Grover Cullen Jennings (April 21, 1939 – June 8, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served in the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

from 1982 until

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, when he was defeated for reelection by Barnes Lee Kidd. His father, W. Pat Jennings, was a member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

. Jennings was born in

Sugar Grove, Virginia Sugar Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. The population was 758 at the 2010 census. Geography Sugar Grove is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8. ...

and graduated from Marion High School in

Marion, Virginia Marion is a town in, and the county seat of, Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the Southern Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revoluti ...

in 1958. He received his bachelor's degree from

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

in 1962 and his law degree from

University of Richmond School of Law The University of Richmond School of Law (Richmond Law) is a school of the University of Richmond, located in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is ranked 52nd (tie) in the US by ''US News'', among the ''top five value'' law schools by the ''Natio ...

in 1965. Jennings practiced law in Marion, Virginia. He died in an automobile accident in

Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. John ...

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* 1939 births 2020 deaths People from Marion, Virginia Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates University of Richmond School of Law alumni Virginia lawyers Road incident deaths in Virginia 20th-century American politicians {{Virginia-delegate-stub