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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1971

Page

7

John T Hardy Funeral Rites in Reidsville

Funeral services for John Thomas Hardy 80 of Reidsville Rt 8 were held today at City Funeral Home with interment in Danview Cemetery Eden. A retired farmer he died yesterday in Annie Penn Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Vaewel County to Eugene and Molly Hubbard Hardy and lived in the Ruffin area most of his life. Survivors include wife Mary Stallings Hardy and sons J W Hardy George T Hardy and Curtis McAllister and daughters Mrs Albert Tandy Mrs Roy Taylor and Miss Mary Sue Hardy.

Reidsville N. C John Thomas Hardy Reidsville Rt. 8 Pam City Funeral Danview Eden Annie ‘Penn Memorial Hospital Vaewel County Eugene Molly Hubbard Hardy Ruffin Mary Stallings Hardy J. W. Hardy George T. Hardy Fountain Inn Albert Tandy Roy Taylor Waynesboro Curtis McAllister Mary Sue Hardy

J T Shields Dies At 81 In Pittsville

John Thomas Shields Sr., 81, of Pittsville, died after a two week illness in Memorial Hospital. Born January 22, 1890 in Pittsylvania County, he was a retired farmer and member of Pittsville Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held at Pittsville Holiness Church with interment in the church cemetery.

Gretna John Thomas Shilds Sr Pittsville Memorial Hospital George Shields Ellen Towler Shields Pittsylvania County Tuck Shields Colbert Yeatts

LeP Laughon Dies At Age 88 In Altavista

Altavista resident Lotis F. Laughon age 88 of 908 Sevenths Street died Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Altavista Nursing Home. Born December 23, 1882 in Bedford County he was a retired Altavista Weaving Co. employee and widower of Lillian Mize Laughon. Funeral arrangements are pending with Finch and Finch. The family will be at the residence of Mrs. J. Taylor Mays 1830 Ridgeway Avenue.

Altavista Lotis F. Laughon Sevenths Street Altavista Nursing Home Bedford County Charles H Nannie Wood Laughon Altavista Weaving Co Laughon Lillian Mize Laughon Finch J. Taylor Mays Ridgeway Avnue Altavista

Miss Susannie Coles Dies Native of Chatham

Susannie Coles 43 of Chatham Route 1 died Tuesday in Chatham. A Pittsylvania County native, she was daughter of Ballard Emerson and Nannie Pickard Emmerson and lifelong resident of Chatham. Funeral services scheduled for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Cunningham Hughes Chapel, Rev. Matthew Scott officiating, with interment in Fitts family cemetery at Blairs. Visitation tonight 7 to 8.

Susannie Coles Chatham Rt. 1 Chatham Pittsylvania County Ballard Emerson Nannie Pickard Emmerson Cunningham & Hughes Matthew Scott Fitts Family Blairs Funeral

Death of Mrs Cora Davis 7 in Forsyth Memorial Hospital

Mrs Cora Richardson Davis 11 died yesterday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston Salem NC after two months illness and 10 days as a patient. Born May 18 1900 in Pittsylvania County she married Benjamin Lloyd Davis in November 1917. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park. The family will receive friends this evening at the funeral home.

Cora Richardson Davis Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston- Salem N.C George Richardson Mary Ricketts Ringgold Davis Wrenn-Yeatts Walter Lewis Highland Burial Park Reynolds Franklin Turnpike Hunt Hampton Dr

Mrs. Dollie Witcher Dies at 87 in Pittsville

Mrs Dollie Witcher 87 of Rt 1 Pittsville died Tuesday at 2 15 pm at her home after a long illness She was widow of Randall Witcher born Pittsylvania County Oct 15 1884 daughter of the late Benjamin and Fannie Crider She was a Ridgeway Methodist Church member Last survivor in her immediate family Funeral Friday 2 pm from Ridgeway Methodist Church Rev G W Fowler Burial in church Cemetery Body to be taken from Millers Funeral Home Gretna to 12 noon Friday and placed in church

Pittsville Dollie Witcher Rt. 1 Randall Witcher Ridgeway Methodist Church G. W. Fowler Miller Gretna

Barbour Dies at 64 in Washington D C

W B Barbour, 64, of Hurt Route 1, died yesterday at Cafritz Memorial Hospital in Washington D C. Born April 5 1907 in Pittsylvania County he was a retired Lane Company employee. Survived by two stepsons two stepdaughters a brother and a sister. Funeral conducted Sunday at St John s Pentecostal Holiness Church with interment in the church cemetery. Body at Finch and Finch Funeral Home.

Hurt Wesley Booker Barbour Hurt Rt. 1 Cafritz Memorial Hospital Washington, D.C Pittsylvania County Lane Company Hatte Vaughan:Scruggs’Barbour Edward Scruggs Florida Jesse Scruggs Chester Sam’ Stump Rustbury Stephen Gill Oxon Hill Bud Barbour Salem Jennie Compton Portsmouth St. John’s Pentecostal Holiness Church Church Finch and Finch Funeral Home

R L Hooper Rites Incomplete and Complete

R L Hooper age 82, brother of Miss Virgil Hooper of Danville, died yesterday in Greensboro North Carolina. Funeral rites were incomplete at time of report with details pending.

R. L. Hooper Virgil Hooper Danville Hooper Greensboro N.C

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