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Marvin C. Tweedy Lynchburg, VA QCWA # 13280 Chapter 116 |
He was the youngest son of the late Marian Cardwell Tweedy and Clayton Burton Tweedy. A graduate of Rustburg High School and Lynchburg College, he attended the Graduate School of Physics and the Executive Management Program at the Darden School, all at the University of Virginia. Early in WWII, Marvin volunteered for the U.S. Navy and served on the LST 357 with the U.S. Navy Amphibious Forces in both the Atlantic and the Pacific theaters. As a First Class Radioman, he earned four battle stars for enemy action in North Africa, initial landings at Sicily, Salerno (Italy) and Normandy on D-Day. In the Pacific, Marvin was one of the first LST's to land on Japanese soil and was present at Tokyo when the armistice was signed.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Boonsboro Country Club, active in Amateur Radio (W4PEF) for over 65 years, and was a former member of the Lynchburg Host Lions Club. He was also an avid golfer for over 52 years.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Herbert Jett Tweedy and Earl Hopkins Tweedy; and two sisters, Emma Tweedy Oglesby and Marie Tweedy Nolen.