Roger L. Nestor graduated from Philip Barbour High School with the Class of 1969. While a student at PB, he earned academic honors as a top-ten student in a class of 206 seniors. He earned completer certification in the vocational-agriculture program, and was a member of the Colt basketball team and the French Club.
Following his years at PBHS, Roger enrolled at West Virginia University to study Plant Science, and graduated from WVU with a Master’s Degree in Agronomy. He then returned to Barbour County and assumed numerous service and leadership roles within local organizations throughout the ensuing decades to support causes that would benefit his community and its people. A devout follower of Jesus Christ, he served as an elder at the Light of Christ Chapel in Belington.
Mr. Nestor’s love of agriculture and his dedicated work with Barbour County’s youth are exemplified by his 37 years of teaching and coaching area youngsters in the arts of land evaluation and appraisal from 1979 to 2016. During this period, his teams, comprised of county 4-H and agriculture students, qualified 22 times for trips to Oklahoma and the National Soil Judging Championships. Barbour County’s program quickly became a source of local pride under his guidance as his teams brought home an astonishing 16 national championship trophies.
Many will remember Roger for his many years as Barbour County’s WVU Extension Agent, a position from which he retired in 2012. He received the state’s highest honor in 2013 when he was inducted into the West Virginia Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Roger L. Nestor passed away earlier this year, and will be represented at the 2018 Philip Barbour High School Hall of Fame ceremonies by his wife of 42 years, Reta Jean, who survives at the family home in Belington. He was a highly respected teacher and mentor to his beloved family, friends, farmers and hundreds of 4-H and FFA students and their families. Roger’s influence on countless Barbour County residents and their children will live on for generations.
Following his years at PBHS, Roger enrolled at West Virginia University to study Plant Science, and graduated from WVU with a Master’s Degree in Agronomy. He then returned to Barbour County and assumed numerous service and leadership roles within local organizations throughout the ensuing decades to support causes that would benefit his community and its people. A devout follower of Jesus Christ, he served as an elder at the Light of Christ Chapel in Belington.
Mr. Nestor’s love of agriculture and his dedicated work with Barbour County’s youth are exemplified by his 37 years of teaching and coaching area youngsters in the arts of land evaluation and appraisal from 1979 to 2016. During this period, his teams, comprised of county 4-H and agriculture students, qualified 22 times for trips to Oklahoma and the National Soil Judging Championships. Barbour County’s program quickly became a source of local pride under his guidance as his teams brought home an astonishing 16 national championship trophies.
Many will remember Roger for his many years as Barbour County’s WVU Extension Agent, a position from which he retired in 2012. He received the state’s highest honor in 2013 when he was inducted into the West Virginia Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Roger L. Nestor passed away earlier this year, and will be represented at the 2018 Philip Barbour High School Hall of Fame ceremonies by his wife of 42 years, Reta Jean, who survives at the family home in Belington. He was a highly respected teacher and mentor to his beloved family, friends, farmers and hundreds of 4-H and FFA students and their families. Roger’s influence on countless Barbour County residents and their children will live on for generations.