Mrs Annie Raney Hurt Dies At Her Home In Chatham
Mrs Annie Raney Hurt wife of the late Eugene Charles Hurt died at her Main Street home in Chatham Monday night at 9 45 after declining health. Born December 3 1891 in Chapel Hill she was educated in private schools there and trained as a nurse at Rex Hospital. She supervised at Edmunds Hospital and Community Hospital of Danville. Surviving relatives include a Charlotte sister Mrs D M Bracken two half sisters and two half brothers with numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are pending at Scott Funeral Home in Chatham.
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Annie Raney Hurt
Eugene Charles Hurt
Main Street
Chatham
Mrs. Hurt
Chapel Hill
N. C
Thomas H. Raney
Dora Alice Tilley
Hurt
William Brandon
Wilson
Elizabeth Raney
Jar
Hickory
Julian H. Raney
Lynchburg
Scott Funeral Home
Funeral announced for Dr. Fitzgerald in Pittsburgh
Dr. Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh dies leaving two daughters Mrs Bethel and Mrs Brownlee, three brothers, and two wives. He will be buried inland at Highland Burial Park, with funeral at Shady Side Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Graveside services planned later in Danville where his first wife rests.
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Pittsburgh
Fitzgerald
Shady Side Presbyterian Church
Damie Cornell
Knoxville
Pelham
James O. Fitzgerald
Richmond
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs. Branscome
Funeral services for Annie Jane McDowell Branscome, 74, will be held at 4 p.m. at Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel with burial in Floral Hills Gardens. She died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after ten days as a patient. A Pittsylvania native long resident of Danville, she married Herbert Branscome in 1924. he died in 1941. Survived by sons William F. Branscome and Walter B. McDaniel of Orlando, Fla., and Irene Fleming of Atlanta, Ga.. four step-sons, Bert Branscome Jr. of Danville, Sam Branscome of Laurel Fork, Dave Branscome of Dugspur, Isaac Branscome of Great Falls, M. C.. four brothers and two sisters, Raleigh and William McDowell of Danville, Walter McDowell of South Boston, Willard McDowell of Pace, Mrs. Minnie Wyatt of Burlington, N.C., and Mrs. Hattie Hughes of Ringgold. two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The body rests at the funeral home. family at 849 Westover Dr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Sam Branscome
Laurel Fork
Dave Branscome
Dug- Spur
Isaac Branscome
Great Falls
Mom
Raleigh R. McDowell
William McDowell
Walter McDowell
South Boston
Willard McDowell
Paces
Minnie Wyatt
Burlington
N.C
Hattie Hughes
Ringgold
Fufuneral
Westover Dr
Wilson Kemp Estes Funeral Rites Held
Final rites for Wilson Kemp Estes were conducted yesterday afternoon from Townes Memorial Chapel by the Rev. Robert Carty and the Rev. B. B. Isley. Interment was in Danville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Wayne Neal, Jimmy Slayton, Joseph Slayton, Cabel Slayton, William Eanes, Early Slayton, Harold Slayton, and William Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Kemp Estes
Townes Memorial Chapel
Robert Carty
B. B. Isley
Danville Memorial Gardens
Wayne Neal
Jimmy Slayton
Joseph Slayton
Cabel Slayton
William Eanes
Early Slayton
Harold Slayton
William Cross
Marion A Wilkinson Graveside Rites Held
Graveside rites for Marion Alexander Wilkinson were conducted yesterday at Green Hill Cemetery by Dr Luke Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Alexander Wilkinson
Green Hill Cemetery
Luke Smith
Mrs. Elsie Gray Funeral Rites Slated Today
Final services for Mrs. Elsie Cox Gray 73 of Bachelors Hall will be held at 2 p m from Swicegood Funeral Home chapel with Rev T E Leviner officiating. Interment follows in Danville Memorial Gardens. She died after illness at Memorial Hospital and had lived in Caswell County and Breesville areas since 1919. She taught in Pittsylvania County before 1920 and was a member of local Pentecostal Holiness churches. Survived by husband Henry J Gray Sr two daughters Eunice Fuller and Margaret Meehan two sons Henry J Gray Jr and Curtis H Gray six grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body remains at the funeral home and the family at the Bachelors Hall residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Cox Gray
Bachelors Hall
Swicegood
T. E. Leviner
Danville Memorial Gardens
Gray
Memorial Hospital
Caswell County
Breesville
Henry J. Gray
Pittsylvania County
Thut
Westjover Hills
Richmond
Curtis H. Gray
Danville
Carrie Cox
Minnie C. Cameron
Walter Cox
Clarksville
Mrs. Mary Allen Funeral Rites Set Wednesday
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Lee Allen 52 of 710 E Green St will be Wednesday at 2 PM by Rev Thomas W Evans. Interment at Highland Burial Park. She died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Survived by mother Daisy Lee Stump sister Naomi Sparks and half sister Cleo Moore. Remains at the funeral home. family at 710 E Green St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Allen
E. Green St
Thomas W. Evans
Highland Burial Park
Sledd Memorial Methodist Church
Daisy Lee Stump
Walter M. Stump
Naomi Lee Sparks
Baltimore
Cleo Moore
East Orange
Fla
E. Green Street
Funeral Rites Set Today For Miss Fuller
Miss Beaulah Mae Fuller will have final rites at 11 am from Wrenn Yeatts chapel with interment in Highland Burial. A Pittsylvania County native, she died Sunday at her Mt Cross Road home after a brief illness. She was the daughter of John W. and Victoria Robertson Fuller and a longtime member of the local Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaulah Mae Fuller
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Miss Fuller
Mt. Cross Rd
Sandy River
Pittsylvania County
John W
Victoria Robertson Fuller
Fuller
Methodist Church
Break-in hits Riverside Texaco and local firms on Monument Street
Police report a burglary at Monument Street firms including Johnson's Drug Store Riverside Texaco service station and Nelson Coal Co. Missing were a Polaroid camera three dollars and about twenty dollars in coin from the station register. Details on the coal company break-in unavailable. Russell Ireson 53 of 643 Park Ave arrested for unlawful sale of liquor on Lexington Ave. Officers Duncan and Faulkner made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s Drug Store
Riverside Texaco
Nelson Coal Co
Monument St
Coal Company
Russell Albert Ireson
Park Ave
Lexington Ave
Fred Duncan
T. G. Faulkner
Benjamin Reynolds Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Benjamin Booker Reynolds of Danville were conducted by Rev. E. B. Cullum at Scott Funeral Home. Interment was in Hollywood Baptist Cemetery. Surviving are wife Lois Aspin Reynolds, three children Capson Cleter and Henley Reynolds, two sisters Mrs. Paul L. Mattox and Mrs. Dudley Dawson, and three brothers Larry O. Reynolds Gerald P. Reynolds and Dr. R. O. Reynolds. Reynolds died after a steel beam fell on him at Dan River Mills Schoolfield dye house following a cable break. He died in Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro after severe head injuries.
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Benjamin Booker Reynolds
Danville
Scott Funeral Home
E. B. Cullum
Hollywood Baptist Cemetery
R. O. Reynolds
Bernice Parsons
W. B. Nuckols
Robert Reynolds
O. W. Mahan, Jr
Irvin Astin
Reynolds
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
Memorial Hospital
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
Ngc
Pittsylvania County
Booker and
Rowena Mahan Reynolds
Lois Aspin Reynolds
Capson, Cleter
Henley Reynolds
Paul L. Mattox
Dudley, Dawson
Chatham
Larry O. Reynolds
Chatham Rt
Gerald P. Reynolds
Java
Williams VFW Post To Meet
The Hugh T. Williams Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will meet tonight at 7:30 at the post home on North Main to nominate officers for the coming year. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh T. Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
Post
N. Main Street
Friends Church Service Slated
A missionary service with Reverends Max and Les Green will be held Wednesday at Ferry Roads Friends Church, starting at 7 30 p m. The Greens will soon return to Bolivia to continue missionary work.
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Max
Lessie Green
Ferry Roads
Friends Church
Bolivia
Pauline Smith Funeral Rites Held
Funeral rites for Mrs. Pauline Smith were conducted yesterday morning from the Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev. Calvin B. Johnson and Rev. R. C. Barbour. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Smith
Swicegood Funeral Home
Calvin B. Johnson
R. C. Barbour
Highland Burial Park
Neighborhood Club Worker Dies. Rites Pending
A longtime neighborhood club worker, Miss Rose Fuller’s sister, survives with one sister. The body lies at the funeral home and the family remains at the residence awaiting services and further arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tive
Rose Fuller
Guaranteed GI Home Loans Hit Liberal Terms
Local ex servicemen may qualify for VA home loan guaranty under a new law signed last month. Veterans with more than 190 days active duty discharged after Jan 31 1955 have until March 3 1967 to apply. VA may guaranty up to 60 percent of the loan or 7500 dollars to post Korean veterans, whichever is less, with 5 percent interest and no down payment required by VA. Loans cover homes and improvements though business loans aren’t allowed. direct VA loans ceilings rose to 17500 dollars. Eligibility extends to veterans discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, with rules on service time and disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Steve Bendall
Danville Board of Realtors
Bendall
Realty Board
Virginia Tech Tech Festival features astronaut and industrialists
Virginia Tech hosts a three day festival April 21 to 23 with an astronaut and two industrialists among the speakers. Charles B. Thornton Litton Industries chairman will speak April 21 at Burruss Auditorium. Queen candidates from six colleges are announced and introduced during the festival.
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Charles B. Thornton
Litton Industries, Inc
Burruss
John
Cundiff
Lacrosse
Tech Festival
Gay Iroler
College of Agriculture
Dorothy Gray
College of Architecture
J. Todd
Toddy) Buchanan
College of Arts and Sciences
Angela
Angi) J. Ma
College of Business
Rosemary Duncan
College of Engineering
Virginia Farris
College of Home Economics
Miss Iroler
Russell
Fancy Gap
Frank E. Isemann Jr
Arlington
Miss Gray
Richard C. Gray
Bessie St
Norfolk
George H. Burton VI
Miss Buchanan
Tech
Burruss Hall
Cotillion
Squires Hall
War Memorial Gymnasium
Funeral Rites Slated Today For Mrs Davis
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie M. Davis 64 of 4 Elizabeth St Edgewood are set for 4 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Leslie Cayton and Rev. J C Raper officiating Interment follows in Memorial Hospital after a five year decline in health She died Sunday and had been a patient for two weeks She was born in Buchanan Georgia and came to Danville 20 years ago from Gastonia North Carolina She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church She married Amos Levi Davis in 1922 and is survived by a daughter Mrs Neal Marshall of Danville two sons Ernest D Davis of Danville James L Davis of Atlanta GA a half sister Mrs Ollie Shedd four half brothers Willie Arlin J D and J B Shedd all of Gastonia NC and ten grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie M. Davis
Elizabeth St
Edgewood
Calvary Baptist Church
Leslie Cayton
J. C. Raper
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Gastonia
N.C
Amos Levi Davis
Neal Marshall
Ernest D. Davis
James L. Davis
Atlanta, Ga
Ollie Shedd
Willie Shedd
Arlin Shedd
J. D. Shedd
J. B. Shedd
Gastonia, N.C
Funeral rites set today for Mrs Nichols
Mrs Faye Luther Nichols, a native of Danville, will have last rites today at Pierce Funeral Home in Arlington with interment there. She died Saturday afternoon in her Arlington apartment. A former Danville resident, she taught school here for years and was organist at Lutheran Church of the Ascension and a Delta Kappa Gamma member. Survivors include her brother Harvey Lather of Danville, three step-children, and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Luther Nichols
Danville
Pierce Funeral Home
Arlington
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Mrs. Branscome
Annie Jane McDowell
Branscome
Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
Miss Beulah Mae Fuller
Mt. Cross
Joan
North Market Street
Elsie Gray
Mrs
Mary Allen
Benjamin Reynolds
Williams Vfw
Friends Church Service
Army Special Forcel
Ft. Bragg
Wesley Foundation
War Memorial Chapel
Blacksburg Art Association
Virginia State Department of Agriculture
Memorial Gym
Patton Hall
Newman
Lendy’s
Owens Hall
Corps of Cadets
Lane Stadium
Davis
Mrs. Nichols
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A&p
Borden's Biscuits
BIC
Jane
Jane Parker
Ker
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