Mrs. Annie Seawell Funeral Rites Slated Today
Mrs. Annie Davis Seawell 86 will have funeral services at 11 a.m. at Mount Vernon Methodist Church with burial at Green Hill Cemetery in Altavista at 1 30 p.m. She died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Altavista after years of declining health. A Danville native, she served as attendance officer in the Danville school system and was a Lane Memorial Methodist Church member. Surviving are two sons, two daughters, six grandchildren, and several siblings. The body is at Finch Funeral Home and the family at the Frazier home on Myrtle Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Davis Seawell
Mount Vernon Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Altavista
Seawell
Danville
C. P. Frazier
Richmond
Lane Memorial Methodist Church
John L. Seawell
Crossville
Tenn
Samuel Davis Seawell
Long Beach
Calif
W. G. Katsilometes
Pocatello
Idaho
Carleton P. Frazier
R. B. Davis
Leon Davis
E. L. Davis
Roanoke
John Davis
George Garrett Dies In Norfolk Hospital
George Garrett age 81, brother in law of Mr and Mrs W C Talley of 728 Temple Ave, died Sunday at Norfolk General Hospital. He was husband of Abbie Ayers Garrett who died two years ago and is survived by nieces and nephews in Danville. Funeral services are today at 2 pm from Hollo man and Brown Funeral Chapel in Norfolk with interment in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Garrett
W. C. Talley
Temple Ave
Norfolk General Hospital
Garrett
Abbie Ayers Garrett
Danville
Holloman and Brown Funeral
Norfolk
Stolen Truck Recovered. Three Youths Held by Police
A Briarwood Drive truck reported missing at 7 pm was recovered minutes later by Officers Buchanan and Ham on Sunset Place after a chase through Keens Mill Road Arnett Boulevard and Sherwood Drive. Two youths, ages 14 and 12, fled but were caught. the third was found hiding in the truck. All three were turned over to Juvenile Court authorities. Leonard Yeatts reported the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briarwood Drive
Leonard Yeatts
Briarwood
B. G. Buchanan
T. L. Ham
Riverside Drive
Piney Forest Rd
Keens Mill Rd
Arnett Blvd
Sherwood Drive
Sunset Place
Buchanan
Ham
Gretna Ends Final Payment on Fire Truck Purchase
Gretna Town Council approved the final payment of 1,210 dollars for the Gretna Volunteer Fire Department's newest fire truck purchased in 1962. In other actions, the council raised cemetery plot prices, considered a new fire station site, voted to buy 6.93 acres near the town dump for 1,485 dollars to aid fire access, and heard town police statistics including 119 arrests, 23 traffic accidents, and 2,964 dollars in fines. Center Street residents reported three years of muddy water. officials agreed to address the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna
Harry Moore
Center St
QO. M. Colbert
Wiliam Mayhew
Moore
ABC
Rites Slated Today for Cannan Infant
Graveside rites are set for Julie Di Anne Cannan infant daughter of Billy Lee Cannan and Nancy D. Cannan. The service will be at 11 a.m. today at Chatham Burial Park. Her father, now of Mt. Rainier Maryland, is a former Chatham resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Dianne Cannan
Billy Lee Cannan
Nancy D. Cannan
Chatham Burial Park
Mt. Ranier, Md
Chatham
Funeral Rites Set Today For J. Perry
Funeral for J Howard Perry 68 will be held at 2 p m from Townes Memorial Chapel with interment at Mountain View Cemetery. He died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after years of declining health. A longtime Danville resident, he worked 45 years at Dan River Mills before retiring. Survived by wife Vada Hungate Perry and two sons Carl and Richard, plus siblings and six nieces. Body at Townes Funeral Home. family at home 38 Stokesland Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Perry
Townes
Mountain View
Perry
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Dan River Mills
Schoolfield
Carl Perry
Ashville
N. C
Richard J. Perry
Fayetteville
Ralph Perry
Milton Perry
Mable Perry Alderson
Durham
Townes Funeral Home
Stokes- Sand Ave
Mrs Gatewood Dies At 78 In Danville Area
Mrs. Bessie Lewis Gatewood, 78, of 141 Gatewood Ave Stokesland, died Monday at 12 10 pm after three years of declining health. native of Rockingham NC she lived in Danville area most of life member of Stokesland Methodist Church survived by husband James R Gatewood four daughters Eula Willis Bertha Martin Mary Shelton Annie Mayhew five sons Robert E Gatewood J Lewis Gatewood Walter W Gatewood Lon Gatewood Charles F Gatewood of Baltimore five sisters including Bertie Neal Louise Norvell J R Payne Rosa L Hock Gladys Boaze seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Townes Memorial Chapel with interment in Green Hill cemetery. Body at Townes Funeral Home family at residence 141 Gatewood Ave Stokesland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lewis Gatewood
Gatewood Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Rockingham
N.C
Gatewood
James M. Lewis
Cornelia Graveswis
Danville
Stokesland Methodist Church
James Robert Gatewood
Eula Willis
Bertha Martin
Mary Shelton
Annie Mayhew
Gretna
Robert E.gatewood
J. Lewis Gatewood
Walter W. Gatewood
Raylon R. Gatewood
Charles F. Gatewood
Baltimore
Green Hill Cemetery
Townes Funeral Home
Gatewood Ave
Stokesland
Caswell to Seek Federal Aid for Caswell Schools Plan
Caswell County boards consider using more than 400000 in federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to hire 30 to 35 teachers for eligible schools including Pelham Cobb and Bartlett Yancey High. The plan aims to help educationally deprived children but faces space limits and community opposition to Pelham consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
Cobb
Division of
Yanceyville
W. E. Niven
Caswell County
Niven
Caswell
Cobb and Bartlett
Yancey High Schoo
Rites Slated Today For W J Dunn
Graveside rites for William Jefferson Dunn 91 of Vernon Hill Rt 1 will be conducted today at 11 a.m. from St Pauls Episcopal Church. He died Sunday in Altavista Nursing Home after years of declining health. He was a Halifax County native married to Dora Walker. Survived by wife a daughter Ollie D Robinson of Asheville brother Ernest Dunn of Vernon Hill three sisters Grace Chandler J E Xenia Wrenn and Prince L Dunn four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Body at Barker Funeral Home family at Vernon Hall Rt 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jefferson
Jeff) Dunn
Vernon Hill Rt. 1
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
Dunn
Altavista Nursing Home
Halifax County
Dora Walker
Ollie D. Robinson
Asheville
N. C
Ernest Dunn
Vernon Hill
Grace Chandler
J. E. (Xenia) Wrenn
Prince L. Dunn
Danville
Prancehildren
Barker Funeral Home
Vernon Hall
Rt. 2
Daryl Wayne Grogan Funeral Rites Held
Funeral rites for Daryl Wayne Grogan were conducted yesterday afternoon from the Wrenn Yeatts chapel by Rev. A J Adkins. Interment followed in the Lively Stone Baptist Church cemetery. Pallbearers were Rodney Doss Donny Wyatt Pete Moore Carl Webb D T Oakes and Toney Oakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Wayne Grogan
Wrenn-Yeatts
A. J. Adkins
Lively Stone Baptist Church
Rodney Doss
Donny Wyatt
Pete Moore
Carl Webb
D. T. Oakes
Toney Oakes
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Edwards
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Watson Edwards wife of C L Edwards were conducted Sunday afternoon from the Scott Funeral Home Chapel by Rev J D Hunt. Interment followed in Highland Burial Park Danville with pallbearers Herman Davidson Lloyd Osborne J M Hogan C B Reynolds Walter Blair W J Hill Charles Edwards and Wesley Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Watson Edwards
C. L. Edwards
Scott Funeral Home
J. D. Hunt
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Herman Davidson
Lloyd Osborne
J. M. Hogan
C. B. Reynolds
Walter Blair
W. J. Hill
Charles Edwards
Wesley Watson
Caswell proposal seeks state aid for room use plan
The speaker stated that, when the Caswell proposal goes to the State, permission will be requested to use the first year allocation for this purpose and the second-year allocation after July 1 to hire necessary personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell
Joint Services for Mother and Daughter Held
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Shockoe Baptist Church for Mrs. JoAnn Dawson Smith and her five year old daughter Patty Jo Smith. The Rev. Robert K. Huskey and Rev. Chevis F. Horne conducted the joint service. Interment followed in the Dawson family cemetery. Pallbearers for Mrs. Smith were Johnny Motley Herman Parker Bernard Dixon Clarence Durham Harold Logan Russell East. Pallbearers for Patty Jo Smith were James Royster Louis Blackstock Gene Smithers W. D. Spencer James Early and L. Lucado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JoAnn Dawson Smith
Patty Jo Smith
Shockoe Baptist Church
Robert K. Huskey
Chevis F. Horne
Dawson Family
Mrs. Smith
Johnny Motley
Herman Parker
Bernard Dixon
Clarence Durham
Harold Logan
Russell East
James Royster
Louis Blackstock
Gene Smithers
W. D. Spencer
James Early
L. ¥. Lucado
George C. Parsons Dies At Age Of 88
Mrs Edward F Fox of Chat ham Rt 3 has received word of the death of her uncle George Cabbel Parsons of Boise Idaho He was 88 a former resident of Chatham and a rural postman of Boise He is survived by two daughters a son Bert Parsons and many grandchildren nieces and nephews of Pittsylvania County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Fox
Chatham Rt. 3
George Cabbel Parsons
iBoise
Idaho
Parsons
Chatham
Fa Reliref
Boise
Fred Ketch
Clit¢ Wyllie
Bert Parsons
Pittsylvania County
Daniel Named To ABC Board From Caswell
YANCEYVILLE North Carolina Daniel Cleve Daniel was named to the Caswell County ABC Board with G R Smith chosen as new chairman after the resignation of G Dailey who had led the board for 14 years Dailey remains acting administrator of the Caswell ABC system the appointment occurred at a joint Caswell Board of Education and County Commissioners meeting which jointly names ABC Board members and designates its chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N. C
G. Cleve Daniel
Caswell County Abc Board
G. R. Smith
G. Dailey
Dailey
Caswell Abc
Daniel
Caswell
ABC
Caswell Board of Education and County Commissioners
ABC Board
Last Rites Planned For J Whitt Powell
J Whitt Powell 70 Blanch farmer dies Monday in Memorial Hospital Danville Va after long illness. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m at New Hope Methodist Church Blanch with Rev C C Stokes officiating. Interment in church cemetery. He served as Caswell County deputy sheriff and belonged to New Hope Church Caswell Masonic Lodge. He married Louise Harris March 1 1929 and leaves two daughters two sons six grandchildren and three brothers. Remains at Swicegood Funeral Home Yanceyville until noon Wednesday. Family at Blanch residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N. C
J. Whitt Powell
New Hope, Methodist Church
C. C. Stokes
Blanch
Caswell County
New Hops
Falls Church
B. L. Powell
Bachelors Hall
W. B. Powell
P. B. Powell
Burlington
F J Haskins Dies At Age 93 At Gallands
Fletcher James Haskins age 93 died Monday afternoon at his home Rt 1 Callands. A retired farmer born in Pittsylvania County he was survived by his wife six daughters and four sons and a number of grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body at McKee Funeral Home Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher James Haskins
Rt. 1
Callands
Pittsylvania County
William Haskins
Jane Rigney Haskins
Maggie O'Dell Haskins
Richard ‘Amos
Jessie Brumsfield
Chatham
Carifie Seearce
Danville
Rudolph Davis
Portsmouth
Randolph N. Conner Dies in Norfolk
Randolph N. Conner, a former Danville resident, died yesterday evening in Norfolk at age 53. He is survived by his wife Pauline Harvey, a daughter, a brother Roy H. Conner of Danville, and a sister Ruby Daniel of Hickory, N Carolina. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Holloman Brown Funeral Home in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph N. Conner
Danville
Norfolk
Conner
Pauline Harvey
Miss Conner
Roy H. Conner
North Ave
Ruby Daniel
Hickory
N.C
Holloman-Brown Funeral Home
John Henry Myers Vinal Rites Held in Chatham
Funeral services for John Henry Myers of Chatham were conducted Sunday afternoon at Scott Funeral Name Chapel by Rev. E. V. Cullum. Interment followed in the Adkins family cemetery. Pallbearers included Oscar Myers, Ernest Adkins, Hubert Bates, John Emerson, Harry Moser, Eugene Moser, Bill Powell and Raleigh Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Myers
Chatham, Rt
Scott
E. V. Cullum
Adkins
Oscar Myers
Ernest Adkins
Hubert Bates
John Emerson
Harry Moser
Eugene Moser
Bill Powell
Raleigh Bowen
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Womack On Chatham Road
Margaret L Packett Womack wife of A Williamson Womack died recently Funeral rites were conducted Monday afternoon from the home on Chatham Rt 5 by Rev Henry S Chenault and Rev H A Maddry Interment was in the Womack family cemetery Pallbearers named include Dewey Mayhew Jr Marvin Pickrell Hunt Meadows 3rd Philmore Robertson Sam Crider Ryland Shelton Giles Johnson Roscoe Mayhew and John Andrews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Packett Womack
A. Williamson Womack
Chatham
Rt. 5
Henry S. Chenault
H. A. Maddry
Womack
Dewey Mayhew, Jr
Marvin Pickrell
Hunt Meadows
Philmore Robertson
Sam Crider
Ryland Shelton
Giles Johnson
Roscoe Mayhew
John Andrews
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Norfolk Hospital
Cannan
J. Perry
Loftis
Appalachian Power Co
W. J. Dunn
Mrs. Edwards
George C. Parsons
F. J. Haskins
AtGallands
Florida
Ernie
Colonial Stores
Atoes
Colonial
RED Carpet
Mrs. Womack
Cansylvania Barracks
City Armory
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