Dominion Energy’s Offshore Wind Project has stirred up mixed reactions from the community. It’s a project WTKR has reported on extensively. Some in Virginia Beach have new concerns as the company’s project has to pass through private property.
“It’s almost like seeing part of you being torn away. I mean I grew up in this building. As a young boy when my father would bring me here I would play with my toys in this room and obviously on the grounds,” said Joseph ‘Frank’ Francis Walton, licensed funeral director, owner and manager of Walton Funeral Home in Virginia Beach.
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Since 1968, the Walton Funeral Home has called Holland Road home. It was first run by his parents and, now, Frank Walton as a way to help grieving families.
“We’ve enjoyed the privacy, we’ve enjoyed the serenity,” said Walton.
But Walton says the days for serenity are numbered and he’s the one grieving a loss.