Skeleton Of Man Found With Bullet Holes In Skull
In a wooded area 14 miles north of Charlotte the skeleton of a man with two bullet holes in the skull was found. Police recovered a jacket pants and a boot and will need several days to identify the remains. Authorities note the possibility the skeleton could be Roy Williams, linked to the Nov 6 murder of his bride Mary Josephine Potaro Williams near Lake Norman. Weather and animals may complicate determining time of death.
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Charlotte
D. G. Lubick
Roy Williams
Lake Norman
Williams
Mary Josephine Potaro Williams
New York
York
D.C
Lutrick
Funeral Rites Today For Mrs. Cleveland
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Lucille Harris Cleveland are at Melville Avenue Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Interment follows in Danville Memorial Gardens. The 58 year old Columbus Georgia native died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She lived in Danville for 20 years and was active in Melville Avenue Baptist Church American Legion Auxiliary Unit 325 and the National Association of Lettercarriers Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband Roy A. Cleveland of 798 Melrose Ave.
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Lillian Lucille Harris Cleveland
Melville Avenue Baptist Church
Danville Memorial Gardens
Cleveland
Memorial Hospital
Columbus
Ollice Harris
Carrie Jones
Danville
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 325
National Association of Lettercarriers Auxiliary
Mrs. Lucille Craig Funeral Rites Held
Funeral rites for Lucille Craig Reid were conducted Thursday afternoon at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church by Reverend Don Whitfield. Interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery with active pallbearers M Cardwell, Joe Hill, Douglas Todnett, Craig Stowe, Grady Scearce, Ronald Craig, Wayne Craig, and Elmer Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Craig Reid
First
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Don Whitfield
Mountain View Cemetery
M. Cardwell
Joe Hill
Douglas Todnett
Craig Stowe
Grady Scearce
Ronald Craig
Wayne Craig
Elmer Mitchell
Whitlow Last Rites Held in Danville Memorial Gardens
Funeral services for William H. Whitlow were conducted Thursday afternoon by Rev. L. W. Cooper. Interment followed at Danville Memorial Gardens with pallbearers Lundy Shackelford Raymond Shackelford Luther Robertson Russell Robertson and Warren Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Whitlow
L. W. Cooper
Danville Memorial Gardens
Lundy Shackelford
Raymond Shackelford
Luther Robertson
Russell Robertson
Warren Morris
Funeral Rites Set Today For L. R. Martin
Funeral rites for Lee Roy Martin will be held today at 2 pm from Baker Funeral Chapel with interment at Highland Burial Park. The 63 year old retired service station operator died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital. He was born May 1 1905 in Franklin County, son of C Charlie and Cynthia Chaney Martin. He married Virginia Isabelle Mills November 2 1928 and they lived at 503 Plum St. Surviving are five brothers Posey Claiborne Tom Troy Martin of Ringgold and Charlie Martin of Danville and four sisters Mrs Vernon Cullop of Danville Mrs Luther David Mrs Ada McDowell and Mrs Bob Tyson, Ringgold.
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Lee Roy Martin
Baker Funeral
Highland Burial Park
Martin
Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
C. Charlie
Cynthia Chaney Martin
Virginia Isabelle Mills
Plum St
Posey, Claiborne
Tom
Troy Martin
Ringgold
Charlie Martin
Danville
Vernon Cullop
Luther David
Ada McDowell
Bob Tyson
Walter J Bowles Funeral Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Walter Jackson Bowles age 77 of Rocky Mount Route 3 will be conducted at 2 p.m. at Lynch Funeral Chapel by Elder Cecile Turner with interment in the Grinstaff family cemetery. Bowles died Wednesday in a local hospital. Surviving are his wife Nora Grindstaff Bowles four daughters two stepdaughters three sons and three stepsons two sisters and 19 grandchildren.
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Rockmount
Walter Jackson Bowles
Lynch Funeral
Cecile Turner
Grinstaff
Bowles
Rocky Mount Rt. 3
Nora Grindstaff Bowles
Rocky Mount
Virginia di Matti
Washington, D.C
Evelyn Murrah
Annandale
Lorraine Watson
Pine Ridge
N.C
Judy Doyle
Ridgeway
E. G. Moore
C. W. Holt
Martinsville
Leonard Bowles
France
James Bowles
Danville
Kelvin Bowles
Billy
Vance Oliver
Thomas Oliver
James
Graveside Rites Slated Today For Miss Brown
Miss Myrtle Brown dies after long illness in Memorial Hospital. Born November 1 1875 in Albermarle County she moved to Danville in 1883 and later ran the family florist business for 56 years retiring in 1956. Survived by sister Violet Brown. Funeral at Townes Funeral Home with services at Mountain View Cemetery today at 2 p.m.
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Myrtle Brown
Mountain View
Miss Brown
Memorial Hospital
Albermarle County
Henry William Brown
Sarah Bunyard Brown
Danville
H. W. Brown Florist
Loyal Street
Farmville State Teachers College
Cascade
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
Violet Brown
Green St
Townes Funeral Home
Green
Mrs Glidewell Funeral Rites Slated Today
Mrs. Glidewell Nannie White Glidewell dies after long illness at her son Leo Glidewell s home in Danville born July 31 1869 in Madison NC she lived most of her life in Danville Survived by son two sisters one brother three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Interment at Mountain View Cemetery today at Keen Street Baptist Church with body at Wrenn Yeatts 1649 Leemont Court
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Nannie White Glidewell
Keen Street Baptist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Danville
Duke E. Glidewell
Glidewell
William
R. Stafford
Dora, White
Miami Springs
Fla
Paul OD. White
Alexandria
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Leemont Court
Mrs Ida Walker Funeral Rites Set In Danville
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Dixon Walker will be held today at 4 p.m. at Townes Memorial Chapel with interment at the Walker residence. The 71 year old native of Pittsylvania County died this morning after a brief illness. She spent most of her life in Danville and was a member of Moffett Memorial Baptist Church. Survived by husband Robert J Walker of 218 Clement Ave and four daughters and two sons including Mrs. Freddie Lamb and Mrs. Frank Swenson, Aubrey Walker, and R Jimmie Walker. one sister Mrs. Walter Lakey. 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight at the funeral home from 7 to 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Dixon Walker
Townes Memorial Chapel
Highland Burial Park
Walker
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
William Allen Dixon
Victoria Neal Dixon
Danville
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Robert
Townes Funeral Home
Clement Ave
Funeral rites set today for Mrs Emma Hall
Mrs Emma Hall 89 of Danville Rt 3 dies at daughter's home after illness. Funeral held at Swicegood Chapel at 2 p.m. with Elder O K Tench officiating. Interment follows in Hall family plot. She was lifelong Pittsylvania resident, Primitive Baptist, survived by three daughters, four sons, two sisters, 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Body at funeral home. family at Mrs Jones residence on Afton Rd.
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Emma Alice Hall
Swicegood
O. K. Tench
Highland Burial Park
Hall
Danville Rt. 3
Sam Jones
Whitmell
John
Virginia Walton Hall
Pittsylvania County
John J. Wall
Malmaison
Levi Hall
Charlotte N. C
Josie Scarce
Ellen Powell
Danville
Jones
Afton Rd
Isaac D Adkins Jr Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Isaac D Adkins Jr were held Thursday afternoon from the Wrenn Yeatts Chapel by Rev John Finklea. Interment followed with pallbearers named Lawson A Motley Guy W Jeffreys George I Parrish W Sam Stephens Leon Kimbell William Brown Dr B Davis Iarson Ralph L Chandler Carl Taylor Jr Henry K Ferrell Dr Edward Peay and Carl Penn Peay.
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Isaac D. Adkins, Jr
Wrenn‘Yeatts
John Finklea
Highland Burial Park
Lawson A. Motley
Guy W. Jeffreys
George I. Parrish
W. Sam Stephens
Leon Kimbell
William Brown
B. Davisiarson
Ralph L. Chandler
Carl Taylor, Jr
Henry K. Ferrell
Edward Peay
Carl Penn Peay
Wrenn-Yeatts
Gerald Goss
Edward Moore
Thomas Pruitt
Linwood Wrenn
E. B. Atkinson
John Eldridge
Clarice Allmond
Elmore
Jim Cranfield
Henry M. Yeatts
Goforth
Rev Yeaman Dies Former Pastor Here
Rev. William Joseph Yeaman Sr., 89, a retired Baptist minister who pastored six Virginia communities, died in Shelby North Carolina. A Buies Creek Military Academy, University of Richmond, and Southern Theological Seminary graduate, he led churches in Danville Church Road Roseland Staunton Roanoke and Bassett before retiring in 1948.
Mrs. C. Myers Dies At 61 In Cascade
Mrs Irene Bailey Myers 61 wife of Clyde Myers died Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Hospital in Danville after a lengthy illness. Born July 20 1907 in Rockingham County NC she was the daughter of the late William and Betsy Bailey. Survived by husband two stepsons Clarence Willis Myers and Steve Myers both of Danville a stepdaughter Alma Pruitt of Eden NC two brothers Richard and John Bailey of Danville. Funeral Friday at Sugg Harris Funeral Home Eden with Rev R J Barber Jr of Danville officiating burial Cascade Cemetery Cascade. Body at Sugg Harris Funeral Home Eden.
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Cascade
Irene Bailey Myers
Clyde Myers
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Rockingham County
N.C
William
Betsy Overby Bailey
Clarence Willis Myers
Steve Myers
Alma Pruitt
Eden
Richard
John Bailey
Sugg- Harris Funeral Home
R. J. Barber, Jr
Sugg-Harris Funeral Home
Pueblo Oceans Crewman Freed From North Korea
Navy identifies two of the Pueblo crew as civilians oceanographers Danny Richard Tuck Jr. and Harry Iredale III both released after 11 months in captivity. Tuck’s father in San Diego said his son is fine and talking lightly about captivity while declining to discuss details. A Navy inquiry into the Pueblo’s loss is set to begin in two weeks.
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San Diego
Calif
North Korea
U.S
Pueblo
Navy
Danny Richard Tuck Jr
Richmond
Harry Iredale
Tuck
Harry Iredale Jr
Holmes, Pa
Closing New York stock indices and farm market notes
AP report notes modest U.S. market activity with indexes showing mixed moves and steady transportation and finance sectors. Also recorded are funeral notices for local residents Rev Gerald Goss and Elmore Jim Cranfield with pallbearers listed in the services.
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New York
Ajock Exchange
Brkat Nueve
Weeeer Reeves Toh
Tiny Saan
Esday
Imarke
Lrusset Burbanks
U.S
Idaho
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Mrs
Lucille Craig
W. H. Whitlow
Callahan
Laundry & Cleaners
Watson
Stokesland
Wooding Ave
Five Forks
Franklin Turnpike
L. R. Martin
Walter J. Bowles
Pinwale
Dacron
Glen-Raven Fabric Shop
Sherwood
Ida Walker
Emma Hall
Yeaman
Mrs. C. Myers
J. J. Neal, SR
Piedmont
Main Street
FBI
Our
Alka-Seltzer
Maalox
Nordan Center
Riverside Center
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