Dr. George N Mayhew Dies. Vanderbilt Professor Emeritus
Funeral services were held in Nashville for Dr. George N Mayhew 68 a Renan native and Vanderbilt Divinity School professor emeritus of the history of religions He died August 7 at his summer home in Homestead Florida A Disciples of Christ minister he helped organize Woodmont Christian Church and held multiple university posts He leaves a wife two sisters four brothers and several nieces and nephews
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Nashville
Tenn
George N. Mayhew
Renan
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Yale University
University of Chicago
Mayhew
Disciples of Christ
Woodmont Christian Church
School of Religion
Vanderbilt
Joint Universities Library
YMCA
Association of Biblical Instructors
National Council On Religion In Higher Education
Board of Higher Education of the Disciples of Christ
American Society For Oriental Research
American Farm Bureau
the Grange
The
Masons
George W
Elizabeth Susan Hodnett Mayhew
Former Local Teacher Lena Hylton Dies Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Hubbard Hylton will be held Thursday morning at 11:30 in Townes Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. A longtime Bellevue Elementary School teacher, she died at home after living in Brosville Lynchburg and Richmond, native of Campbell County. She was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard and survived by a sister, Mrs. C. Pollok of Richmond. The family will be at Townes Chapel Thursday at 11.
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Lena Hubbard Hylton
Townes Memorial Chapel
Green Hill Cemetery
C. €. Pollok
Richmond
Nmber
Townes Chapel
Elijah Compton Final Services Panned Today
Funeral services for Elijah Jackson Compton 82 retired farmer of Halifax Rt 2 will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p m from Dan River Baptist Church Burial will be in the church Mr Compton died Monday in Blackstone Survivors include five daughters Edna Duke Richmond Lola Wilborn South Boston Marjorie Woodall Danville Glenna Payne Halifax Delma Anderson Clover four sons Claude J Compton Richmond Ernest Compton Halifax Raymond Compton Alexandria Samuel Compton Halifax 17 grandchildren two great grandchildren
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Halifax
Elijah Jackson Compton
Rt. 2
Dan River
Raymond Compton
Alexandria
Samuel Compton
Adkins Funeral Planned Today
Last rites for Elizabeth Amos Adkins 52 of 200 North West Blvd will be at 5 p.m. at First Evangelical Methodist Church. Interment in Highland Burial Park. She died Monday in Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. A West Virginia native who lived most of her life in Danville, she worked at Danville Knitting Mills and sang in the church choir. Survived by husband Earnest B. Adkins and two sons Earnest Dale and Keith Barry Adkins, two sisters Mae Amos and Mrs G W High, and four brothers Roy, Harold, George, and Curtis Amos.
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Elizabeth Amos Adkins
Northwest Blvd
First Evangelical Methodist Church
Highland Burial Park
Adkins
Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Danville
Danville Knitting Mills
Earnest B. Adkins
Earnest Dale Adkins
Keith Barry Adkins
Mae Amos
G. W. High
Danville Rt. 2
Roy Amos
Harold Amos
Utica
George Amos
U.S. Army
Germany
Curtis Amos
Orangeburg
S.C
Ernest Snead Dies in Portsmouth Area Funeral Planned
Ernest Hobson Snead 66 of Portsmouth formerly of South Boston died Monday in a Portsmouth hospital. Graveside services set for Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Gates Snead of Portsmouth and three brothers Paul W. Snead of Chester Woodfin Snead of Richmond and Thomas H. Snead of Farmville.
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Boston
Ernest Hobson Snead
Portsmouth
South Boston
Oak Ridge
Mary Gates ,Snead
Paul W. Snead
Chester
Woodfin Snead
Richmond
Thomas H. Snead
Farm Ville
Mrs. Nuckols 51 Dies At Callands
Gladys Reynolds Nuckols 51 of Callands died yesterday at 3 p.m. after a yearlong decline. Born August 10, 1914 in Pittsylvania County, daughter of James R. and Delva Adkins Reynolds. Wife of G Maurice Nuckols, mother of James Lee Nuckols, sister of J Earl Reynolds and Virgie Reynolds and Mrs Gilmer Reynolds. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Tabernacle Christian Church Callands. Burial in family cemetery. Body at Scott Funeral Home. family at residence.
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Gladys Reynolds Nuckols
Callands
Pittsylvania County
James RE
Delva Adkins Reynolds
G. Maurice Nuckols
Tabernacle Christian Church
James Lee Nuckols
J. Earl Reynolds
Virgie Reynolds
Gilmer Reynolds
Chatham
Scott Funeral Home
Sharon Faye Clark Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Sharon Faye Clark eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nelson P Clark of Ringgold Rt 2 were held yesterday afternoon at Swicegood Funeral Home chapel. The Rev David W Worley officiated and interment followed at Highland Pallbearers were the uncles Edwin Barker Linwood Barker James Hollie William Clark Jr Reginald Clark and James Clark.
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Sharon Faye Clark
Nelson P. Clark
Ringgold Rt. 2
J W Boswell Services Set This Afternoon
Final services for Joseph Walter Boswell 85 will be at 2 p m from Wrenn Yeatts chapel. Burial in Highland Burial Park. Boswell died Monday at his Hampton home after years of declining health. Native of Glade Hill, long time Danville worker for Southern Railway Co. Retired 1950. Foster son Garland Boswell of Hampton survives.
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Joseph Walter Boswell
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Boswell
Hampton
Glade Hill
Danville
The
Southern Railway Co
Lucille Young
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Garland Boswell
Mrs Wilson Dies At Home In Yanceyville
Mrs Ella Sue White Wilson 85 of near Yanceyville N C died Tuesday after a long illness She was widow of Robert T Wilson married Oct 10 1911 and had lived near Yanceyville Born January 6 1881 in Caswell County she was active at Providence Baptist Church Survived by Robert White Wilson and W Sidney Wilson a sister Mrs Betty Mae Fitch and two grandchildren Funeral at Providence Baptist Church Thursday at 3 P M EST Burial in Shady Grove Cemetery Barker Funeral Home will transport the body from Danville to the residence noon Wednesday and to church hour before services
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Yanceyville
N. G
Ella Sue White Wilson
Robert T
Bud) Wilson
Providence Baptist Church
Robert White Wilson
W. Sidney Wilson
Woodbridge
Betty Mae Fitch
Yanville
Shady Grove Church
Barker Funeral Home
Danville
Ex-Dan River Official Dies In Bahama
Floyd W. Jefferson Jr. 54, former president of Iselin-Jefferson Co. of New York, drowned during a Bahama Islands visit to start a marina project. His body returns to the U.S. Nassau police investigate the cause. He served as a Dan River Mills director after Iselin-Jefferson acquisition and retired in 1964. He leaves Mary, a son Floyd III, father Floyd Sr., and sister Mrs. William Walker of Summerville. Funeral planned in Summerville.
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Floyd W. Jefferson, Jr
U.S
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Iselin-Jefferson Co
New York
Jefferson
Dan River Mills, Inc
Tthe Company
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N.H
Yale University
Mills of
Iselin-Jefferson
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
Navy
Its Financial Corporation
Dan River Mills
Dan River
Mary
Floyd W. Jefferson III
Floyd W. Jefferson Sr
William Walker
Summerville
S.C
Funeral held in Ashland for resident's father
Harold J. Sprinkle Jr. father of Dr. James D. Sprinkle of Danville, died Monday morning in Ashland Ohio after a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted in Ashland at 2 p m today.
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Harold J. Sprinkle Jr
James D. Sprinkle
Danville
Ashland
Ohio
Roy Clay Dies After Illness at 60 in Gretna
Roy Clay 60 died at his Gretna home at 9 p m Tuesday after a five month illness. Born April 19 1905 in Halifax County he was a son of the late Paul and Virginia Jennings Clay. He belonged to Church of God of Prophecy Cody and worked for Lane Company Altavista. Survived by wife Thelma Eanes Clay two sons Hampton of Danville Winfred of Gretna a daughter Mrs David Bobbitt of Manassas. Funeral arrangements are pending with Finch and Finch Funeral Home Altavista. family at Gretna residence.
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Gretna
Roy Clay
Halifax County
Paul
Virginia Jennings Clay
Church of God of Prophecy
Cody
Lane Company
Altavista
Thelma Eanes Clay
Hampton Clay
Danville
Winfred Clay
David Boobitt
Manassas
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
Mrs Grace Solomon Dies At 77 In Reidsville
Grace Rogers Solomon 77, of Yanceyville, widow of Charlie Solomon, died Tuesday at her son L C Potter’s home in Reidsville after years of declining health. She leaves a daughter Mrs Cary Pleasant of Yanceyville and four sons W E Solomon of Danville VA, Robert Solomon of Leasburg NC, Henry T Solomon of Yanceyville, plus 20 grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 4 p.m. Union Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Yanceyvilla
Ncgc
Grace Rogers Solomon
Yanceyville
L. C. Potter
Reidsville
Charlie Solomon
Duplin County
Union Methodist Church
Cary Pleasant
W. E. Solomon
Danville
Robert Solomon
Leasburg
N.C
Henry T. Solomon
Church Cemetery
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American Motors
Rambler
Blackwell Motor Co
Floyd Street
Danville, Va
Dealer LLC
Dalton Auto & Implement Co., Inc
Main Street
Gretna, Va
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