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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
6
Semora and surrounding communities report multiple funeral notices for Violet Haden Giles Amos Stewart Evangelist Hurley Yellock and William Ross Carter among others. Details include service times dates locations churches cemeteries and family residences with survivors listed for each casualty.
Martinsville James Warrior Hodges 68 of 729 Lester Lane died Wednesday. Survived by wife Mrs Nancie Richardson Hodges four daughters and three step daughters from Martinsville Bassett and Danville along with four sisters and three brothers. Body to be at Clearview Baptist family cemetery near Rocky Mount after service at 14 p.m. at funeral home in charge.
Evelyn Walden Sutton 45 of Dale City died Tuesday night in Potomac Hospital Woodbridge She was born in Burlington NC daughter of the late Corous W and Eyie Dalton Walden employed at Naval Research Laboratory Washington DC husband Albert J Sutton Dale City three brothers Raymond 0 Walden Robert L Walden Corous W Walden Jr Spotswood NY and one sister Mary Bates Huddleston The Liturgy for the Dead will be held 10 am Friday at Saint Victoria Catholic Church Hurt by Father DePaul Landrigah Burial will be in the Walden family cemetery Pittsylvania County The body is at Finch and Finch Funeral Home Altavista
Halifax The Rev Clarence Lester Warren 67 retired Baptist minister died Tuesday He was born in Pittsylvania County son of the late James A Warren and Anna Bohannon Warren He is survived by his wife four daughters two sisters two brothers and four grandchildren A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Hunting Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery The body is at Powell Funeral Home
Mrs W E Cheek 96 of 104 S Aycock St Greensboro died Wednesday after 12 years illness at her home A son William Cheek Charlotte and three daughters Miss Emma Mae Cheek Greensboro Mrs Mildred McPherson Greensboro and Mrs Selma Cole Danville Va survive Funeral at 11 am at Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home North Elm Street
Memorial service for Dr. Harold G. Stacy will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fairview United Methodist Church on Westover Drive. The Danville-Pittsylvania Health Department director died last Thursday in San Antonio, Texas, of an apparent heart attack while visiting his son. A private funeral and interment were held there.
Danville police investigated two Wednesday morning accidents on city streets that could be due to slick roads. No charges were filed. A 6 a.m. crash at W Main Street and Old Mayfield Road involved two tractor trailers. one driver suffered injuries. The Mack truck driver was Andrew Lassister of Gretna Route 3 and the International truck driver was Charles McNeely of Hastings North Carolina, with the McNeely vehicle overturning onto railroad tracks. Curtis Montgomery of Concord, NC, a passenger, had a bruised side. Both trucks were total losses. A separate three-car collision on Christopher Lane near Canterbury Road at 10:20 a.m. caused $1,900 in property damages.
The Danville planning panel approved rezoning for Grove Park and Wickes Lumber to move to New Mayfield Road LC frontage, while Commissioner Garrett opposed fronting the road. The body also subdivided Carter property on Lady Astor Street for a two-lot home, and approved an access road for the Danville Fair Association. A $26,000 budget for 1977-78 was set, and Garrett was reelected chair with Luther as vice chair and Lord as secretary.
Davie J. Williams received 12 months probation and a $75 fine after a Nov 6 1976 marijuana possession charge in Danville General District Court. Judge William E. Land also fined Diane Gunter $75 for shoplifting on Nov 13 1976 with two days in jail.
Danville detectives investigated burglaries including a theft of a television set from Danville Fire Department No. 3 behind the museum on Main Street. Entry was through a side door while firemen ate dinner. A similar set was seen near the museum but the thief vanished as officers investigated. Porched furniture was found at 126 Sutherlin Ave. from 130 Sutherlin Ave. and a refrigerator was stolen from 1210 Forest St during the week. Two men were jailed for shoplifting at Fast Fare Inc. and three men were arrested on warrants issued by General District Court.
Georgia A. Jones Jr. the Commonwealth's Attorney asked to delay the preliminary hearing for Curtis Williams until Wednesday January 26. The hearing moves from General District Court to the Pittsylvania County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courtroom. Williams, a former Chatham High School teacher and coach, faces charges tied to seduction of a juvenile student with earlier charges of contributing to delinquency. He fled Virginia prompting a seduction warrant and extradition from Pennsylvania before returning for trial.
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