Funeral for John Vornan Gray Held Tomorrow
John Vornan Gray aged 53 longtime Westbrook Elevator employee died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Barker Funeral Home chapel with Rev. John Groff officiating. Burial in Highland Burial Park. He was born April 20, 1920 in Danville and survived by wife Mary Vernon, mother Lelia Gray two brothers and four sisters. The body lies at the funeral home with 7:36 to 9 p.m. calling hours and will be at their Forest Lawn Drive home at other times.
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John Vornan Gray
Chapel of Barker Funeral
John Groff
Highland Burial Park
Gray
Westbrook Elevator Company
Memorial Hospital
Lelia Edenbeck Gray
Thomas Gray
Danville
Lodge of the
Loyal Order of Moose
Mary Vernon
Forest Lawn Drive
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
Robert E. Gray
St. Petersburg
Fla
Percy C. Gray
College Park
Martha Caruse
Rockville
Mary Jennings
Hampton
Ethel Burton
Catherine Gray
Mrs. McGuire Dies Yesterday in Chesapeake
Mae Barrow McGuire aged 91, Henry County native, died yesterday afternoon in Chesapeake. Born Sept 12, 1882, she was daughter of George D. Barrow and Matilda Eanes Barrow. Survived by two daughters, seven sons, one sister, 29 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. Funeral plans noted with body at McKee Funeral Home Martinsville and family at Axton residence.
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Mae Barrow McGuire
Henry County
Chesapeake
George David Barrow
Matilda Eanes Barrow
Elijah Franklin McGuire
County Line Christian Church
Axton
Della Underwood
Eden
N. C
Sally Minter
Elijah D. McGuire
Lewis McGuire
Harry
Obie
Roy McGuire
Buford McGuire
Danville
John McGuire
Martinsville
Flora Powell
McKee
Mrs. D. H. Bond Dies Yesterday
Annie Tomlin Bond 63 died at home on Baltimore Avenue. Born February 16, 1910 in Rockbridge County, she was married to Dorsey H. Bond and had a son and daughter. Funeral at Townes Memorial Chapel with burial in Schoolfield Cemetery.
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Annie Tomlin Bond
Baltimore Ave
Rockbridge County
Boss
Sarah Stinnett Tomlin
Dorsey H. Bond
Dan River Inc
Church of God of Prophecy
Jamies L. Bond
Judith, Bond
Danville
Carrie McBride
Lawrence Tomlin
Alexandria
Townes Memorial Chapel
Jack Robertson
Sebastian McGee
Schoolfield Cemetery
Townes Funeral Home
Baltimore Avenue
Berkley Sours Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for Berkley G. Sours, 73, of 118 Stokesland Ave., will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Schoolfield Baptist Church with ministers Lawrence Gentry and Earl Dalton. He died yesterday. born March 24, 1900 in Pittsylvania County, son of Paul Allen Sours and Eula Hail Spurs. He worked 25 years at Dan River Inc. He married Gracie Dalton September 21, 1938. Survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cleo Brown and Mrs. Shelby Mahan, five sisters, several relatives.
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Berkley G. Sours
Schoolfield Baptist Church
Lawrence Gentry
Earl Dalton
Highland Burial Park
Sours
Stokesland Ave
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Paul Allen
Eula Hail Spurs
Dan River Inc
John O Hall Funeral Today in Autryville
John O Hall known as Jack Hall aged 56 died in Norfolk on Monday. He was the brother of Rev William M Hall of Danville and is survived by his wife Annie Britt Hall two daughters Annette Hall of Norfolk Brenda H Moncrief of Richmond and Rev Hall of Danville four sisters and a brother of Autryville. Funeral service at 2 p m today at Autryville Baptist Church with Rev Meredith Garrett officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery in Autryville.
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Harry L. Hall
Blairs
John H. Hall
Danville
Elizabeth Russell
Ola Brown
Norfolk
Franklin Turnpike
John O
Jack” Hall
William M. Hall
Annie Britt Hall
Annette Hall
Brenda H. Moncrief
Richmond
Hall
Autryville
Autryville Baptist Church
Meredith Garrett
Mrs Hilton Dies Yesterday in Ringgold at 94
Mrs Lula Hilton 94 of Ringgold Rt 2 died yesterday morning at her granddaughter’s home in Greenshore area. She was born February 2 1878 in Greenville South Carolina and lived in Reidsville and Danville most of her life. Survived by three children 16 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren and 27 great great grandchildren. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home Reidsville with burial at Smyrna Presbyterian Church cemetery near Wentworth North Carolina.
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Ringgold
Lula
Hilton
Ringgold Rt
Lloyd J. Gouldin
Thomas and
Mary Lunsford Casé
Greenville
S.C
Reidsville
N C
Danville
Bernice Revis
James P. Hilton
Ora Walton
Mrs Burnette Rites Tomorrow in Danville Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche Janella Lovelace Burnette will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with Rev Cephas S Hanes officiating. Burial follows at Highland Burial Park. Born March 28 1903 in Pittsylvania County she lived much of her life in New Design. She married Howard Acree Burnette who died in 1959 and she was a Design Methodist Church member. Survived by daughter Katherine Bryant one granddaughter and a great granddaughter two brothers and three sisters Charles Wesley Lovelace David Kelly Lovelace Mrs Carrie Bailey Mrs Rose Shelton and Mrs Fannie Jones of Danville.
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Blanche Janella Lovelace Burnette
Wrenn-Yeatts
Cephas S. Hanes
Highland Burial Park
Burnette
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
George David
Elizabeth Kelly Lovelace
New Design
Howard Acree Burnette
Design Methodist Church
Katherine Bryant
Danville
Charles Wesley Lovelace
David Kelly Lovelace
Carrie Bailey
Rose Shelton
Fannie Jones
Funeral rites for Mrs Florine James Daniel set at Beavers Chapel
Funeral for Mrs Florine James Daniel is planned at Beavers Funeral Home Chapel tomorrow at 8 p.m. conducted by Rev Doyle J. Thomas. She died at 115 St Paul Circle while living with Mrs Leola DeJarnett. Survived by brother Willie Lloyd James of Danville five stepdaughters and a stepson. Family at Naomi James Thompson’s home 1238 Paxton St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florine James Daniel
Beavers Funeral Home
Doyle J. Thomas
Mrs. Hargrove Funeral Today in Richmond
Funeral services for Betty Briggs Hargrove are set for 10 a.m. at Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home 1771 Parham Road with graveside rites at 2 p.m. in Oak Ridge Cemetery South Boston. The former Danville resident died Monday in Richmond.
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Richmond
Betty Briggs Hargrove
Parham Chapel
Woody Funeral Home
Parham Road
Boston
Oak Ridge
Hargrove
Danville
Man Taken From Flight After Wachovia Bank Robbery
Police and FBI agents boarded a Piedmont Airlines flight at Smith Reynolds Airport and arrested Johnny Mack Johnson, 21, of Sparta, N C, on a charge of robbing Wachovia Bank and Trust Co at its North Paterson branch about 10 45 a m Federal officials provided the details in Winston Salem North Carolina AP dispatch describing the mid afternoon arrest after the robbery.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Piedmont Airlines
Smith Reynolds Airport
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
FBI
Edward J. Krupinsky
North Carolina
Johnny Mack Johnson
Sparta
Wachovia
North Patterson
Jesse J Still Dies Saturday in Biloxi VA Hospital
Jesse J Still 2 of Bassett Rt 5 died Saturday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Biloxi Mississippi. Survived by wife Clara Wade Still, four sons James R Still Frank J Still Ralph W Still Johnie Still, 14 grandchildren, three sisters, services Thursday at 1 a.m. at Stone Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Roselawn Burial Park. family to receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
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Bassett
Jesse J. Still
Veterans Administration Hospital
Biloxi
Miss
Clara Wade Still
Clara Turton
Bassett Rt
Mary Kerbitt
Grand Blanc
Mich
James R. Still
Flint
Frank J. Still
Collinsville
Ralph W. Still
U.S. Air Force
England
John Ie Still
Flushing
Mrs Weatherford Family Notices From Richmond Region
Mrs. Margaret Weatherford of Richmond is listed along with sister Mrs. Jessie McKinney of Danville and brother Elton Briggs of Vineland New Jersey. The obituary notes three grandchildren and six great grandchildren in the family.
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Margaret Weatherford
Richmond
Jessie McKinney
Danville
Elton Briggs
Vineland
N.J
Thief Claimed Ingenuity Fueled Bold Prison Escape
Claude Bloodgood, a master chess player and convicted murderer, told the Richmond News Leader he stole out of a belief in his own ingenuity. He and Lewis Capleaner overpowered guards last Saturday, fled with three pistols, and remain at large. Bloodgood, once on death row, had been involved in church and chess activities inside Virginia State Prison, while noting plans to go straight if ever released.
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Richmond
Claude Bloodgood
Virginia States
Richmond News Leader
Supreme Court
Bloodgood
Loren Duffield
Duffield
Prisoner Bloodgood Reflects on Rehabilitation and Death Sentence
Bloodgood voiced doubts about the state's prison system urging reforms or a realistic atmosphere for rehabilitation. He described diligent prison work and lamented lack of recognition for good conduct. In a later letter he recalled his death sentence as fully justified given his contempt for life and his belief he deserves nothing.
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Bloodgood
Tn A Telter
Corrections Ban All Outside Wall Activities In Virginia
Virginia corrections officials extended a ban on outside the walls activities to all institutions after a wave of escapes. The ban excludes work release and furlough but targets outside recreation such as chess tournaments and outdoor concerts. Two convicted murderers, Claude Bloodgood III and Lewis Capleaner, overpowered a guard and fled with three pistols and remain at large. A suit alleging negligence by state officials was filed by Bloodgood’s former attorney, with a hearing set. Another inmate escaped from a Richmond Arena project and a Haynesville unit worker, Pete Devore Jr., is still at large after fleeing with a coal load.
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Green Springs
Richmond
U.S
Virginia
Lefepe
John D. Butzner
Butzner
Lescoe
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
Emroch
Circuit Court
Tower Court
Lefeve
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Lewis W. Capleaner
Bloodgood
James F. Howard
Howard
Claude F. Bloodgood HI
Lewis W
Capleaner
Henrico County
Jaycees
Richmond Arena
New York
Haynesville
Pete Devore Jr
Devore
POW Beaten Recovering From Injuries in North Carolina
Nathan Henry, 25 year old sergeant and Vietnam prisoner of war, is at Oteen Veterans Hospital healing from injuries after a beating on New Year’s Day in a supermarket parking lot. His mother, Mrs. Thurman Henry, says three men assaulted him while a fourth held him. Henry sustained a ruptured spleen and liver, head injuries, a fractured right thigh, and damaged his car after driving away. Macon County Sheriff George Moses will continue the investigation.
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Franklin, N.C
API Nathan Henry
Oteen Veterans Hospital
Thurman Henry
Near Franklin
Macon
George Moses
Henry
Fairfax County Construction Ban Draws Legal Challenge
Fairfax County moved to bar most new construction on an emergency basis prompting the Northern Virginia Builders Association to seek legal grounds for a lawsuit. Association president Edward R. Carr warned the move will reduce local economic activity by at least 10 percent and raise taxes for current residents.
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Fairfax
Fairfax County
Northern Virginia Builders Association
Builders Association
Edward R. Carr
Dps
Carr
Virginia
Fairfax County Board
Rufus Phillips
Fault Beneath Plant Poses Remote Threat in Virginia
State Geologist James L. Calver says the fault under the North Anna nuclear site is minor old and inactive. He found the risk of reactivation or a larger future quake remote, as officials plan an Atomic Energy Commission hearing on Virginia Electric & Power Co. expansion and seismic design concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
James L. Calver
Andrew P. Miller
Louisa County
Calver
Miller
Atomic Energy Commission
Virginia Electric & Power Co
North Anna River
Vepco
Fredericksburg
Washington Man Held In Death Of 14 Year Old
Fairfax AP John Gilreath 23 of Washington held for grand jury action on abduction and murder charges in the Oct 30 slaying of 14 year old Natalia Parker Semler at the Madeira School. Police say she was found bound and died of exposure after trying to free herself during a bicycle ride on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
John
Gilreath
Washington
Exclusive Madeira School
Natalia Parker Semler
Peter Semier
Arlington
State Department
Horan
Semler
Madeira
Dividing Two Departments Seems Okay
Virginia secretary of human resources backs a Crime Commission recommendation to split the State into two agencies. The report calls the state prison system bankrupt for rehabilitation and notes prison visits revealing assaults. Brown supports dividing welfare and corrections as cabinet reforms enable clearer reporting and priorities. The commission outlines broader studies of the prison system and cites astronomical estimates of stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Linwood Holton
Mills Godwin
Holton
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John J. Gray
Buddy’ Hall
Claude Acree
Buddy” Hall
Barker Chapel
Victor Mantiply
Charlie Shelton
William H
Emma Richardson Hall
Pet Dairy Co
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Travelers Protective Association
Eye
Lucy Pruitt
D. H. Bond
George W. Wolbur
Associated Press
Louisa Counte
Berkley
John O. Hall
Mrs. Burnette
Mrs. Daniel
Mrs. Hargrove
W. C. Russ
Chester Baptist Church
Russ
James Pammer
Division of Zoning Administration
Pammel
Max Singletary
Singletary
Fauquier
AEC
Natalia
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Grand Jury
General District Court
Martin G. Morris
Commonwealth
AIR Cleaners
Feco
O., Inc
Danville Staury Academy
Riverside Center
Cone Mills
Edna Plant
Cone Mills Corporation
Harrison Street
Roldsville, N.C
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