JUDY Samuel Benjamin Judy, MD, of 189 Trampus Trail, Franklin, N.C., died unexpectedly Saturday morning, December 8, 2001 at his residence. Dr. Judy was born December 26, 1921 in Parkersburg, W.Va. Dr. Judy is the son of the late William and Jessie Wamsley Judy. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1943 where he was an outstanding football player. In 1992 he was elected to the All Century football team at Virginia Tech. Dr. Judy chose medical school over a professional football career after having been drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. He became the first scholarship athlete at Virginia Tech to attend medical school. Dr. Judy graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1948, where he specialized in family medicine, he did his residency at Stuart Circle hospital in Richmond, Va. Dr. Judy began his medical practice in Clarksville, Va. in 1949 and remained there for 43 years before moving to Haywood County, N.C. in 1992. He worked with the Hazelwood Family Practice until 1999 when he became associated with Westcare Family Medicine in Sylva and Franklin, N.C. Dr Judy attained many honors; he was a diplomate and life member of the American Academy of Family Practice, life member of the Virginia Medical Society, and member of the North Carolina Medical Society. He was named Clarksville, Virginia's citizen of the year in 1975. He also served as a deacon of Clarksville Baptist Church, president of Kinderton Country Club, and president of the Clarkesville Lion's Club. He is survived by his wife, Mildred McWhort Judy of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Janelle and Keith Langford of Clarkesville, Va.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Billy and Sandy Judy of Gibsonville, N.C., Jess and Kathleen Judy of Nashville, Tenn. and Bubba and Judith Judy of Greensboro, N.C.; one stepson and his wife, Don and Peggy Lamb of Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.; one sister, Edna Jane Miller of Loudon, Tenn.; three granddaughters, three grandsons, one step-grandson and two step-great-grandchildren. A celebration of Dr. Judy's life will be held at the Waynesville Country Club on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 from 4 to 7 p.m. Friends, associates and patients are invited to join the family. A memorial service will be held at the Clarksville Baptist Church in Clarksville, Va. at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2001. The family will visit with friends before and after the service. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to one's favorite charity or to the Haywood or Macon County Animal Shelters. Moody Funeral Home, Sylva, N.C. is in charge of arrangements. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * My ancestors: Wamsley family of Virginia and West Virginia Wade family of Virginia Talbott family of Virginia and West Virginia Oliver family of Pennsylvania and Virginia Harper (Herper) family of Virginia and West Virginia Appelman family of Pennsylvania and Virginia Rash family of Virginia Rives family of Virginia Addy family of Pennsylvania and Virginia Smith family of Pennsylvania Wanda Wamsley Balducci, a Southern American and descendant of Confederate Citizens and Soldiers of the War for Southern Independence - a war fought for Constitutional liberty, states rights, and defense of home and family. GOD BLESS THE HEROES OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001! GOD BLESS AMERICA!