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  State political force George Rawlings dies: Former Del. George Rawlings Jr., leading liberal in Virginia politics in the 1960s and '70s, dies at age 87
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News DateThursday, April 23, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionGeorge Chancellor Rawlings Jr., a Fredericksburg attorney who became a liberal force in Virginia politics, died yesterday at Mary Washington Hospital. He was 87.

"That's sad news. I've lost a good friend," said Spotsylvania County Supervisor Emmitt Marshall. "I first met him when he ran unsuccessfully for Spotsylvania commonwealth's attorney in 1951. He helped a lot of people."

Born in Fredericksburg and raised in Ashland, Rawlings began his law practice in Fredericksburg in 1947.

The ambitious young lawyer eventually became president of the local and state Jaycees, the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair Inc. and the Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department. He also served as chairman of the Spotsylvania Planning Commission and the local chapters of the Red Cross and the American Heart Association.

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