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Richmond attorney Matthew S. Throop died at his home on May 11. He was 47. Mr. Throop grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and graduated from Vancouver’s Mountain View High School, Clark College, WSU-Vancouver and then law school at the University ...

Retired Roanoke Circuit Judge Clifford Weckstein died June 21. He was 71. A native of Cincinnati, Judge Weckstein and his family moved to Roanoke when he was six years old. During his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, he ...

Retired attorney William Stone Burton Jr. died June 14. He was 78. Born in Richmond and raised in Petersburg, Mr. Burton stayed in his hometown and earned his law degree from the University of Richmond. After graduation, he joined the ...

Retired attorney Marvin H. Wagner died May 23. He was 90. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Wagner’s earliest memories were of a childhood spent in New York City during the Great Depression. He worked a series of odd jobs throughout his ...

Marion lawyer Grover Cullen “G.C.” Jennings died June 8. He was 81. A native of Sugar Grove, Mr. Jennings received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 1962 and his law degree from the University of Richmond in 1965. He ...

Retired Richmond lawyer Barry S, Comess died May 26. Born in Norfolk in 1944, Mr. Comess earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond and stayed to obtain his law degree in 1968. He went on to serve in ...

Retired Charlottesville attorney Robert E. “Bob” Stroud died June 4. He was 85. A native of Chester, South Carolina, Mr. Stroud earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Washington and Lee University in 1956 and 1958, respectively. In 1959, he ...

Retired Fairfax attorney William D. Cremins died March 18. He was 81. Born in Boston, Mr. Cremins grew up in several places before settling down in Springfield where he was among the first graduating classes of Annandale High School in ...

Retired Fairfax attorney Bernard Gild died April 17. He was 91. A Brooklyn native, Mr. Gild enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17. Following service, he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and relocated to Washington, D.C., to ...

Retired Norfolk attorney Charles F. Tucker died April 30. He was 91. Born in Suffolk, Mr. Tucker earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Washington & Lee University in 1952 and 1954, respectively. He served three years in the U.S. ...