Thea Marshall
Thea Marshall
Thea Marshall is the author of “Neck Tales: Stories from Virginia's Northern Neck,” published in June, 2009. Along with her professional writing assignments, she is a broadcaster, actor, and producer, with life long experience in all forms of communication – from print to theater to radio and television. She writes and broadcasts original commentaries on and about the people, places, history, culture and current issues relating to the Northern Neck for WCVE Public Radio (heard on both WCVE in Richmond and WCNV for the Northern Neck).

Stories from Thea Marshall...

Another tale from the Northern Neck.

Thea Marshall in Essays

Thea Marshall notes that the search for one's roots sometimes leads to dissappointment and suggests that it might not be a terrible thing.

A sleepy town on the Northern Neck

Thea Marshall in Essays

Thea Marshall reminds us of a tiny town on the Northern Neck. It's sleepy today, but a couple of hundred years ago, it would awaken the world.

A shelter on the Northern Neck.

Thea Marshall in Essays

Social scientists tell us that domestic violence has become endemic. Thea Marshall finds that this is true, even on the Northern Neck, but thanks to "The Haven" there has been a source of sanctuary and shelter for victims since 1987.

Love and Marriage

Thea Marshall in Essays

Thea Marshall explores love, marriage, wealth and power back in the early days of the Northern Neck's gentry when marrying for love was a luxury that only the poor could afford.

Thea Marshall Has Another Tale from the Northern Neck.

Thea Marshall in Essays

Thea Marshall explores the Influence Thesis, which suggests that the authors of our constitution were greatly influenced by the way the Iroqois Confederacy governed itself.

The mystery of Lee's mother

Thea Marshall in Essays

Thea Marshall resurrects a story about Robert E. Lee's mother, who may have been buried alive -- or not!

Monroe: A Decent Man

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall celebrates the  252nd birthday of Northern Neck native son, James Monroe. Monroe, the last of our early presidents to have been born in Virginia, was both popular and underrated, and his two terms have become known for idealism and integrty.

The Lighthouse-inspired U.U.F.R.

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall has explored the oldest church on the Northern Neck. In this Neck Tale, Thea talks about one of the Neck’s newest, the lighthouse-inspired home of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rappahannock. It’s the only home for UU’s in all of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.

Oyster Wars

Thea Marshall in Essays

Commentator Thea Marshall remembers the first time she looked at an open oyster and was expected to eat that strange bi-valve. It had to be great, otherwise, why were wars fought over it?

The Morgan Jones Kiln

Thea Marshall in Essays

One of the newest roadside markers in the Northern Neck tells a tale of 17th century potters whose kiln dating back to 1677 was discovered in Westmoreland county. What the marker doesn’t tell us is the rebellious nature of their work.