April 14, 2016 — A boat parade with commercial fishing boats, powerboats, sailboats, excursion craft, kayaks and rowboats will float up Cockrell’s Creek, to the ceremony site, reported Bob Bolger. All boaters in the area are invited to participate in the parade beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Capt. Linwood Bowis will lead the procession aboard the Chesapeake Breeze, followed by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum’s Elva C.; a Virginia Resources Commission patrol boat, and Smith Point Sea Rescue 1. Omega Protein will be represented by the Rappahannock, captained by Leo Robbins.
The boat parade will begin at the mouth of Cockrell’s Creek and the Great Wicomico River, said Bolger.
The Rev. James B. Godwin will be the keynote speaker. The Rev. Godwin has served as the pastor of United Methodist churches in North Carolina and Virginia. He retired from Trinity UMC in Alexandria.