Hearing Set In Fatal Stabbing Case
Preliminary murder hearings are set in Municipal Court for Wesley Harris Wilson and William Edward Richardson for the fatal stabbing of Walter Wimbush of Blairs on August 14. They are also charged with assault on Fitzgerald of Chatham. Police say Wilson Richardson and Albert Collins attacked Fitzgerald and Wimbush while in a car on Leeland Road. Wimbush was found dead in bushes off Leeland Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Harris
Rabbit) Wilson
Garfield St
William Edward Richardson
Crant St
Walter Wimbush
Blairs
Many Fitzgerald
Chatham
Fitzgerald
Wimbush
Leeland Rd
Grant St
John Thomas Lewis
Mattie Carter
Danville Rt. 2
Lewis
Calvin Berry
Wallace Giles Patton
Ficklen Ave
Wake County
N. C
Ester Setliff Dies After Four-Year Illness at 38
Ester Willie Setliff 38 of 1064 Parker Rd. Danville died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after a four year health decline. A lifelong Danville resident and driver for Virginia-Carolina Trucking, he was born Oct. 23, 1926 and was a Navy WWII veteran. Survived by his wife Kathleen Saunders Setliff, two daughters Patsy Lee and Betty Ann, son Richard Wayne, stepson Jimmie Rust, three brothers Ralph Gilmer Paul, and two sisters. The body rests at Townes Funeral Home. family at home on Parker Rd. off Mount Cross Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Willie Setliff
Parker Rd
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Virginia-Carolina Trucking Company
Sallie Hopkins Setliff
Jake Setliff
Forest Lawn Baptist Church
Kathleen Saunders Setliff
Patsy Lee
Betty Ann Setliff
Richard Wayne Setiff
Jimmie Rust
U.S. Air Force
Minot
N. D
Ralph Setliff
Gilmer Setliff
Paul Setliff
Peggy Williams
Mrs Landrum Dies At Age 62 In Danville
Mrs Maude Smith Landrum of Rt. 5 Danville died Sunday in a Washington DC hospital at age 62. Survivors include husband George Landrum, daughter Mrs Robert J. McMuray of Severin Md, son Billy Smith of Richmond, sisters Mrs Co C Lewis and Mrs Harry Lewis of South Boston, Mrs Mattie Holston of Richmond, brother James M. Smith of Richmond, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from Powell Funeral Home with burial in County Line Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Smith Landrum
Rt. 5
Danville
Washington, D.C
George Landrum
Robert ‘J. McMurat
Severin
Billy Smith
Richmond
Co. C. Lewis
Harry Lewis
South
Boston
Mattie Holston
Rich ‘Mond
James M. Smith
Powell Funeral Home
County Line Baptist Church
Funeral Rites Set Today For W. C. Dodson
Funeral services for William C. Dodson, 84, to be held at 2 p.m. in Swicegood Funeral Home chapel. Burial in Laurel Grove family cemetery. Dodson died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a week’s illness. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad car inspector for 47 years, he retired in 1943. Born August 3, 1881, he lived in Laurel Grove in summers and St. Petersburg, Florida, in winters after retirement. Survived by three daughters and two sons, plus 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Dodson
Swicegood Funeral Home
Laurel Grove
Dodson
Memorial Hospital
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Halifax County
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richmond
Peter S
Mary Ferrell Dodson
Nora Anna Dodson
Grace Burt
Arlington
Myrtle Bernt
Ericson, Neb
Mary Jane Dodson
Harold Dodson
Newport News
Stuart Dodson
Norfolk
Doss Hylton O Dies in Lynchburg Hospital
Hylton Owen Doss 31 of Gretna died Monday at 7 15 am in Lynchburg General Hospital He was born January 1 1934 in Pittsylvania County a farmer and Korea veteran He is survived by wife Shirley Haynes Doss parents George W and Sallie McDaniel Doss Gretna two sons Gary Allen and Ronnie Hylton Doss a daughter Kathy Dianne Doss three brothers and four sisters The service is Wednesday at 3 pm at St Andrews Methodist Church burial in Gretna Burial Park body at Finch and Finch Funeral Home until Wednesday family at home of George Doss Sr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hylton Owen Doss
Rt. 1
Gretna
Shirley Haynes Doss
Lynchburg General Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Korea
George W. and
Sallie McDaniel Doss
Gary Allen Doss
Ronnie Hylton Doss
Kathy Dianne Doss
George Doss, Jr
Henry T. Doss
Witchin, Kan
James MacArthur Doss
Willie Epperson
Altavista
Henry Houston
Lynchburg
Gordon Irby
William McGregor
Hurt
St. Andrews Methodist Church
Gretna Burial i
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
George Doss, Sr
Funeral rites planned for Frank R. Layne 64
Frank R. Layne of Pelham North Carolina dies in Rodney Ontario from a heart attack while curing tobacco. The funeral will be at Land Rd Baptist Church with burial in Schoolfield Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters two sons three sisters three brothers and four grandchildren. The body returns from Canada to Swicegood Funeral Home. The family will be at Henry Layne’s Holland Road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R
Layne
Holland Rd
Inanada
Canada
Land Rd. Baptist Church
Schoolfield Cemetery
Rodney
Ontario
Keeling
Pelham
N. C
Henry Layne
James Harold Layne
Thomas Fitzgerald
Pelham Rt. 1
Alvin Harris
Park Springs Rd
Troy
James Layne
Danville
Flora
James Thomas Haley Funeral Rites Held
Funeral rites for James Thomas Haley were conducted yesterday afternoon from the Home. Burial was in Danville Memorial Gardens with pallbearers Olis Murphy Leonard Compton Dennis Keatts O K Holland Alfred Haley Tommy Haley Clyde Green O E Dalton and Robert Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Haley
Chapel of Swicegood Funeral Home
Danville Memorial Gardens
Olis Murphy
Leonard Compton
Dennis Keatts
O. K. Holland
Alfred Haley
Tommy Haley
Clyde Green
O. E. Dalton
Robert Carter
New Fertilization Method Boosts Tobacco Crop Value
North Carolina State University extension specialist Roy Bennett says new rainfall based fertilizer guidelines added about 100 million dollars to the 1965 flue cured tobacco crop. He notes 1965's wet season required adjustments in side dressing, preventing heavy losses and keeping yields around 2,000 pounds per acre, the second largest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bennett
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
Bennett
C. B. McCants
W. G. Woltz
Funeral Rites Set Thursday For Mrs Dykes
The funeral for Mrs Maggie Heflin Dykes will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Townes Memorial Chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park. The 69 year old widow of Charlie B. Dykes died yesterday after a long illness at her Sharon community home. Born August 28, 1895 in New Albany Mississippi she moved to the area in 1942 and was a Southall Baptist Church member. She leaves two daughters a son one sister ten grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. The body is at Townes Funeral Home and the family at the Sharon residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Heflin Dykes
Townes Memorial Chapel
Highland Burial Park
Sharon
Charlie B. Dykes
New Albany
Miss
Southall Baptist Church
Kirk
Sarah Britt Heflin
Eula Dalton
Reedville
Lorene Dillard
Blairs
William A. Dykes
San Antonio
Tex
Mamie Britt
Oxford
Townes Funeral Home
Sharon Residence
Funeral Rites Held for Jesse H. Owen at Greenbay Church
The funeral for Jesse H. Owen was conducted Sunday afternoon from Greenbay Christian Church by the Rev. Roy Davis and the Rev. Calvin Bloxom. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park with pallbearers Gordon Cocke Edward Cocke Oliver Farmier Dean Owen Claude Owen Odell Owen W D Tosh and Merrick Bradner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse H. Owen
Greenbay Christian Church
Roy 2. Davis
Calvin Bloxom
Higshland Burial Park
Gordon Cocke
Edward Cocke
Oliver Farmier
Dean Owen
Claude Owen
Odell Owen
W. D. Tosh
Merrick Bradner
Funeral Rites Set Wednesday For Mrs. Eva Simon
Final rites for Eva Moxley Simon 43 will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Swicegood Funeral Home chapel. Burial is in Mountain View Cemetery. She was slain Saturday night at her sister Lucy Moxley Rollins apartment. Her husband Daniel Alfred Simon 49 is held on murder charges with a $10,000 bond. A Municipal Court hearing is set for Sept. 10. The couple had been married 20 years and had separated in June. The body remains at the funeral home and the family is at 619 Edgewood Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Moxley Simon
Swicegood Funeral
Mountain View Cemetery
Simon
Maggie Matthews
Edgewood Drive
Mrs Myers Dies At 33 In Halifax County
Mrs Minnie Booze Myers died Monday at 9 30 a m at her home Rt 1 Halifax in the New Ferry Community She was 83 born February 11 1882 in Pittsylvania County daughter of the late John C Boaze and Kate M Boaze On February 7 1907 she married W M Myers She lived in Halifax County since 1922 and was a member of Strawberry Primitive Baptist Church Surviving are her husband and many children grandchildren and a sister The funeral will be Wednesday at 4 p m from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Booze Myers
Rt. 1
Halifax
New Ferry
Myers
Pittsylvania County
John C. Boaze
Kate Murrill Boaze
W. M. Myers
Swansonville
Halifax County
Strawberry Primitive Baptist Church
Catherine Myers
Robert L. Myers
Estelle Jones
Washington, D.C
Jobe Tickle
Alexandria
Richard Perry
Arlington
Woodrow W. Myers
Hyattesville
Daniel T. Myers
Martinsville
William M
Final Rites Held for J. T. Haley
Funeral services for James Thomas Haley of Brosville were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. from Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in Danville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers included Paul Green, Tommy Haley, Alfred Haley, Robert Carter, O. K. Holland, C. E. Dalton, Dennis Keatts, Leonard Compton and Otis Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Haley
Brosville
Swicegood Funeral Home
Danville Memorial Gardens
Paul Green
Tommy Haley
Alfred Haley
Robert Carter
O. K. Holland
C. E. Dalton
Dennis Keatts
iLeonard Compton
Otis Murphy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ester W. Setliff
W. C. Dodson
Hylton O. Doss
F. R. Layne
Family Finance Corporation of
North Market Street
Mrs. Dykes
J. T. Haley
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Liberal Hospital
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Virginia Medical Service Association
Virginia
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