Edna B. & R. Emmett Lynch

R. Emmett and Edna Lynch's careful stewardship of the Davis-Lynch Glass Company kept the factory operating when many state glass factories were forced to close. Since they founded it in the 1940s, the company has witnessed three generations of the Lynch family work at the Star City company, which also employs 60 other West Virginians.

The Lynches have supported the Morgantown community in other important ways. Mr. Lynch has served as director and chairman of the former Farmers and Merchants Bank, as president of the Community Association of the Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce, and as an active member of several community service organizations.

Mrs. Lynch has taught in the Monongalia County Schools. Both the Lynches were honored with the Bishop's Cross Award for support of St. Francis School and the Catholic Church and were named Morgantown's 2001 Citizens of the Year.