Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group

“We want to be givers, not takers,” says Ron Blackwood of the Blackwood Breakfast Variety Show at the Black Bear Jamboree Theater in Pigeon Forge. “That’s why we jumped at the opportunity to help this sweet family in need.” That’s exactly what the Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group did: Proved themselves once again to be givers.

For Elizabeth and Bailey Branch of Lynchburg, Virginia, life has taken a harsh toll. Elizabeth, who faces her own gamut of health issues, recently lost her husband to a fatal heart attack. This mother and son duo has the “Go To” spirit that attracted the attention of ABC television affiliate WSET – 13 of Lynchburg. Friends and family members had appealed to the station to extend their charitable spin off of the national “Extreme Home Makeover” program to the Branch’s home outside of Lynchburg. The station saw the need, and an overhaul was scheduled for the Branch home. But first, the two were sent on a much-deserved vacation to The Great Smoky Mountains.

Perhaps one reason Sevier County, Tennessee was selected for the ultimate vacation spot was the local connection tying this community to Lynchburg. Ron Blackwood, Jr., son of Blackwood Brother Ron Blackwood, owns and operates the remodeling company selected to work on the Branch’s home! The younger Blackwood, owner of Lynchburg-based Blackwood Painting, and co-owner of North Star Property, LLC, learned from his famous dad the value of helping others, and giving back to the community.

After enjoying a huge breakfast and entertainment at the Blackwood Breakfast Variety Show, the VIP guests, (pictured with the show cast: Ron, Shelley, Donna and R.W. Blackwood, Royce Taylor, Paul Hyde, Bob and Marty Hamill and WSET-13 cameraman Sam Eaton) Mrs. Branch and son, enjoyed a day of soaking in the entertainment and atmosphere Pigeon Forge offers. They were provided tickets to any of the Fee Hedrick Productions they wanted to see including: Black Bear Jamboree, The Comedy Barn Theater, THE MIRACLE, and Triumphant Quartet Southern Gospel Morning Show.

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Photo taken at the Blackwood Breakfast Variety Show. Pictured: Elizabeth and Bailey Branch, Ron, Shelley, R.W., Donna Blackwood, Royce Taylor, Paul Hyde, Bob and Marty Hamill, and Sam Eaton of WSET ABC-13 of Lynchburg.