Former Del. Barnie Day, known as 'Virginia's Mark Twain,' dies

Former Del. Barnie Day, known as 'Virginia's Mark Twain,' dies

Sometimes on winter mornings, Barnie Day would wake up and find a freshly killed deer hanging in his barn in Patrick County.He often had no idea who had left it, but that’s not what mattered. What mattered is that the hunters who hauled their kill to Day’s barn knew that he’d know what to do with it.“They knew Barnie would know who didn’t have meat in his refrigerator, so Barnie would call around and see who needed venison,” says Jack Betts, Day…