Samuel A Hedrick\"¦ dreamer, business owner, marketer, music promoter, philosopher, self-appointed preacher\"¦ husband, father, grandfather\"¦ but above all, friend. Sam was affectionately known as \"The Winshare\" man for more than 15 years at the GE/Ericsson plant on Mountain View Road, now part of Liberty University. Sam started the \"Dreamers,\" a group of employees that were instrumental in keeping the factory...

Mary Dooley Tuck, 89, of Lynchburg, died Monday, March 29, 2010.  She was the wife of the late Aubrey Thurston Tuck.Mary was born Saturday, July 31, 1920 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Aubrey Clarence Dooley and Goldie Turner Dooley.  She was a member of Chestnut Hill Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher in the...

Berta Louise O\"™Brien Holdren Noell, 101, of Lynchburg, VA, died Thursday, February 16, 2012. She was the wife of the late Brodis E. Holdren and the late William Robert Noell.Born Saturday, September 24, 1910 in Appomattox, Louise a daughter of the late Berta Thomas O'Brien and the late Joseph Clark O'Brien.In addition to her parents and her husbands, Louise was...

Katherine Frances McInturff McCrea \"Kitty,\" 96, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, VA. Kitty was born on August 23, 1915 in Middletown (Frederick County), VA. She was one of four children and the only daughter of William A. McInturff and Florence F. Willey McInturff. Born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Kitty and her...

Kenneth Allen Wooldridge II, 21, of Forest, died Saturday, June 9, 2012. Allen was born February 12, 1991 in Lynchburg the son of Kenneth Allen Wooldridge and Michelle Renee Wooldridge. In addition to his parents he is survived by a son; Dillinger \"Atlus\" Wooldridge, two sisters; Samantha Kay Wooldridge and Mary Catherine Wooldridge both of Forest, maternal grandparents; Michael and...

Marilyn Mueller Mast, 81, of Forest died Friday August 13, 2010.A private family service will be held.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424.

Mary John Burnham Laverty, 90, of Lynchburg, VA died Monday, April 22, 2013, at her home with her family by her side. She was born February 27, 1923 in Lynchburg to the late Linden Kent Burnham and Mary Terrell Hughes Burnham. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent A. Laverty, to whom she was married for nearly 51...

Charles Herbert \"Herb\" Kinney, 77, of Lynchburg, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at his residence. Born September 20, 1934 in Carthage, MO, the son of Dorothy Turk Kinney and the late Charles Wesley Kinney. Herb grew up in Washington, DC and graduated high school in 1952. Herb attended the University of Maryland as an engineering student. Herb discovered flying at...

Patricia Ann Blydenburg Wright, 76, of Bedford, died on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Bedford Memorial Hospital. Born in Potsdam, New York, on July 20, 1934, a daughter of the late Frederick Blydenburg and Margery MacDonald Blydenburg. In addition to her parents Patricia is preceded in death by her husband, Jack David Wright and a grandson, Aaron Dean Wright.Patricia was...

William Doyle Gentry, PhD, a clinical psychologist, educator and author whose career spanned more than 40 years, passed away Nov. 29 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was 69. He was an irreplaceable mentor and role model, and will be remembered for his intelligence, generous counsel, quick wit and the love he had for his wife, two children and extended family....