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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1966

Page

15

Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Nell Herrington in Indianapolis

Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church Indianapolis for Mrs Nell Clarke Merrington a Danvise native prominent in civic cultural and social life of the city She was a Stratford College trustee longtime National Geographic editorials staffer and Washington correspondent for the Philadelphia Public Ledger She leaves husband Col A W S Herrington son Arthur Clarke Herrington and several siblings and relatives

Trinity Episcopal Church Indianapolis Ind Nell Clarke Merrington Danvise Herrington Stratford College Board of Trustees L. C. Clarke Green St Randolph-Macon Institute Stratford College Randolph Macon’s College Lynchburg George Washing Indiana Gunston Hall Indiana Symphony Orchestra Arthur Clarke Herrington Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kate Clarke Pond Washington, D.C May Clarke Roberts Lakeland Fla Ralph Clarke Bassett Lawrence Clarke Roxboro N.C Carl Clarke Baltimore

Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Cliborne

HALIFAX The funeral for Minnie Dudley Cliborne 56 of Halifax Rt 2 will be conducted at 2 30 PM Tuesday from Powell Funeral Home South Boston Interment will be in Halifax Memorial Gardens She died Monday morning in a South Boston hospital She is survived by her husband Charles A Cliborne Halifax one brother Tom Dudley Roxboro NC and five sisters Susie Brown Willie Epps Alice Dudley Sally Owen and Maggie Conner

Halifax Minnie Dudley Cliborne Sallie Owen Durham N. C Maggie Conner Richmond

Williams VFW Post To Elect Officers

Nomination and election of officers for the forthcoming year will be held tonight when the Hugh Williams Post Veterans of Foreign Wars meets at its home on North Main Street. The meeting will start at 7 30 o'clock and all members are urged to be present.

Hugh Williams Veterans of Foreign Wars N. Main Street

Funeral rites set today for R E L Harper

Final services for Robert Ed ward Lee Harper aged 59 will be at 2 p m today at Mount Hermon Baptist Church. Interment follows at Highland Burial Park. He died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after admission Friday for a heart condition. A lifelong Pittsyl vania County farmer and tobacconist linked with Warren's Warehouse, he married Elsie Pollock on December 16 1938. Surviving are his wife, a daughter Mrs Carlton Cox of Martinsville, two sisters and three brothers, and many nieces and nephews. The body lies at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home. family at the Franklin Tpke residence.

Robert Edward Lee Harper Mount Hermon Baptist Church Highland Burial Park Harper Memorial Hospital Pittsylvania County Warren Elsie Pollock Carter Masonic Lodge No Franklin

Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Eggleston

Mrs Maggie Eggleston 71 died Saturday in Morehead hospital. Last services were conducted Tuesday from First Christian Church Leaksville Spray with burial in Lawson cemetery. She was wife of Charles G Eggleston of Leaksville and leaves two daughters Mrs Modell Joyce and Mrs Robert Calhoun, two sisters Mrs Hester Hall and Mrs Dla Shelton, and a brother Herman Hawkins of Danville VA.

Leaksville N. C Maggie Eggleston First Christian Church Leaksville-Spray Lawson Cemetery Eggleston Charles G. Eggleston Morehead Hospital Modell Joyce Robert Calhoun Leaksville Rt. 1 Hester Hall Spray Dla Shelton Herman Hawkins Danville

Funeral Rites Set Wednesday For Mrs Smith

Funeral rites for Mrs. Bessie Allen Smith, 63, of Burlington, will be held 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Davis Street Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery. She died at Duke Hospital in Durham after years of illness. Survivors include husband Fred H. Smith, three sisters Mrs. Riddle of Burlington, Mrs. Andrews of Danville, Va., Mrs. Estep of Washington, D. C., and brothers Luther and Frank Allen of Danville.

Burlington N. C Bessie Allen ‘Smith Davis Street Methodist Church Pine Hill Fred H. Smith Joseph E. Riddle Jim Andrews Danville J. J. Estep Washington, D. C Luther and Frank Allen

Lynchburg businessman Macon A. Cox dies at home

Macon A. Cox a retired Lynchburg businessman died yesterday at 9:30 am at his home. A Pittsylvania County native and former owner of Cox Electric Co and the Ninth Street Restaurant he managed tobacco farms locally. Survived by wife Edith Brown Cox two children and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 am from Duiguid Funeral Home Lynchburg.

Macon A. Cox Lynchburg Mr. Cox Pittsylvania County Lesisia Adams Cox Edward E. Cox Cox Electric Co Ninth Street Cox Westminister Presbyterian Church The Scottish Rite Masons Elks Lodge Edith Brown Cox W. E. Cox Raleigh N.C A. F. Brown Roanoke E. Wilson

Funeral rites held for Charlie Hughes Dillion

Patrick Springs mourns Charlie Hughes Dillion 42 of Patrick Springs Rt 1 who died from injuries in an April 2 traffic crash on Rt 822 two miles north of Martinsville. He suffered a skull fracture and other injuries when his car left a curve and plunged 75 feet into brush. Survived by three brothers and three sisters of Patrick Springs and by Moyer Dillion of Bassett.

Patrick Springs Charlie Hughes Dillion Rt. 1 Martinsville Dillion King Dillion George Dillion John Hutcherson Madison Cassell Dewey Kendrick Moyer Dillion Bassett

Memorial Rites Conducted For T H Covington

Memorial services for Thomas Henry Covington, 73, of Kinston North Carolina, were held at Garners Funeral Home. Graveside rites occurred at Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington. Covington, a former Danville tobacco broker, died Saturday in a Goldsboro hospital, leaving a son James Thomas Covington of Greenville, two brothers, two sisters, and three grandchildren.

Thomas Henry Covington Kinston N.C Garners Funeral Pine Hill Cemetery Burlington Covington Danville Goldsboro Eunice McAdams Covington James Thomas Co

Graveside Service at Highland Burial Park

Graveside rites will be held at Highland Burial Park at 2 p.m. The Carter Lodge of Masons of Blairs will conduct the graveside services. Local attendees are asked to arrive early for seating and processional security.

Highland Burial Park Carter Lodge of Masons of Blairs

Rites Slated For Youth Who Drowned Near Milton NC

Funeral rites for 19 year old David Cecil Hoover will be held at 11 a.m. at Wrenn-Yeatts chapel. Interment follows at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Hoover drowned Sunday while swimming in a fish pond on Harold Barker’s farm near Milton. He was with cousin Jody Hudgins when the body was recovered about an hour and fifteen minutes later by Caswell County Life Saving Crew with Danville aides. A native of Danville, Hoover was son of Herbert C. and Ruth McCann Hoover. He lived mostly in Milton, worked at Greenhill farm and part time at Milton Manufacturing Co. He was Baptist. Survived by parents and one brother Herbert Hoover Jr., Milton. Body at Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home. family at 651 Franklin St. where they are staying.

David Cecil Hoover Wrenn-Yeatis Floral Hills Memory Gardens Harold Barker Milton N.C Jody Hudgins Caswell County Life Saving Crew Danville

Marion man Curtis Haulsee dies at 65

Curtis M Haulsee 65 of Marion died yesterday in Marion of a heart attack He was semi retired Survivors include his wife one other son a daughter three sisters four brothers all in the Marion area Funeral arrangements are incomplete

Curtis M. Haulsee Marion William M. Haul Norman Drive Haulsee

Contact Club Meeting Notice By Danville Chamber

The Danville Chamber of Commerce Contact Club will meet tomorrow morning at 7 36 at the Charcoal House. Dr Wale ter C Fitzgerald, chairman, opens the session and urges each member to attend.

Danville Chamber of Commerce Charcoal House Waleter C. Fitzgerald Opeieeacher

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Nell Herrington Mrs. Cliborne Winston Shen R.E.L. Harper Mrs. Eggleston Mrs. Smith Duiguid Funeral Homes C.H. Dillon T. H. Covington A&p Ike Herbert, C Ruth McCann Hoover Mil Curtis Haulsee Ann Page Eer Yukon Club A&p's A&p Instant Jane Parker Ali
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