Clayton Ross Hitch
- Born: 07 Apr 1914, DE 1 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Elsie Gretchen Calhoun on 04 Oct 1940 in Milford, Kent Co., DE 1
- Marriage (2): Rosemary Daniels Herring on 06 Jan 1978 2
- Died: 22 Sep 2004, Culpeper Co., VA
(Washington Post) Clayton Ross Hitch Electrician, Boy Scout Volunteer
Clayton Ross Hitch, 90, a retired Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. electrician who for six decades volunteered with an Arlington County Boy Scout troop he helped start in 1943, died Sept. 22 at Culpeper Regional Hospital in Virginia of complications from surgery for an abdominal disorder. Mr. Hitch, a former Arlington resident who lived in Culpeper since 1990, was a native of Milford, Del. He began working for C&P soon after receiving a degree from Bliss Electrical School, which later became Montgomery College in Takoma Park. He worked 40 years at the telephone company's offices in Arlington until his retirement in 1978. During that time, he lived in Arlington's Westover community, where he was one of the founders of Boy Scout Troop 162. He helped establish the troop at Westover Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and member of organizational committees. Mr. Hitch served as the troop's scoutmaster for 27 years. He escorted a group of scouts to seven national jamborees and two world jamborees. He also trained other adults to be scout leaders. For his volunteer work, Mr. Hitch received the Silver Beaver award from the National Capital Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Silver Antelope award from the Southeast Region of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Hitch was a lifetime member of Telephone Pioneers of Ameria and past president of a local chapter. His first wife, Gretchen C. Hitch, died in 1976 after 36 years of marriage. His second wife, Rosemary H. Hitch, to whom he was married for 16 years, died in 1994. Survivors include three children from his first marriage, Nancy Hetzel of Charles Town, W.Va., Richard C. Hitch of Beaufort, S.C., and Linda Hardin of Arlington; two stepchildren, John Daniels of Herndon and Michael Herring of Clovis, Calif.; two brothers; a sister; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Clayton married Elsie Gretchen Calhoun, daughter of Clarence James Calhoun and Helen Gould (Gretchen) Jones, on 04 Oct 1940 in Milford, Kent Co., DE.1 (Elsie Gretchen Calhoun was born on 23 Mar 1915 in Lincoln, Kent Co., DE 1 and died on 01 Feb 1976 in Falls Church, Fairfax Co., VA 1 3.)
Clayton next married Rosemary Daniels Herring on 06 Jan 1978.2 (Rosemary Daniels Herring was born on 14 Jul 1927 in Washington, DC 2 and died on 17 Feb 1994 in Culpeper, Culpeper Co., VA 2 6.)
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