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Central Virginia Christian School: A Legacy of Faith and Growth
What started as a small, faith-driven vision in 2002 has blossomed into a thriving educational institution that serves…
February 7, 2025
Lifestyles
University job provides different challenges
Jim Wiecking currently spends his workday helping Longwood University get grant money to do research projects as part…
March 11, 2021
Lifestyles
Booker breaks patterns, racial lines with service
Master Chief Cryptologist Dr. John Booker, age 79, was born and raised in Cumberland County. As a young…
March 10, 2021
Lifestyles
‘I’m a lucky, lucky person’
James Wooten Jr., 76, walks with a limp and has fought diabetes after returning from two years of…
March 9, 2021
Lifestyles
Respect, discipline, comradery
Major Sergeant John Sedgwick, 78, of Buckingham, originally grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. Born in 1942, Sedgwick grew…
March 8, 2021
Lifestyles
Virgil Chick was just doing his duty
Virgil Chick doesn’t think of himself as a military hero. “I don’t have any hero stories for you,”…
March 7, 2021
Lifestyles
From cook to general, Fore does it all
Being a brigadier general in the National Guard would be enough of an accomplishment for most, but for…
March 6, 2021
Lifestyles
‘This is what I want to do’
Sergeant Josh Jones, age 37, of Buckingham, was originally taken on a tour of Fork Union Military Academy…
March 5, 2021
Lifestyles
Hamlin weathered adversity to build a life
Robert “Bob” Hamlin faced significant adversity early in his life — times when options were closed off to…
March 3, 2021
Lifestyles
Gough: A wartime commander
William “Buck” Gough Jr. joined the U.S. Army in 1984 and served into the early ’90s, including during…
February 25, 2021
Lifestyles
Young: Ever ready to serve
Justine Young leads an exciting, unpredictable life that many would find nearly impossible to manage, but she makes…
February 25, 2021
Lifestyles
Tuition aid leads to military career
A consensus among friends, some encouragement from a recruiter and a desire to help his parents pay for…
February 25, 2021
Lifestyles
‘I knew what I was doing, and I’d do it all again’
Prince Edward County resident Silas Blanton was born in the nearby Cumberland County in 1959. Growing up, he…
February 25, 2021