Retired lawyer Frank Kilgore remembered as 'larger than life' trailblazer

BRISTOL, Va. — Frank Kilgore blazed trails across Southwest Virginia in more ways than one. He was an attorney, author and environmentalist who believed education and tourism could lift Southwest Virginia’s economy as much as harvesting crops, coal, timber and natural gas. “No one in the history of Southwest Virginia has had Frank’s passion for the development and improvement of this region,” said Joe Wolfe, an attorney from Norton, and one of the founders of the Appalachian School of Law. Kilgore died earlier this week at age 72. Born and...