Arthur C. Needles

Arthur Chase Needles (January 10, 1867, in Baltimore, Maryland – October 26, 1936, in Roanoke, Virginia) was the president of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

He was president of the railroad that had 20,000 employees across the nation, and guided the company successfully through the opening years of the Great Depression.

"He became interested through an Episcopal minister to underprivileged children in Franklin County, Virginia, and established there the St. Phoebe's Mission, in honor of his daughter, who died as a child.

Joining the Norfolk and Western in 1883, he worked sixteen hours a day when needed as both a brakeman and yard clerk.

Afterwards, a special train carried his body to Baltimore for interment at the family lots at Green Mount Cemetery.