Deaths And Funerals In Danville And Nearby Areas
Harold D. Clark 56 of 104 Knollwood Terrace died Friday night after a sudden illness. Survived by wife Nita, three daughters, a brother, two sisters, and two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Townes Memorial Chapel with burial in Highland Park. Other notices include Alberta Fergerson and Henry Yeatts deaths with services announced, and multiple memorials from Danville and Halifax counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D
Boobie” Clark
Knollwood Terrace
Danville Memorial Hospital
Danville
Dora Saunders Clark
Benjamin Franklin Clark
Rogleter Publishing Company
U.S. Navy
Clark
Shelon Memorial Presbyterian Church
Nita Walker
Susan C. Long
Sharon C. Roveta
Sandra C. Cantrell
Richmond
E. Burnell Clark
Glenda C
Mrs Sthel Finch Baynes Dies After Illness At 84
Mrs Sthel Finch Baynes 84 of Vandola Road Danville Memorial Hospital after an 18 month decline. Born Halifax County daughter of Daniel C Finch and Mollie Clark Finch. Survived by two daughters Essie Baynes Tune Richmond Ruth Baynes Luthrie Durham a son Harvey C Baynes Roanoke four sisters Louise Merricks Ross Vass Nannie Guill Lillian Clay Danville one brother Johnnie Finch Danville two grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 am Townes Memorial Chapel Rev Gerald Reeves burial Vernon Hill Cemetery Halifax County. Body at funeral home with family receiving friends today 7 to 4 pan.
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Durham
N.C
Hillcrest Canvalescer Center
Arlington Cemetery
Delaware County
Fergerson
Robert McClelland
Danville
Isaac Overton Pollard
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Halifax County
William T. Pollard
Rebecca Weatherford Pollard
Lillie Foster
Pittsylvania
Pollard
Blairs Baptist Church
T.A
Tony) Pollard
Hermon
Frank D. Pollard
Arlington
Donald Hankey
Richmond
W. BD. Foster
Onalaska
Wis
John Garland Pollard
Maryland
J. D. Ridgeway
Janice Chandler
Virginia Jauntz
South Boston
Grandcchildren
Wrenn: Yeatts Chapel
Eugene Wilson
Halifax Baptist
Wrenn-Yeats
T. A. Pollard
Mt. Hermon
Sthel Finch Baynes
Vandola Road
Danville Memorial Hospital
Daniel C. Finch
Mollie Clark Finch
Walter Benjamin Baynes
Vandola Baptist Church
Essie Baynes Tune
Ruth Baynes Luthrie
Harvey C. Baynes
Roanoke
Louise Merricks
Ross Vass
Portsmouth
Nannie Guill
Roxboro
Lillian Clay
Johnnie Finch
Townes Memorial Chapel
Gerald Reeves
Vernon Hill Cemetery
Jialifax County
Comer Ragland Funeral Today
Comer Don Ragland 68 of Halifax Rt 1 died Friday in a local hospital. He was son of Emmett and Irene Ragland, married to Bessie Henderson who survives, and member of Pleasant Grove United Church of Christ. Survived by son Emmett Ragland, Halifax, brother Lorenza Ragland, Halifax, and three grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Powell Funeral Chapel by Rev. Robert Disher Jr. Interment in Pleasant Grove Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Henry Orville Yeatts
Rt. 2
Pittsylvania County
Edward
Annie Short Yeatts
Katie Lawson
Yeatts
Bethel Baptist Church
Charlotte E. Martin
Doris Satterfield
Marie Y. Moore
Allavista
Roger H. Yeatts
Roy L. Yeatts
Bertha P. Faust
Richmond
Nolan E. Yeatts
Kenneth Clark
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Powell Funeral Home
Chatham
Lee Hoskins
Chatham Rt. 4
Memorial Hospital
Martinsville
Henry County
Charlie H
Cora Byrd Hoskins
Onie Dodd Hoskins
Hoskins
Grace United Methodist Church
Danville
Maurice Hoskins
Kate Moore
Lena Hundley
Edith Green
Dagzga Hearp
Zee Wrenn
Christine Lane
Mae Edwards
Chatham Star Route
Sadie Mitchell
Portsmouth
Scott Funeral Home
Robert Day
Don Ragland
Robert Disher Jr
Pleasant Grove Church
Group Favors Oil Drilling Law
State Sen. Charles Colgan of Prince William says a legislative energy study panel will urge Virginia to enact offshore oil drilling. He cites Louisiana as an example where oil leases boost revenue and employment, noting low Gulf pollution and comparing taxes to Prince William County rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
Charles Colgan
Prince William
Legislative Energy Study Commission
General Assembly
Virginia
Colgan
Commission
Louisiana
Prince William County
Gulf of Mexico
Gulff
Mississippi River
Bure Predicts Record NC Assembly Appropriations
Raleigh AP Thad Bure, veteran secretary of state, forecast the 1977 North Carolina General Assembly will enact a record budget. He said the economy is better and the tax base can absorb large appropriations without new taxes, and that liquor by the drink legislation may be proposed. Bure, 76, celebrated 40 years in office after surgery and a rotunda ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Thad Bure
North Carolina General Assembly
I Bure
Bure
General Assembly
Edward Bunge Rites Incomplete
Halifax Edward Ernest Bunge 76 of Halifax died Saturday in a local hospital. Born in Duncan New York he was a retired merchant and Lutheran. He is survived by his wife two brothers Chester and Walter both of Duncan. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Edward Ernest Bunge
Duncan
N.Y
Anni Peck
Chester
Walter Bunge
Powell Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Thomas Dale Carter scheduled Sunday
Thomas Dale Carter, 62, dies after two month decline at Veterans Hospital in Durham North Carolina. Graveside services set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Highland Burial Park with Townes Funeral Home in charge of operations.
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Thomas Dale Carter
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Carter
Veteran's Hospital
Durham
N.C
Townes Funeral Home
Bernard Barker Rites Monday
Bernard Yancey Barker, 78, died Friday night after eight weeks as a patient in Pittsylvania County. He farmed in Kentuck, married to Hatlie Arnold, survived by two sons Preston Linwood and Y Arnold, six sisters, a brother, eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Services Monday at 1 a.m. at Kentock Charlie M. Shelton. Interment Highland Burial Park. Body at Wrenn Yeatts residence Ringgold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Yancey Barker
Danville Memorial Hospital
Halifax County
Charlie Yancey Barker
Ida Davis Barker
Pittsylvania County
Kentuck
Hatlie Arnold
Kentuck Baptist Church
Kentock Baptist Church
Charlie M. Shelton
Highland Burial Park
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Ringgold Rie
Firemen Answer Holiday Calls on Christmas Day
Danville firefighters responded to two early morning Christmas Day alarms. No injuries reported. A candle may have sparked a blaze at 130 Hughes St apartment of Delilah Dixon with about 650 dollars in room contents damage. A second fire at 153 Chatelaine Ave home of Leola Bowe, likely caused by unattended cooking, caused unknown damage. no injuries.
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Danville
Hughes St
Delilah Dixon
Chatelaine Ave
Leola Bowe
Christmas Day Holiday Quiet in Pardington Home
The Pardington family at Glenwood’s Christ Episcopal Church shared a low key Christmas as Dr Pardington noted. Suzanne enjoyed a new doll and Robert a dart board among gifts from the Jolly Elf. Rain dampened Danville’s City Farm torch light display but fellowship remained strong.
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G. Palmer Pardington
Dr. Pardington
Christ Episcopal Church
Glenwood
Danville City Farm
Church-Tied Colleges Not Disappear
A study by Earl J. McGrath and Richard Neese at the University of Arizona Higher Education Center refutes the idea that church related colleges are vanishing. It finds enrollment in 1975 among 317 church related institutions grew 13 percent since 1965, with strong gains among evangelical groups like Assemblies of God Southern Baptists and Seventh Day Adventists while religiously conservative colleges attract many students seeking quality academics.
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Averett College
University of Arizona
Earl J. McGrath
Richard Neese
Colleges and Universities
National Center For Educational Statistics
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
McGrath
Neese
Assemblies of God
Southern Baptists
Baptist Conventions
Seventh Day Adventists
Squirrel Restocking Plan Led by Averett Professor
Edward W. Fisher, biology assistant professor at Averett College, will advise the Endangered Species Project of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and Maryland on restoring the Delmarva fox squirrel. The effort targets Virginia and Maryland, aiming to reestablish the species across the Delmarva region with nesting boxes and long term study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Fisher
Averett College
Fisher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maryland
New Jersey
East Neck
Virginia
Delmarva
Ayler recounts dam hearings and local group’s influence
Manly Ayler notes heavy rains and says the association’s views, while not legally binding, influence both public and private interests. He recalls testifying in Washington in favor of federal dam construction on the Smith Mountain, Kerr, and Philpott Dams, all in operation since 1953 or 1985.
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Ayler
Senate
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Smith Mountain
John A. Kerr
Philpott
Kerr
Penick Named VP of Bank of Virginia Danville Office
C Wayne Penick elected vice president and officer in charge at Bank of Virginia Danville offices, transferred in April as senior credit officer. Roanoke area native, Hampden Sydney graduate, IBanking certificates holder, former Roanoke Red Cross treasurer and Valley United Way campaign chair. Martinville sees Patrick Henry Community College accreditation reaffirmed for ten years by SACS in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wayne Penick
Bank of Virginia
Danville
Penick
Hampden-Sydney College
Roanoke Area
American Institute of Banking
Chi Phi
Roanoke Valley Red Cross
Valley United Way
Roanoke
Martinsville
Patrick Henry Community College
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Atlanta
Dana B. Hamel
Virginia College System
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the Register
Danville, Va
Harold Clark
Henry
Isaac Pollard
Baynes
Comer Ragland
N. C. Assembly
Edward Bunge
Thomas Carter
Bernard Barker
Felita Fowler
Iving
First Presbyterian Church
Tennessee
Allan Hoffman
Game and Inland Fisheries
Hoffman
Manly Ayler
Tage
C. W. Penick
Robert Pace
UCLA
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Fife
Carl H. Furgurson
Arnott
Dial
Salisbury Marble & Granite Co., Inc
Main St
Salisbury
Edward T
Chink" East
Lord
Honey
Daddy
Tris
Evelyn
Robfrt
Cat
Riverside Dr
Blairs, Baptist Church
Hughes Memorial
Eva McDaniel Hardy
Averatie Wiichar
Swicegood
James L. Newcome,sr
Mrs. Garby Tate
Danville Area
Wrenn Yeatts
Plaase
Wrenn
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