Memorial obituary for George L. Dewberry of Danville
George Lee Dewberry 1908 10 04 Danville native died Friday at Memorial Hospital at 12 30 pm after three year decline. He worked as painter for Dan River Inc retiring three years ago. Survived by Alma Ireland Dewberry wife one son Harvey Lee Dewberry Alexandria and daughter Shirley Eldridge Danville three brothers and one sister plus four grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Wrenn Yeatts Chapel Rev W R Shockley Highland Burial Park, body at funeral home. residence 409 Claiborne Street.
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George Lee Dewberry
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Dewberry
Danville
William Edward Dewberry
Hattie Virginia Moorefield Dewberry
Dan River, Inc
Alma Ireland
Dewberry
Poquoson
Redmen
U S. Army
Harvey Lee Dewberry
Alexandria
Shirley Eldridge
Odell Dewberry
Aubrey Dewberry
William E. Dewberry
Robert Patrick Dies At Age 80 In Hospital
Robert Patrick 80 of Gretna Rt 1 died Friday morning at Salem veterans hospital. He was born in Pittsylvania County August 27 1893 a World War I veteran and retired farmer. Survived by wife Edna and sister Rosa Myers. funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Mount Zion Baptist Church with burial in the family cemetery. Body at Miller's Funeral Home Gretna.
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Gretna
Robert Patrick
Edna Patrick
Rosa Myers
Miller's Funeral Home
P. J. Burton Final Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Percy James Burton are set for 3 p.m. at Keen Street Baptist Church with Rev. Thomas E. Wright officiating. Interment follows at Green Hill. Burton, born Sept 22 1898 in Danville, was a long-time tobacco farmer and former Danville tobacco market associate. He died Thursday night at Memorial Hospital. Surviving: wife Lessie Chaney Burton, a son Percy James Burton Sr., and four grandchildren. The body is at Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home. residence at 306 N Main St.
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Percy James Burton
Keen Street Baptist Church
Thomas E. Wright
Green Hill Cemetery
Mr. Burton
Danville
William Thomas Burton
Maude Jennings Burton
Danville Tobacco Association
Fairmont
Mt. Hill
Augusta Military Academy
University of Virginia
Lessie Chaney
Percy James Burton Sr
Lynchburg
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
N. Main St
A C Gunn Final Rites Set Sunday
Alexander C. Gunn funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Mt Zion Baptist Church Ringgold with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery He died Thursday at 64 in Memorial Hospital Survivors include wife Helen Gunn three daughters four brothers a sister seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren The family will receive friends at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home tonight and at the residence thereafter
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Alexander C. Gunn
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Ringgold
Oak Hill Cemetery
Gunn
Dave
Emma Williams Gunn
Memorial Hospital
Hester G. Gunn
Helen Gunn
Hartford
Esther Covington
Danville
Clyde
Sherdrick Gunn
Herman Gunn
East Orange
N.J
Robert Gunn
Norfolk
Helen Brandon
Cunningham & Hughes Funeral Home
E. Green Street
Mrs Dorsey Dies In Chicago
HURT-Mrs Estelle Keesee Dorsey of Chicago formerly of Pittsylvania County died Wednesday in Chicago She was born in Pittsylvania County daughter of the late William and Eudora White Keesee Her husband Howard Dorsey of Chicago one brother Milton A Keesee of Detroit Mich Graveside services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at New Prospect Baptist Church by Rev Harold Lewis Finch and Finch in charge of arrangements Mrs Jd P Cathey died yesterday in Salisbury N C She would have been 109 years old on Jan 1 funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Trevilians
Minnie Stella Hurt
Danville
Holland Road Baptist Church
Johnny Hurt
Wayne Dillard
Clifton Palmatore
Juanita Toler
Alexandria
Christine Holden
Georgia
John Hurt Jr
Mebane
N.C
Dora Adams
Silver Springs
Earlie Hancock
Hulsville
Woodward Funeral Home Chapel
Louisa
Hurt
Estelle Keesee Dorsey
Chicago
Pittsylvania County
William and
Eudora White Keesee
Howard Dorsey
Milton A. Keesee
Detroit
Mich
New Prospect Baptist Church
Harold Lewis
Finch
No Tobacco Quota Talk Stirs North Carolina Anguish
North Carolina leaders denounced a proposed one year suspension or increase of flue cured tobacco acreage quotas by the USDA saying it would cripple the state economy and ruin farmers livelihoods. Lt Gov Jim Hunt and Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham urged Congress to block the plan while notes warn Georgia could gain tobacco shifts and long term damage to Tar Heel agriculture. Also Danville YWCA cancels chess club for Dec 27 with activities resuming next week.
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Raleigh
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Jim Graham
William L. Lanier
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Lanier
Graham
Hunt
Secretary of Agriculture
John H. Cyrus
State Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Nixon unaware of new enemies list disclosed to Congress
A White House spokesman said President Nixon did not know about a 575 name enemies list until its congressional disclosure. The list, drawn up by former aides, targeted political opponents and newsmen, and was killed by Secretary Shultz and White House adviser Ehrlichman. Shultz said Nixon did not learn of it and they decided against revealing it.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Congressional
Internal Revenue Service
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
IRS
Secretary of the Treasury
George P
Shultz
John W. Dean
Johnnie M. Walters
Congressional Report
Dean
Walters
John D. Ehrlichman
Nuclear fingerprinting solves mystery of ancient Colossi
Berkeley scientists report nuclear activation analysis linked the 14th century BCE Colossi of Memnon statues to the Gebel el Ahmar quarry near Cairo. The study in Science estimates each block at 720 metric tons and suggests canal transport on Nile flood waters with thousands of workers before final overland haul to Thebes.
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Berkeley
Calif
Memnon
Egypt
Thebes
Robert F. Heizer
Theban
Amenhotep
Gebel el Ahmar
Cairo
Nile
Heizer
Science
Heiser
University of California
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Gebel el Agmar
Nile Bank
Benefit Party Planned By YM
The Danville YMCA hosts a special benefit party for world service Thursday December 27 at 7:30 p.m. Co sponsored by the Danville Senior Citizens center the event will award prizes and raise money for Israel Korea and Liberia. Sacred Cows India's 200 million cattle are regarded as sacred even though they spread disease disrupt traffic and eat crops.
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Danville
India
Bond $100,000 For Four In Counterfeit Case
Four Cleveland men face $100,000 bonds each after being charged in a Norfolk counterfeit money case. John Arthur Deerman 27 and Haskel Eugene McNabb 40 allegedly passed bogus bills, while Jewell W. Patterson 29 and Charles David Patterson 34 were charged with possessing counterfeit money. All but Charles Patterson were held for grand jury after Friday hearings. Charles Patterson’s hearing was continued to December 28 as he sought an attorney.
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Norfolk, Va
Cleveland, Tenn
John Arthur Deerman
Haskel Eugene McNabb
Jewell W. Patterson
Charles David Patterson
U.S
Charles Patterson
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