[SUBMITTED PHOTO]John Painter descendants (and in-laws) recently toured the “Botetourt County: 250+1 Years of Delights” exhibit at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. Exhibits included the John Painter long gun the Sallie Moomaw Painter sundial, and a William Painter Simmons footstool and hand-turned wooden bowl. The exhibit of several hundred items was curated by Ashley Webb, curator of Collections & Exhibition and will be on display through November 2. Pictured with the Simmons exhibits are David and Patsy Dickerson, Mike Goad, Clemmer Ann Allen, Cathy Goad, Benton Snyder, Peggy Painter Davis, Willie Simmons, Joe Camper, Marshall Leitch and Andrew Snyder.
