Virginia Judge, visuals editor of the (Rock Hill, S.C.) Herald passes away
Virginia Judge, visuals editor of the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C., passed away Friday night.
A 1982 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Virginia later earned a master’s degree from Winthrop University in Rock Hill. She spent most of her career at the Herald — first as a features reporter and editor and later as design chief — about 25 years, in all.
And she was a hell of a lot of fun to work with. We were colleagues from 1988 until I moved on to Raleigh in 1993.
Virginia met and married two great guys while working at the Herald. But she eventually lost them both. The first, Peter Judge, was a wonderful investigative journalist. I remember only too well attending his funeral. A few years later, Virginia married one of my old college friends, Geoffrey Wilcox, a business reporter. He, too, passed away a few years later.
Virginia leaves behind a daughter — a very nice young lady whom I had the pleasure of meeting three years ago.
Services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Rock Hill. Find the Herald’s obit here and the Charlotte Observer’s obit here.
Rest in peace, Virginia.
March 8th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Wow. This is so sad. I knew Virginia from the Herald, and played some part in Geoff and her getting together at a dinner party I threw. She even remembered me from UNC, where we graduated in the same class.
She will be missed.