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In August 1968, Becky Godwin, aged fourteen, was spending a day with her mother at Virginia Beach while her father, then in his first term as Virginia governor, attended the 1968 Democratic Convention.
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With the customary state police nearby, she had just stepped out of the surf onto the sand when she was struck by lightning. Several people were in the vicinity either on the beach or in the surf, but was the only one affected. lieutenant was a clear sunny day with no storms reported in the area.
Although rushed to a hospital, she never regained consciousness.
There are three scholarships set up in Becky "s name. There is the Becky Memorial college scholarship fund for the young people of Chuckatuck, Virginia and the Becky Fund at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing.
At Virginia Wesleyan College, there is the Becky Katherine Memorial Scholarship. Governor was a founding Trustee of the College.
