effort to preserve the historical court records of Richmond County formed the basis of the State Library's court records conservation program. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Omicron Delta Kappa fraternities and the Society of the Cincinnati, and served as scoutmaster of the Boy Scout Troop located in Warsaw. He was predeceased by his wife, Betsey; his older sister, Mary McClintock Ryland Fessler; and his younger brother, Romulus Payne Ryland. He is survived by his sisters, Alice Garnett Ryland Giles, Raleigh, N.C., and Hannah Ryland Sanger and her husband, Julian, Richmond, Va. He is also survived by his six children and their spouses, Garnett Ryland and his wife, Jean, Richmond, Va., Anne Lowell Ryland Sica and her husband, Alan, State College, Pa., Catharine Hill Ryland Moser and her husband, Gregory, Richmond, Va., James Lowell Ryland and his wife, Marla, Indian Neck, Va., William McClintock Ryland and his wife, Sally, Woodbridge, Va., and Robert Shapleigh Ryland and his wife, Barbara, Arlington, Va. His grandchildren are Paolo August Sica (Allison), Enzo Antonio Sica, Carlo Elia Sica, Sarah Elizabeth Moser, Robert Hill Ryland, Sims Lybrand Ryland, Todd Daniel Merchak (Sarah), Blair McClintock Ryland, William Jackson Ryland, Alison Corinne Ryland, Julie Catharine Ryland and Charles Hill Ryland IV. A memorial service at Warsaw Baptist Church will be held on Saturday, October 31, at 11 a.m., with a reception afterward for all of Mr. Ryland's friends and family. A private interment in the family lot in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va., will be at a later date. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, any donations be made to the "King and Queen County Historical Society Endowment Fund" to benefit the Tavern Museum, P.O. Box 129, King and Queen County Courthouse, Va. 23085-0129.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.