Obituaries W R Harris Dies At Age 77
Martinsville obituaries report Wille Raymond Barris Harris 77 of 8 Glade Street died Sunday evening at Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. Born January 21, 1900 in Henry County, he retired from American Furniture Co. in 1965 and had lived in Axton and Martinsville. Survived by wife Eilen Aaron Harris and multiple stepchildren and step-grandchildren. funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McKee Chapel. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
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Martinsville
Wille Raymond Barris
Glade St
Memorial Hospital
Henry County
George S
Mary Earle
Harris
Axton
American Furniture Co
Stone Memorial Christian
Collinsville
Eilen Aaron Harris
Marvin West
Alvin Brim
Clyde Brown
Critz
Richard Huile
Callinsve
Ronald Nester
Gakton
Louis
Lester Aaron Jr
Callinsville
Maggie H. Bondurant
Tony P. Harris
McKee Chapel
Lawrence Harris
Oakwood Cemetery
Mrs Aaron Dies At Age 81 in Virginia Community
Eftra Lillian Aaron 81 of Mount Cross Road died Sunday night at Roman Eagle Memorial Home where she had resided six years. A Pittsylvania County native, she married Jacob Lemon Aaron in 1915 and is survived by her husband, one daughter in Roxboro, four sisters in Danville, a brother, two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Wrest-Yeaits Chapel with burial in Highland Burial Park. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home and at the residence at Mount Cross Road.
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Lillian Aaron
Mount Cross Road
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Pittsylvania County
Charlie Clay
Ida Clay Aston
Jacob Lemon Aaron
KE. Platt
Roxboro
N.C
George H. Aaron
Danville
Sue ‘A. Turner
Curtis Scearce
Nannie Norton
Irene Rowland
Wrest-Yeaits Chapel
Paul W. Hodge
Lewis Wall
Highland Burial Park
Mrs. Addie Duffey Wilmouth dies at 90 in Richmond nursing home
Mrs Addie Duffey Wilmouth 90 widow of Joseph C Wilmouth died Monday in a Richmond nursing home She is survived by two sons eight daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren The funeral will be Wednesday at 1 am at Browning Funeral Home chapel Keysville with burial in the Presbyterian cemetery Drakes Branch
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Drakes Branch
Addie Duffey Wilmouth
Richmond
Joseph C. Wilmouth
Wilmouth
Morgan R. Wilmouth
Farrgille
Charles H. Wilmouth
Bessie Mr. Sanders
Baltimore
Alice W. Bryant
Josephine Keen
Danville
Pearl Musee
Portsmouth
Lilliap Hudson
West Point
Florence Slayton
Eleanor Yancey
Oxford
N.C
Catherine Covington
Browning Funeral Home Chapel
Keysville
Presbyterian
Ex-Soldier Reflects on Nevads 1951 Atomic Test
Staff Sgt. Edwin C. White describes observing a 20 megaton nuclear blast at Yucca Flats in October 1951. He recalls the mushroom cloud, heat from a nearby bomber, and a seven mile trek to ground zero. A government leukemia study tracks Smokey test observers. White plans blood tests and reflects on the era's mystique.
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Edwin C. White
Nevada Desert
White
Yucca Flats
Felow
Ed White
U.S. Army
Koshima
Nagasaki
Christine
Caldwell
U. S
Tim L. Carter
Kentucky
Defense Department
Story
Virgiia Beach
19Th Transportation Company
Henry Howell Urges Democratic Unity for Governorship
ACCOMAC AP Henry Howell, the gubernatorial nominee, urged Democratic unity to secure November victory and end eight years of paralysis caused by party division. Speaking to a predominantly black audience at Jerusalem Baptist Church, he praised the rainbow ticket and warned supporters to resist efforts to revive old hatreds, urging focus on the future.
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Howell
Jerusalem Baptist Church
Danville Traction and Power Co bids limited bus plan
Officials discussed reviving bus service as DT&P ceases operation. Clarke said earliest resumption could occur Tuesday night and noted immediate action needed with schools starting soon. City plans a scaled down general transit project.
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Dt&p
Midube
Clarke
Aetlond 9
General Transit
Virginia official pushes halt on key line telephones
In Richmond Virginia designer Des Austells urges state leaders to replace costly multi line key systems with buttonless phones to cut costs and reduce bureaucratic delays He says the change would streamline citizen contact and reassign clerical staff to productive work while noting years of limited progress and resistance from entrenched officials.
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Richmond
George Desaustells
Des Austells
DesAutells
Virginia
Virginia Telecommunications Council
Woman Charged With Passing Bad Check In Danville
Mary Alice Jackson 42 of 311 Cumberland Drive arrested by Danville police for feloniously issuing a worthless 127.48 dollar check at Bestway Foods in Nor Dan Shopping Center on March 19. Shirley DeShazer 22 of 824 Cleveland SE charged with running a red light after collision with a police cruiser on Memorial Drive and Poplar Street. no injuries.
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Mary Alice, Jackson
Cumberland Drive
Danville
Ms. Jackson
Bestway Foods
Nor-Dan
M.0. Dalton
Shirley L. DeShazer
Cleveland SE
James G Owen
Ms. DeShazer
Memorial Drive
Poplar Street
DeShazer
Danville Court Dismisses Felonious Assault Charge
Reginald Hairston, 19, of 705 Green St, had a felonious assault charge filed against him on May 30. the charge was not pressed Monday by Judge William Land in Danville General District Court after allegations he sat on Joe Martin with a metal pipe. Rosevelt Stone, 24, of 323 Grant St Apt 8, had attorney appointed as he faces charges including using a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a sawed-off shotgun along with felonious and simple assault. Elroy H Gwynn, charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny at Hairston Motor Company, saw his hearing continued to Monday.
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Reginald Hairston
Danville General District Court
William &. Land
Hairston
Green St
Joe Martin
Green St. Martin
Land
Rosevelt Stone
Grant St
Apt. 8
Elroy H. Gwynn
Hairston Motor Company
Riverside Drive
Evening Lions Club Meeting Planned at Charcoal House
The Danville Evening Lions Club will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 6 30 pm at the Charcoal House restaurant. All members are urged to attend.
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Danville
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