George Wilkinson: Beloved Postman and Boy Scout Master
George L. Wilkinson (1917–1984) was a beloved mail carrier and Boy Scout troop leader in Lynchburg for 30 years. He lived at 604 Harrison Street with his wife and two sons.
Wilkinson enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939. He served through World War II on the U.S.S. Platte, mostly in the Pacific theater. After WWII he served in the Army and finished his career as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps.
Many Lynchburg residents fondly remember Wilkinson for his daily visits to deliver mail. He worked six days a week, walking 20 miles almost every day on his route through the Boonsboro and Peakland neighborhoods. He once recalled that he had to re-sole his his work shoes every month and replace his trousers every two months.
