Jon Gregoire’s vision continues The legacy of Jonathan Gregoire continues still through Mustache for Missions and the Lynchstock Music Festival. Gregoire died on Nov. 8, 2014 around 4 p.m., after being struck by a train while he was on a railroad trestle over the James River near Riverside Park, only a month before the second annual Lynchstock Music Festival. While […]
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Legacy of co-founder lives on with third annual Lynchstock Music Festival While it would have been easy for Jon Smalt to walk away from planning the Lynchstock Music Festival following the tragic death of his friend and co-founder Jon Gregoire last fall, Smalt chose to honor Jon Gregoire with another year of music and unity within Lynchburg. After two years […]
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Senior Jon Gregoire dies after being struck by train on restricted trestle Jon Gregoire, a 21-year-old Liberty University senior, died Saturday, Nov. 8 around 4 p.m. after being struck by an oncoming train on a trestle behind Riverside Park in Lynchburg. Gregoire, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, was majoring in business administration-marketing with a certificate in Bible, according to a university news […]
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Death of Jon Gregoire marks third fatality on James River trestle in three years The death of Liberty University senior Jon Gregoire, 21, Saturday, Nov. 8 marked the third train-related death at a trestle in downtown Lynchburg in the past three years. Gregoire was pronounced dead at the scene of the trestle after being struck by a northbound, mixed-freight train […]
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