David F. “Buddy” Guthrie 
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Published: October 31, 2011
Halifax attorney David Franklin Guthrie died Oct. 14 at his home. He was 82.
Despite blindness from an early age, “Buddy” Guthrie enrolled at Ferrum College, received an undergraduate degree from Lynchburg College and earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1953.
Mr. Guthrie practiced law in Halifax County for more than 50 ...
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