Deaths And Funerals In Petersburg and Eden
Nellie Warren Rigney 49 of Petersburg died at home after a long illness. Survived by three sons, a brother and two grandchildren. Graveside service tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Schoolfield Cemetery, Danville. Body at Gould Colonial Funeral Chapel. Y T Matthews 95 of Eden died Sunday in Martinsville after illness. Born Stoneville, he opened a neighborhood grocery in Spray, ran it until 1965 when fire destroyed it. He was active in church and fraternal orders. survived by four daughters.
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Petersburg
Nellie Warren Rigney
Central Fork
Danville
Clarence Carter
Mary Summits Carter
Wayne Warren
Columbia
Ernie Warren
Charlotte
N.C
Timothy Warren
Tulsa
Oklo
Curtis Carter
Cleveland
Ohio
Schoolfield Cemetery
Gould Colonial Funeral Chapel
Mrs Gayle Neal Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Gayle Hartman Neal are set for 2 p.m. at Swicegood Chapel with Rev. Albert J. Schrader officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park. Mrs. Neal, 34, of 122 Dublin Court, died Sunday in Roman Eagle Nursing Home after two years of declining health. Born in Iroquois, she was daughter of the late Benjamin Frank and Emma Frowelier Hartman. She moved to Danville in 1905 and attended Randolph Macon Institute later Stratford College. She belonged to Vesper Garden Club and Main Street United Methodist Church. Surviving: sister Erma Wiggers of Richmond. brothers Donald F. Hartman of Danville and a grandson Gordon Neal of Danville. The body lies at the funeral home. family at the residence of daughter-in-law.
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Gayle Hartman Neal
Swicegood Chapel
Albert J. Schrader
Highland Burial Park
Neal
Dublin Court
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
Human Eagle
Iroquois, Jr
Benjamin Frank
Emma Frowelier Hartman
Danville
Randolph-Macon Institute
Stratford College
Vesper Garden Club
Main Street United Methodist Church
Stanley Thomas Neal
Erma Wiggers
Richmond
Donald F. Hartman
Gordon
Inlaw
Marie Neal
Mrs Sweeney Funeral Today in Bedford County
Mrs Virginia Arthur Sweeney of Forest Rt 2 died yesterday at Liberty House Nursing Home. She was born in Bedford County, daughter of Moses A Arthur and Virginia Thomas Arthur. Survived by son Thomas M Sweeney Forest a daughter Frances B Golgen Alexandria a brother Alexander J Arthur Lynetburg five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Graveside service at 3 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church Bedford County officiated by Rev Paul Blevins. Finch and Finch Funeral Home in charge.
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Forest
Virginia Arthur Sweeney
Forest Rt. 2
Liberty House Nursing Home
Bedford County
Moses A. Arthur
Virginia Thomas Arthur
Sweeney
Chestnut Hill
Bethel Baptist’ Church
Paul Blevins
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
William W. Tate Dies At Age 48
William Wilson Tate 48 of Sutherlin Rt 1 died after a heart seizure at Danville Memorial Hospital. Funeral tomorrow at 2 PM at Wrenn Yeats Chapel with Rev Edd Calhoun and Rev H R Cathy. Burial Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery. Survived by wife Amanda Elizabeth Hall Tate, son William Edward Tate, daughter Elizabeth Coral Tate, mother Mamie Burgess Tate, three brothers, seven sisters, and many relatives. Tate served in Korea and owned Tate's Garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson
Tate
Wrenn-Yeats
Edd Calhoun
H.R. Cathy
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mr. Tate
Sutherlin Rt. 1
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Mamie Burgess Tate
Sam Tate
Sutherlin
Mt. Zion
Amanda Elizabeth Hall
William Edward. Tate
Danville
Elizabeth Coral Tate
Berkley Tate
Mouth
Louise Hupp, Ringgold
Mattie Whitley
Elsie Johnson
Rt. 3
Court Contacts Include Illicit Fish Sales and Gun Case
Court records list Larry Eugene Mitchel 21 of Muldrow Oklahoma charged with illegally selling fish from the back of a pickup truck in interstate commerce. James Bart Chappel, a South Boston man age 4, is charged with violating the gun control act.
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Larry Eugene Mitchel
Muldrow
Okla
South Boston
James Bart Chappel
Henry Phelps Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Henry Phelps 94 will be at Milton's High Street Baptist Church with burial in New Haven Church cemetery Milton Rt. 1. Phelps died Thursday in Memorial Hospital Danville Va. He was born in Caswell County in 1881 and is survived by seven daughters, two sons, 21 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. The body will be taken from Plenty Funeral Home to the church for viewing from 7 to 8 p.m. today.
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Semora
N.C
Henry Phelps
Milton’s
High Street Baptist Church
New Haven Church
Milton Rt
Phelps
Danville
Memorial Hospital
Caswell County
Grace Phelps
Dorothy Lea
Minnie Goods
Florence Banks
Edith Stovatt
Signora Houghton
Margaret Sherell
Detroit
Mich
Sterling Phelps
Lloyd Phelps
Plenty Funeral Home
Birge Wilson Funeral Today at Spray Baptist Church
A funeral for Birge Wilson, 70, of 900 Church St. Eden, N C, will be held today at 2 p.m. at Spray Baptist Church with Rev. Effort Snodderly. Burial follows at Ridge View Cemetery. He died Sunday at Moreheart Memorial Hospital. Survivors include wife Faye Mitchell, daughter Zula Collins of Danville, Va, son Birge Wilson Jr of Eden, four sisters, seven brothers, and six grandchildren.
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Tenn
Carrie Wilson
Danville
Addie Rice
Asheville
Phoebe Sparks
Front Royal
Jack
Hugh
Mark Wilson
Ernise Wilson
Will Wilson
Johnson City
Raleigh
Glenn Wilson
Lexington
Virginia Delegates Vote On ERA For First Time
In Richmond a House of Delegates committee defeat stopped a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Deleg. Dorothy McDiarmid led a bid to bypass committees for a full House debate, calling it a federal function. The motion passed for a recorded vote, but the measure was referred to Thompson's committee 57 for, 36 against.
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Virginia
Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
House
U.S
Senate
Del
Dorothy McDiarmid
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Thomson
House ‘Privileges & Elections Committee
Hoor
del. McDiarmid
McDiarmid
John Warren Cooke
D-Mathews
ERA
Catira House
Merchants Seek Tough Laws To Dent Shoplifting
Virginia merchants told a legislative committee that about 200 million dollars in goods are stolen annually, costing each resident over 43 dollars. Legislation would let store clerks detain suspects up to an hour and allow police to arrest for misdemeanor theft with merchant complaint. Cranwell's bill would impose civil costs on convicted shoplifters. amendments were discussed to exclude parents or guardians of juveniles.
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Richmond
Virginia
Legislative
House Courts of Justice Committee
Sumpter Priddy
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Dels
Ervin Solomon
D-Bath
Richard Cranwell
Roanoke County
Solomon
Andrew Miller
Cranwell
Danville newsman feted as Outstanding Young Man awardee
Duncan, director of public affairs for WETM, lauded for stepping in during illnesses of colleagues and shaping Danville projects such as Hall of Fame and National Tobacco and Textile Museum. Capt. Elliott praised Officer Camp for crime scene tech work and public rapport. Wilburn, a French teacher, received Outstanding Young Educator for his work at George Washington High School and leadership in language education.
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WETM
Duncan
Danville
Hall of Fame
National Tobacco and Textile Museum
Anderson
Big Daddy
Sam
Punkin Dunkin
B.C. Elliott
Capt
Elliott
Eliott
Camp
Trinity United Methodist Church
George Washington High School
Danville Community College
Jaycee
Wilburn
Thomas Truitt
University of Richmond
Wilbur
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
University of Virginia Extension Service
Virginia
National Education Associations
American Association of Teachers of French
Gwhs Planning Council
Knights of Columbus
Richard Pretty
OYM
Kenneth Miller
Theodore Landis
Church
Robert Clarke
Men Charged With Writing Bad Checks Danville Police
Danville police yesterday arrested two men already serving sentences on Danville City Farm and charged them with issuing worthless checks to area merchants. Arthur Lee Williams 21 of Carriage Hill Trailer Court and Alvin McCoy Wesson listed no address were taken into custody. Williams faces four counts for checks issued to Bestway Foods Nor-Dan on Nov 2 4 and 26 1975 for 62.28 54.81 and 21.71 and to Mason's Stores Inc Riverside Drive Nov 28 1975 for 20.79. Wesson was arrested for writing a bad check to Southern States Danville Cooperative 724 Craighead St for 350. John William Jennings 56 of Wiedan Motor Court was arrested on Patton Street and charged for Meeks Gulf Service Station 3103 Riverside Drive for checks dated Dec 28 AW75. George Ellis Hancock 26 of Chatham Rt 3 was arrested on Main Street and charged with intent to defraud Central Gil Co for 374.60 dated Jan 23 in Chatham. Police also continued investigations of weekend thefts including a missing store component system from Danville YWCA and a stolen 1966 Mercury from 130 Harris Place. A donation canister with 5 was reported missing at Byrd Business Farms. No arrests in those incidents.
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Danville
Mason's Stores Inc
Riverside Drive
Wesson
Danville Cooperative
Craighead St
John William Jennings
Wiedan Motor Court
Aim
Patton Street
Meeks Gulf Service Station
George Ellis Hancock
Chatham Rt. 3
Chatham
Hancock
Main Street
TA. Brown
Central Gil Co
Danville Ywca
Main St
Louise Reynolds Naper
Yanceyville
Harris Place
Byrd Business Farms
Negro History Program Rescheduled at YMCA
The Negro History program at Brodnax YMCA shifts to next Sunday at 5 pm with Miss Catherine H. Brown as guest speaker. The Gospel Heritage Talent Show, film Frederick Douglass The Angry Prophet, and prizes by area gospel groups are planned. Y trip to Ringling Brothers Circus remains open with buses departing Saturday at 9 am and returning by 3 38 pm. register by Thursday.
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Brodnax- Ymca
P.S. Brodnax
YMCA
Catherine H. Brown
Brodnax
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Greensboro Coliseum
Danville
Films by Kenneth Clark continue at Danville Museum
The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History screens Kenneth Clark films today focusing on John Constable and Joseph Turner, with showings at 8 p.m. in the museum auditorium. A safari signup deadline is Friday February 13 for a Virginia Museum trip, departing March 6 for an Emperor Jones matinee. a social hour and dinner follow the show. New displays include Tay and Boehm Ching birds from the Moyes collection and German World War II porcelain figurines owned by the Youngs, plus period Chandeliers from Edwin Booth’s collection donated for the library and reception rooms. An invitational show of private area artists will end February 15 with Albrecht Durer woodcuts on loan from the North Carolina Museum of Fine Arts.
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Kenneth Clark
Danville Museum of Fine Arts
John Constable
Joseph Turner
Virginia Museum
Richmond
Forest Moyes
Robert B. Young
Edwin Booth
Albrecht Durer
North Carolina Museum of Fine Arts
Jimmy Carter Meeting Set in Danville District
The Jimmy Carter campaign will hold an organizational meeting for Virginia's Fifth Congressional District in Danville at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Holiday Inn. James Gibbs, Virginia field coordinator, announced the meeting and urged everyone to attend even if they have not yet decided which Democratic candidate to support.
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Jimmy Carter
Fifth
Danville
Holiday Inn
James Gibbs
Virginia
Gibbs
Missouri editor to guest on CBS Morning News
Dr Ralph Lowenstein formerly of Danville plans to comment on CBS Morning News with Hughes Rudd tomorrow from 7 to 8 a m He chairs MU Columbia news and editorial department and is the son of Mrs Henry Lowenstein 531 W Main St
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Ralph Lowenstein
Danville
CBS Morning News
Hughes Rudd
M. Lowenstein
University of Missouri At Columbia
Henry Lowenstein
Main St
Three Complete Special Courses US Air Force Personnel
Danville area airmen complete medical mechanical and electronic training. Talcot II Mims of Reidsville NC finishes medical supply specialist course at Sheppard AFB Texas. David N. Watson of Eden NC completes human relations instruction and is selected for technical training in communications electronics. David S Wilburn of South Boston completes aircraft mechanic course by Air Training Command.
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Air Force
Danville
Talcot
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Rigney
Y. T. Matthews
Mrs
Gayle Neal
Mrs. Sweeney
William W. Tate
Birge Wilson
Eastwind
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Universities
Motley’s
West Matin St
A.B. Motley
Bendall
Lowenstein
CBS News
Allright Auto Park
Danville Hearing Aid Center
Main Street—Arcade
Victor Loal
Mgr
Ethan Oe
Armaye Stem
Denville Plaza
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