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Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Rip Charley on Cloud Nine ()
Date: January 27, 2018 07:28PM

Charley was a older black man with a smile always on his face, he lived at the bottom of the hill on Picket Rd somewhere by the bend where the City of Fairfax's work crews are still at. The city got him a little trailer and he lived in that right by the road entrance to the city compound. he would sit and smile and wave at everyone that passed

The Mayor of Fairfax City, the original Silverthorne spoke well of Charley but laughingly said he never knew Charley to have a job or work. I don't think he was joking either.

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Charley Was For FX City PR ()
Date: January 27, 2018 09:06PM

His happy smile and wave made people feel good, going back up the hill after they had come down speed trap hill and got a ticket from City cops

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Fairfax Since 1970 ()
Date: January 28, 2018 03:36AM

I went to CCD (Sunday school for Catholics) at St. Mary's back then. We met at Robinson Secondary, before the current church was built on Sideburns Road.

Anyway, part of our obligation was to help people in need. One Sunday, a group of us visited him and took him food and other things. We sat in his trailer and talked for a while. He was very nice.

I miss the old days when people just talked and helped each other.

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Coment ()
Date: January 28, 2018 09:49PM

There used to be an old man in a little house in Middleburg that used to sit on his porch and wave and smile at everyone who drove past. His house was at the intersection of Sam Fred and Rt. 50, just east of town. This was the early 2000's. Wonder if it was the same gentleman, maybe he moved? My daughter always looked forward to passing this spot and waving happily back to him.

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: No It Was Not ()
Date: January 28, 2018 09:52PM

Charley died before the 90's. There are many people in Virginia who are happy with their EBT cards come in the mail today

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Part Of Charleys Story ()
Date: January 29, 2018 07:12PM

Charley had a disability and he owned property in Fairfax City. The city took the property by eminent domain and the city provided Charley the trailer to live in. He was indeed a happy smiling man and lots of people enjoyed his wave and returned the same to Charley. He also served as a free watchman over the city compound.

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: Thank you ()
Date: January 29, 2018 07:25PM

Thank you for the background on Charley, "Part Of Charleys Story."

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: ETETW ()
Date: January 29, 2018 10:07PM

Part Of Charleys Story Wrote:
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> He also served as a
> free watchman over the city compound.

That's nothing to brag about. People deserve to be paid for their labor.

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Re: Anyone Remember "Charley" of Pickett Road
Posted by: I Remember Charley ()
Date: February 20, 2019 09:08PM

The older black man in the trailer on Pickett Road near the bottom of speed trap hill . Always a smile and a wave you made many of our days happier as we waved back RIP "Charley"
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