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Sheldon Vanauken (/ v ə ˈ n ɔː k ə n /; [1] August 4, 1914 – October 18, 1996) was an American author, best known for his autobiographical book A Severe Mercy (1977), which recounts his and his wife's friendship with C. S. Lewis, their conversion to Christianity, and dealing with tragedy.
The News & Advance covers local news of interest to Lynchburg and its surrounding counties, a combined metropolitan area of 261,593 people as of the 2020 census.Topics commonly covered include development in and around the city; higher education, including Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, and Randolph College, nuclear technology, as the city is home to Areva and BWX Technologies ...
Carter Glass was born on January 4, 1858, in Lynchburg, Virginia, the last child born to Robert Henry Glass and his first wife, the former Augusta Elizabeth Christian.His mother died on January 15, 1860, when Carter was only two years old, so his sister Nannie, ten years older (and Elizabeth's only daughter), became his surrogate mother.
Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. [a] (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) [3] was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. [4] He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia.
James Winston Watts (January 19, 1904 – November 15, 1994) was an American neurosurgeon, born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute as well as the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Watts is noteworthy for his professional partnership with the neurologist and psychiatrist Walter Freeman.
Hannah Elizabeth Graham (February 25, 1996 – c. September 13, 2014) was an 18-year-old second-year British-born American student at the University of Virginia who went missing on September 13, 2014. She was last seen early in the morning that day, at the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Virginia. [6]
Top weather news for Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025: The mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley are preparing for an onslaught of snow and ice from a series of winter storms that are sweeping ac… Fox Weather 3 ...
The News & Advance, Lynchburg's daily newspaper that serves the Central Virginia region, owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Lynchburg Living, bi-monthly periodical; The Lynchburg Guide, quarterly resource directory; The Burg, weekly entertainment newspaper published by The News & Advance; Lynch's Ferry, a biannual journal of local history