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Craig Van Tilbury Obituary

VAN TILBURY CRAIG LEO VAN TILBURY Suddenly in sleep Friday, August 13, 2010 at his Tampa, Florida home. Craig Leo Van Tilbury, 53-year-old World-Class Guitarist, internationally ranked FIDE Chess Master, teacher and coach. Craig suffered first heart attack 8-5. Grew up in Arlington County, graduate Yorktown High School 1975. Attended NVCC through 1977. Moved to St. Croix, USVI in 1978. Top board US Chess Team USVI. Founded The Green Flash, voted most popular 80''s Cruzan band headliners. Relocated Tampa 1992 after Hurricane Hugo (1989) where he played for Joey Dee & The Starliters, many others; also competing in 10 Biennial Chess Olympiads, 16 countries, brought home a gold medal for USVI, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1984. Continued teaching and coaching chess. Met Annie Waddey a singer 2002 while reviving The Green Flash in Tampa. Annie and Craig planned a December wedding. Craig''s only daughter, 17-month-old Annabelle Rose also survives; as does mother Connie and brother Eric Van Tilbury, Winchester, Va.; sister Julie Orr, Boyds, Md.; four nieces, eight grand-nieces and nephews. Benefit Monday, September 27 at Tampa''s popular music venue Skipper''s Smokehouse, www.skipperssmokehouse.com , see also www.wmnf.org/blog/2010/8 , "R.I.P. Craig Van Tilbury"; http://gambit. blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/18 ; also www.tampabay.com/obits for 8/19/10; also http://stcroixsource.com/content/ community/people/2010/09/07.

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Published by The Washington Post on Sep. 12, 2010.

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