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Purchase Raffle Tickets for your chance to win one of Johnny Weaver's ring jackets worn in the 1960s! The jacket was donated by Johnny's daughter Wendi Weaver to support "We Care of Franklin County" and ACW Wrestling in Rocky Mount VA HOW TO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS |
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Photos of Johnny Weaver in the 1960s wearing the ring jacket that will be raffled off in November.
Johnny's name is sewn on the back of the jacket. It is a sequined red corduroy jacket. HOW TO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS TICKETS ARE $5 EACH or 3 FOR $10 LOCAL TICKET OUTLETS IN ROCKY MOUNT VA: Purchase raffle tickets now at ACW advance ticket outlets Pizza King and Jones Produce in Rocky Mount VA IN PERSON: Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Nov. 1 ACW wrestling event in Rocky Mount VA where the jacket will be on display at the National Guard Armory. See info at left. BY MAIL: Raffle tickets can also be purchased by mail directly from WE CARE. Please follow these directions carefully: (1) Mail a cashier's check or money order to: We Care of Franklin County PO Box 396 Rocky Mount VA 24151 (2) Include a self addressed stamped envelope for your ticket(s) to be mailed back to you. Please include your address and phone number where you can be reached if you are the raffle winner. Drawing to be held Dec. 6th. Mail orders for tickets must be received at WE CARE prior to that date. You do not have to be present to win. RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE NOW! |
One of the greatest professional wrestlers to ever step through the ropes was the legendary Johnny Weaver. Weaver's career spanned nearly four decades, with nearly 30 years spent right here in the Mid-Atlantic wrestling territory. Johnny Weaver passed away in February of this year, just a little over three months after making his last appearance in a wrestling ring for ACW Wrestling at the Night of Legends event in Rocky Mount. Weaver greeted his many fans that night, and even applied his famous sleeper hold for what would be the last time as well, leaving ACW's Eclipso out cold in the ring! On November 1st, Night of the Legends II took place in Rocky Mount VA at the National Guard Armory, where friends and family of Johnny Weaver gathered with ACW wrestlers and some of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling's legends from the past to pay tribute to arguably this area's greatest wrestling star ever.
Ric McCord, Wendi Weaver, and Rich Landrum Wendi Weaver presents her father's ring jacket.
Johnny's daughter Wendi Weaver has donated one of her father's personal ring jackets that he wore to the ring in the 1960s and 1970s to be raffled in support of ACW's sponsor and primary charity "We Care of Franklin County". The raffle is currently underway with tickets available now. The raffle will continue through the month of November and will conclude December 6 at the annual Christmas event held by ACW.
Attend the big December show , purchase raffle tickets there, and see the jacket on display:
ACW Wrestling presents CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING Saturday Dec. 6, 2008 National Guard Armory Rocky Mount VA Tickets on Sale now at all ACW ticket outlets! |
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Questions? Contact "We Care of Franklin County" 915 North Main Street, Rocky Mount VA 24151-1108 • (540) 483-7900 |
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© 2008 We Care of Franklin County Website presented by the Mid-Atlantic Gateway in support of Night of the Legends II: A Tribute to Johnny Weaver and WE CARE Thanks to the following for their work and assistance with this project: Jim Nelson, Mike Weddle, Helbert Treadway, Carroll Hall, and Dick Bourne. Our Very Special thanks to Wendi Weaver. |
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