Thomas R. Glass
| Thomas R. Glass | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Lynchburg, Virginia district |
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In office January 8, 1958 – September 3, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph E. Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | William M. Dudley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1928 Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Died | August 25, 1998 Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Resting place | Spring Hill cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Marguerite Thomason |
| Alma mater |
Virginia Military Institute Washington and Lee University |
| Occupation | publisher, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | U.S. Air Force |
| Years of service | 1955-1957 |
| Rank | lieutenant |
| Unit | 18th Fighter Bomber Wing |
Thomas Reakit Glass (May 13, 1928 – August 25, 1998) was a Virginia publisher who served from 1958 until 1965 in the Virginia House of Delegates representingCity of Lynchburg.
Thomas Glass, the second son, was born to Carter Glass Jr. and his wife Ria Glass in 1928. He had an elder brother Carter Glass III and two sisters. Their grandfather, U.S. Senator Carter Glass died in 1946 and their father died unexpectedly in 1955. Thomas Glass attended local schools (including E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg), then the Virginia Military Institute and Lynchburg College before graduating from Washington and Lee University with B.A. in journalism.
During the Korean War, Glass served in the U.S. Air Force, as a first lieutenant with the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing.
He married Julia Marguerite Thomason (1930-2009), style editor of a Huntsville, Texas newspaper in 1951. They had several children during their 47 years of marriage before his death. His wife was active in the Junior League, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughter of the Republic of Texas, and Daughters of the Confederacy, as well as Lynchburg Garden Club and St. John's Episcopal Church.
Glass worked in the family business, Lynchburg's daily newspapers the News and Advance, later combined as The News & Advance. He started in marketing and public relations, and rose to publisher. During his tenure, the publishing group added local newspapers in Culpeper, Richlands, and Tazewell and continued publishing until 1979. After the deaths of his mother, uncles and aunt, tax and other issues led to competing offers by Gannett Newspapers and Howard newspapers as well as by a family group he led. This resulted in litigation which reached the Virginia Supreme Court, and a sale to Worrell Newspapers Inc., which consolidated both Lynchburg newspapers into a single daily morning paper in 1986.
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