Long-Time DTI Instructor Ralph Sangree Dies
Ralph Norman Sangree, 48, longtime Danville Technical Institute electronics theory and mathematics instructor since 1953, died yesterday at 11 AM in the Veterans Hospital Richmond after two months as patient. A World War I veteran from Alleghany County PA, he taught at DTI after studying there and at Milwaukee School of Engineering. He resided Chatham Rt. 2 and was a member of Oak Grove Christian Church. He is survived by wife Eva Pickrel, a daughter Ann Marie, his mother Ella S. Sangree, a brother and two sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Oak Grove Christian Church with burial in the church cemetery. The body is at Scott Funeral Home in Chatham. the family at the residence.
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Ralph Norman Sangree
Danville Technical Institute
Veterans Hospital
Richmond
Mr. Sangree
Alleghany County
DTI
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Chatham Rt. 2
Chatham
Gretna
Oak Grove Christian Church
Eva Pickrel
Ella S. Sangree
Salem
Ohio
Ann Marie Sangree
W. E. Sangree
D. W. Brant
Pittsburgh
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Anderson
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Coates Anderson will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Powell Funeral Home with burial in the Children Baptist Church cemetery. The 54 year old Nathalie resident died Monday in a local hospital. Surviving husband James E. Anderson one daughter Mrs. M. D. Nester of Halifax one son T. W. Anderson of Nathalie two sisters Mrs. H. E. Jennys and Mrs. Guy Glass both of Nathalie and four grandchildren.
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Boston
Ethel Coates Anderson
Guy Glass
Nathalie
Illness Claims Virginia Evans In Gretna Visit
Mrs Virginia Rawlings Davis Evans 44 of Chesapeake died after a sudden illness at Memorial Hospital Danville following a morning collapse while visiting Gretna. Survived by husband Milton Lee Evans two daughters Glory Jean Bennett and Mary Francis Davis one half brother Lee Rawlings and mother Mrs Jim Brumfield. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p m First Baptist Church Gretna burial in Gretna Burial Park. Body at Colbert Funeral Home Gretna.
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Gretna
Virginia Rawlings Davis Evans
Chesapeake
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Jim Brumfield
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Barbour In Danville
The funeral for Mrs Ardena I Shelhorse Barbour will be at 3 PM in Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment in the family cemetery at Piney Fork. A Danville resident for 30 years she died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after months of declining health. She was born October 23, 1878 in Pittsylvania County and married Peyton W Barbour in 1896. Surviving are ten children, nineteen grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren, and several in laws and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardena I Shelhorse Barbour
Wrenn-Yeatts
Piney Fork
Pittsylvania County
James M
Susan Crider Shelhorse
Dansville
Barbour
Greenbay
Ben-Gay Introduces Penetrating Heat Lotion For Arthritis
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Ben-Gay
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kenerley Dies In Snow Camp
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Kenerley a Danville resident died unexpectedly at 8 oclock yesterday at the home of her son the Rev John Kenerley in Snow Camp North Carolina from a heart attack She is survived by three sons Ernest Kenerley of Portsmouth New Hampshire Robert Kenerley of Danville and the Rev John Kenerley and by twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 230 p m at First Evangelical Methodist Church Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery Winston Salem The body will be returned to Danville this afternoon and will lie in state at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home The family will be at the home of Robert Kenerley 627 Berryman Ave
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Mary Elizabeth Kenerley
Danville
John Kenerley
Snow Camp
N.C
Kenerley
John Edgar Kenerley
Stanley County
Hiram FE
Elizabeth Crowell Williams
Ernest Kenerley
Portsmouth
N.H
Robert Kenerley
Charles Williams
Fort
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mrs Turner
Final rites for Geneva Terry Turner 55 will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Scott Funeral Home chapel Chat ham with interment in Highland Burial Park. She died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after four weeks there. Survived by mother Maggie Terry, one son Charles T. Turner, three sisters and three brothers. She was born November 3 1909 and was a member of Old Mill Primitive Baptist Church.
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Geneva Terry Turner
Dr John Gaul Dies In North Carolina
CHARLOTTE Dr John Stuart Gaul 77 orthopedic surgeon and Philadelphian who helped establish and direct temporary polio hospitals in Hickory and Charlotte in 1939 and 1943 died Sunday in Blowing Rock and was buried Monday. He founded crippled child clinics in NC during the 1930s and expanded them into a statewide service. Survived by widow and two sons Dr John Stuart Gaul Jr and Dr R Wharton Gaul, all of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
John Stuart Gaul
Hickory
Philadelphia
Blowding Rock
North Carolina
John Stuart Gaul Jr
R. Wharton Gaul
Final Services Held for Lucille Wigington
Funeral services for Lucille V. Wigington were conducted Monday afternoon at East Thomas Street Baptist Tabernacle with Reverend R. J. Barber Jr. and Reverend Carl Burger officiating. Interment followed at Leaksville Cemetery in Leaksville North Carolina. Pallbearers named: Edward Keatts Ronnie Carson Tommy Bass Howard Lynch C J Lynch Lewis Moore W W Haynes and Harry Ferguson.
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Lucille V. Wigington
East Thomas St. Baptist Tabernacle
R. J. Barber, Jr
Carl ¥. Burger
Leaksville
N.C
Edward Keatts
Ronnie Carson
Tommy Bass
Howard Lynch
C. J. Lynch
Lewis Moore
W. W. Haynes
Harry Ferguson
Barker Infant Dies After Birth in Greenville NC
Funeral rites for Donald Wayne Barker infant son of Wayne and Suzanne Barker were held yesterday at the graveside in Greenville North Carolina. He died two days after birth last Saturday night. A twin brother survives. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Harvey Barker of Semora NC and maternal grandmother Mrs Virginia McCrary of Danville are named.
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Donald Wayne Barker
Wayne
Suzanne McCrary Barker
Greenville
N.C
Harvey Barker
Semora
Virginia AM. McCrary
Danville
Ceremonies Set Wednesday At Pinnacles
Ceremonies will be held Wednesday at the Pinnacles hydroelectric plant to celebrate paying off the last 75 000 bonded indebtedness from its 30 year old construction in Patrick County. Berkeley Adkins says an informal gala and tours will include City officials, Council members, Chamber of Commerce and civic groups, with four surviving 1938 Power Committee members and other guests invited. A motorcade will leave Danville Wednesday morning at 10 o clock, return by 5 p.m., with talks, a plant tour, and visits to Meadows of Dan and Townes Dam reservoir land. The Pinnacles lie along the Dan River in the Blue Ridge, about 80 miles from Danville.
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Pinnacles
Patrick County
Berkeley Adkins
Electric
City Council
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Citizens Power Committee
Danville
Adkins
Meadows of Dan
Townes Dam
Talbott
Dan River
Blue Ridge Mountains
Taylor Woodall Dies At 72 In Vets Hospital
Taylor Patrick Woodall age 72 died at McGuire Veterans Hospital Richmond Monday at 1 55 PM after a month long illness He was a retired Swansonville merchant and a World War I veteran Survivors include son Robert M Woodall of Danville daughter Mary Lee McGrath Winston Salem NC brother Lester Axton sisters Pearl Rumiley Martinsville and Ethel Kendall Axton and seven grandchildren The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 30 PM from McKee Funeral Chapel with interment County Line Christian Church Cemetery
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Taylor Patrick Woodall
McGuire Veterans Hospital
Richmond
Woodall
Swansonville
Axton
VFW
Robert M. Woodall
Danville
Mary Lee McGrath
Winston - Salem
N.C
Lester
Funeral Rites Set Today For Lester Bennett
Funeral services for Lester Earlie Bennett age 69 will be at 4 P.M. in Townes Memorial Chapel with interment at Gretna Burial Park He died yesterday morning at his home 315 Afton Rd after a two year health decline He lived in the Franklin Turnpike area since 1946 was a former Dan River Mills employee and farmed the past three years He was born March 15 1896 in Pullens Pittsylvania County and was Baptist He is survived by his wife Betty Elizabeth Young Bennett six daughters and four sons including Mrs Lonnie Norcutt Mrs Earl Joseph Mrs Jeanette Pruitt and Mrs Addison Slayton Jr all of Richmond and others In Gretna Danville and Bloomington plus one sister Mrs Cordial Casey Winston Salem N C and Sam Bennett Norfolk 19 grandchildren.
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Lester Earlie Bennett
Townes Memorial Chapel
Gretna
Mr. Bennett
Afton Rd
Franklin Turnpike
Dan River Mills
Pullens
Pittsylvania County
Lewis D. Bennett
Ringeold
Bill R. Bennett
Richmond
Otey W. Bennett
Danville
Cordial Casey
Winston-Salem
N.C
Sam Bennett
Norfolk
Mrs. Edwards 75 Dies. Rites Monday in Gretna
Gretna funeral announced for Mollie Shelton Edwards 75 widow of John Cabell Edwards. She died Sunday morning in Norfolk after brief illness. She leaves daughters Lottie Wyatt Danville Gerry Shelton Alexandria three sons Anderson Danville James Norfolk Marvin Alexandria two sisters Sallie Johnson Charlottesville Ida Robertson Gretna and Dallas Shelton Ringgold Pallbearers listed as Larry Wayne Dwight William Robert and Herman Edwards.
James A Hughes Retired Plumber Dies at 53
James Allen Hughes of Dry Fork Route 1 died last night at Memorial Hospital at 6 30. He was 53 and a plumber for 25 years until retirement four years ago. A native of Leaksville North Carolina he lived in Danville most of life and recently Dry Fork Route 1. He married Kathleen Ruth Meadows on February 10 1946. Born February 22 1912 he was the son of James L and Mary Sue Ross Hughes. Survived by wife two sons Robert Lee Linda Sue Dorothy Jo Edwin Allen and three sisters Russell Hughes Mrs James T Scearce and Mrs Elmer Warren. Body at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home with services pending at Dry Fork residence.
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James Allen Hughes
Dry ‘Fark Rt. 1
Memorial Hospital
Leaksville
N.C
Danville
Dry Fork Rt. 1
Kathleen Ruth Meadows
James L
Mary Sue Ross Hughes
Christ Episcopal Church
Glenwood
Robert Lee
Linda Sue
Dorothy Jo
Edwin Allen Hughes
Russell Hughes
James T. Scearce
Dry Fork Rt. ‘1
Elmer Warren
Norfolk
Mrs. Nellie Worsham Strange Dies At 69
Mrs Nellie Worsham Strange 69 died Sunday night in Lynchburg General Hospital. Final services set for Tuesday at 3 p m Edgehill Baptist Church between here and Altavista with burial in Straight Stone Baptist Church cemetery. She was born in Pittsylvania County June 15 1896 daughter of Robert and Susan Short Worsham. She is survived by husband Steven Strange a foster son A A Worsham of Rustburg a sister Mrs A J Worsham of Washington DC and four brothers E W and G R Worsham of Long Island S E Worsham of Lynchburg and A T Worsham of Nathalie.
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Hart
Nellie Worsham Strange
Edgehill Baptist Church
Here
Altavista
Straighstone Baptist Church
Funeral Conducted For Mrs Haden
Last rites for Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Haden were conducted yesterday afternoon from the Swicegood Funeral Home chapel by Rev. Fred Smith. Interment followed. Pallbearers were C. H. Warville Kemper Davis Steve Bendall Everett Brown Harold Giles Bill Worley Allen Scarlett and Charles F. New.
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Margaret
Stevenson Haden
Swicegood Funeral Home
Fred Smith
Highland Burial Park
C. H. Warvile
Kemper Davis
Steve Bendall
Everett Brown
Harold Giles
Bill Worley
Alien Scarlett
Charles F. New
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First Baptist Church of
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Mrs. Turner
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N. C
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Donald Wayne
Barker
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Quaker State Regular
Taylor Woodall
Vets Hospital
Lester Bennett
James A. Hughes
Mrs. Haden
Giles Insulating Co
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