Editing Virgil Goode (section)

==Early life and education==
Goode was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], the son of Alice Clara (born Besecker) and Virgil Hamlin Goode Sr.<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/goode.htm {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> However, he has spent most of his life in [[Rocky Mount, Virginia|Rocky Mount]], south of [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]].

His father served in the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] from 1940 to 1948 and as [[commonwealth's attorney]] of [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] from 1948 to 1972; between them, father and son represented Franklin County at either the local, state or federal level with only one year's interruption from 1940 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/news/local/goode-political-dynasty-lasted-seven-decades/article_8dbce894-651e-5fbc-9ffb-7ec96507a720.html |title=Goode political dynasty lasted seven decades |author=Joel Turner |newspaper=Franklin News-Post |date=January 1, 2009 |access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> Goode graduated with a B.A. from the [[University of Richmond]] ([[Phi Beta Kappa]]) and with a J.D. from the [[University of Virginia School of Law]]. He also is a member of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity and served in the [[Army National Guard]] from 1969 to 1975.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/va/house/846/virgil-h-goode-jr/ |title=Virgil H. Goode, Jr. &#124; 2008 Elections for President, Congress and Governor &#124; washingtonpost.com |publisher=Projects.washingtonpost.com |date=October 17, 1946 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930134801/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/va/house/846/virgil-h-goode-jr/ |archive-date=September 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>