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By JOHN GOOLRICK
He was a very bright star on the Virginia political firmament, a man who certainly seemed destined to become Governor and, perhaps, later an aspirant for national office.
It hardly seems possible that it has been more than a qharter century since J. Sargeant Reynolds, who was lieutenant governor at the time, died on June 13, 1971 of a brain tumor. Born in 1936, Reynolds was just 35 years old at the time of his untimely passing.
A new book titled, "Sarge Reynolds: In The Time Of His Life," has just landed on my desk and has evoked in me many memories of that young man who was approximately my age and who was always gracious and friendly.
The book is written by Andy McCutcheon and Michael P. Gleason, both ^former Reynolds campaign operatives, and gives not only a rich portrayal of Reynolds himself but the turbulent political era in which he went to the House of Delegates, State Senate and then the lieutenant govern norship in a remarkably brief span of time.
He was well-connected, of course, as part of the family that controlled the Reynolds Metals Company, and yet he had the common touch that so often eludes those who come from highly affluent backgrounds.
After he became lieutenant governor by winning in 1969 at a time Virginians were electing their first Republican governor in modern times, I recall entering the Sheraton Inn in Fredericksburg and seeing Reynolds dining alone there after ful
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