Deaths And Funerals In Martinsville And Nearby Areas
Multiple obituaries list James Jackson 85 of 119 Clearview Drive with WWII service and Taylors Supermarket ties. also Charlie Echols 47, John Nance 68, Donnie Burks 40, and Annie Patterson Minter 93. Services set at McKee Chapel Danville Memorial Gardens Bennett Memorial Baptist Church Swicegood Chapel Chatham Baptist Church with family until late Sunday viewings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Willigat James
Au!) Jackson
Clearview Drive
Mary Fitzgerald Carter Rites Set At Guildfield Church
Mary Fitzgerald Carter 33 of Chatham Rt 6 died Friday at The Memorial Hospital of Danville. Born in Pittsylvania County she was daughter of the late McKinley and Annie Fitzgerald and a Guildfield Baptist Church member. Survived by husband Claude Carter two sons Jethro and William Carter and daughters Mrs Gaynell Milner and Mrs Laura Woodson plus two brothers and four grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Guildfield Baptist Church conducted by Rev D Wiley with burial in Fitzgerald family cemetery. The day is at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home. RIGHT TO DIE The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled March 31 1976 that the mechanical respirator keeping Karen Quinlan alive since April 1975 might be disconnected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Echols
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Janie Fitzgerald Echols
Woodrow Echols
Ethel White Echols
Bennett Memorial Baptist Church
Renaldo Echols
Los Angeles
Calif
Char
Sallie Emerson Nance
William Burnell Nance
Thomas Leon Nance
Louis Edward Nance
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Jean Moore
Mickey Dye
South Boston
Elvin Gilreath
Dempsey Gilreath
Holland Road
Brenton Nance
Hopewell
Burks
Allied Chemical Corp
Norma P. Burks
Marsha
Virginia
Donna
Rhonda Burks
Helene Young Burks
William R. Burks
Mary Fitzgerald Carter
Chatham Rt. 6
McKinley
Annie W. Fitzgerald
Guildfield
Guildfield Baptist Church
D. Wiley
Fitzgerald
Cunningham & Hughes Funeral Home
New Jersey Supreme Court
Karen Anne Quinlan
Fathers Now Allowed in Mothers Room at Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital of Danville has changed policy to allow fathers to be present in the mother’s hospital room during feeding times for newborns starting April 4. The change aims to involve the father, ease the first-time experience, and keep families together, with three daily feeding windows and required hand hygiene before entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Joyner
Memorial
Randy Ricker
Greene St
Ricker
Janice
Danville
North Carolina
Joyner
Ten Die On N. C. Highways
Across North Carolina Easter weekend, ten people died in highway crashes in two days. In Chatham County three Pittsboro women Katherine Upchurch Josephine Straughn and Myrtle May died when their car stopped at a stop sign and pulled into traffic at US 421 and NC 902 near Bear Creek. An elderly Wilmington couple Leroy Gooding and his wife Ina died Friday when their car crossed the center line and collided head on. Valeria LeGrande of Long Island died in a four car crash off I 95 Friday night. An Elon College couple Carl Dawson and Frances Dawson died Saturday when their car ran off the road and struck another vehicle after he apparently suffered a heart attack. The year total rose to 308.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North Carolina
Chatham County
Highway Patrol
Pittsboro
Katherine W. Upchurch
Josephine E. Straughn
Myrtle
U.S. 421
N.C. 902
Bear Creek
Wilmington
Leroy S. Goodiah
Ina
Elon College
Carl H. Dawson
Frances
Dawson
Downtown Danville Easter Egg Hunt Ends With Winners
In downtown Danville more than a hundred youngsters age five to eight sprinted along Main Street hunting plastic eggs for prizes. Michael Bradley seven of 145 Walker Street won $50 in gift certificates. Traffic blocked from Rippe's to Schewel Furniture to allow the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Danville
Michael Bradley
Walker St
Rippe’s
Schewel Furniture Company
Danville Concert Association to Present Enrico di Giuseppe
The Danville Concert Association schedules its season finale on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in George Washington High School auditorium with Enrico di Giuseppe of the New York City Opera Company. Eugene Hutner becomes Randolph Macon College artist in residence this September and his watercolors are on display at the Danville Museum through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Concert Association
George Washington High School
Enrico di Giuseppe
New York City Opera Company
Eugene Hutner
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
Hutner
Danville Museum of Pine Arts and History
Reading Class Set For Students At Danville Center
An efficient reading course for grades eight through twelve will be offered by the Danville Reading Center starting Wednesday. It targets average and above average students and focuses on speed, comprehension, and study skills with emphasis on writing term papers. Classes run Wednesdays and Thursdays 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. through May 11. For details call 797-705 or visit 108 S. Main St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Reading Center
S. Main St
Transco Finds Productive Sands Near Lafayette La
Transco Exploration Company drilling 30 miles south of Lafayette Louisiana reports discovery of two productive Miocene sands. The jointly owned well flows 5.1 million cu ft of gas and 744 barrels of condensate daily. Transco ownership is 6.95 percent.
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Houston
Tex
Transco. Exploration Company
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Danville
Lafayette
Transco
Crew Auxiliary To Meet Tuesday
The regular monthly meeting of the Danville Lifesaving and First Aid Crew Ladies Auxiliary will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Ladies Auxiliary room at the crew hall. A program on first aid and training by Julia Gregson will be discussed along with spring activities and projects. All members are urged to attend and any wife of an active lifesaving crew member is invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Lifesaving and First Aid Crew Ladies Auxiliary
Crew Hall
Julia Gregson
Ladies Auxiliary
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Jackson
John B. Nance
He Was
Mt. Airy, N.C
Son
Wiliam S. Jackson and
Lelia Belle Gentry Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Taylors Supermarket
Ellis Turner Jackson
Charlie G. Fallin
Lula Turner
Florence Campbell
Mildred Prater
Minnie Thomason
Edith Hatcher
Stoneville
Margaret Fanale
Altacona
Charlie
Paul Jackson
Richmond
McKee Chapel
Roselawn
McKee Funeral Home
Charlie Echols
Charlie Henry Echols
Stonewall Court
Bennett Memorial Baptists Church
C.B. Ferrell
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Bethel Nance
Park Ave
Mr. Nance Was
Eden, NC
The
Liyther Nance and
Della Gilreath Nance
Dan River Inc
Mr. Nance
Riverview Baptist Church
Donnie Burks
Donnie M. Burks
Sussex Drive
Medical College of Virginia
Annie Minter
Chatham
Annie Minter Patterson Minter
Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C
Minter
James Selfridge Minter
Frances Wiley Devin Minter
Chatham Baptist Church
J. Judson Patterson
Ernest Coke Minter
Wiley P. Rels
Oren L. Minter
Sandy River
W., Green
W.d. Payne
Clayton, N.C
Dallas Statings
Chatham Burial Park
Scott Funeral Home
W.J. Green
Cuatham
Mary F. Carter
Craghead
Memorial Hospital of
Papa
Faycettes
Jaycettes
Committee For
Red Cross
YMCA
LaLeche Organization
Lynn
Randy
Janice Ricker
Tracy
Aprilé
N. C
New York
Valeria LeGrande
Long Island
Raymond Ruocco
Steve Martin
George Washington High
Sabrina Ann Parker
Steve
Association
Huter
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