Danville woman leads program to aid disabled offenders
Sallie Bendall, with a state grant, directs a year long project to sensitize law enforcement, judges, attorneys and parole officers toward developmentally disabled offenders. The Danville Association for Retarded Citizens plans workshops, a college credit course, and centralized confidential files to improve handling and reduce unnecessary incarceration. Bendall, a former teacher and EMR instructor, aims to expand awareness of mild retardation and its challenges within the community and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Bendall
Tunstalligh School
Deaths And Funerals In Danville And Nearby Areas
A string of obituaries from Danville and surrounding locales notes deaths including Cleveland D. Keller 79 of Washington Street in Danville ending after a hospital stay. Verna Tate Oakes 64 of Greensboro. Noel Garner Atkinson 59 of Hurt. Martinsville clergyman Rev. L. A. Bowman 101. Clifton Terry Lewis 59 of Chatham. Laura Hancock Osborne 93 of Danville. and Dais Gardner Yates 73 formerly of Danville. Surviving relatives span multiple states with numerous children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Requiems at Barker Funeral Chapel Cross in Greensboro Jones Chapel Church and Mosley Memorial United Methodist Church are listed with interment plans at Highland Burial Park and Gretna Burial Park. Affected communities include Danville Greensboro Gretna Martinsville and Charleston. Funeral notices call out service times and burial details for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clary. Tate
Gretna
Mery Hoover
Danville
Myral Hague
Richmond
Tommy Oakes
Perrytown
Tex
Margaret Frazier
Greensboro
Presbyterian
Highland Burial Park
Forbis-Dick Funeral Home
Mary Hoover
Westview Drive
Elmo Nolen
Martinsville
Earl Cater
Luther Hopkins
W. C. Sweltzer
Rose Lawn Burial Park
Laura Hancock Osborne
Roman Eagle Memorial
Rockingham County
James A. Hancock
Fannie Ellington Hancock
East Paxton Street
Mosley Memorial United Methodist Church
A. B. Osborne
Frances Mitchell
Virginia Bass
A. H. Osborne Jr
Eric
Townes Funeral Home
B. Paxton St
Funeral for David Houston Set for Monday at 2
Funeral services for David Houston will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at L. H. Brooks & Co. Funeral Home with Rev. D. L. Thomas officiating. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Houston, 61, of Grant Street Extension, died Friday morning near his home. Born in Mercer, Georgia, he was a son of the late Warren and Samantha Houston. A retired tobacco factory employee, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Barksdale, a son, and seven great‑grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland D. Keller
Washington St
Danville Memorial Hospital
Greenville County
S.C
the Tate
Wyatt Chevrolet Company
Harrie Ford Keiler
Westfield
Mass
Martha Terry
Washington Street
Keller
Shermount Baptist Church
Clarence H. Keller
South
Boston Road
Manning Keller
Afton’ Road
Miles Thomas Rudder
Langley Field
James Carrol Rudder
Danville
Curtis Riddle
Franklin Turnpike
E. F.cook
Blandford
John Shepard
Lawson Keller
Westboro
John Keller
Greenville
D.C
Otis Keller
Atlanta
Charles Godfrey
Williamston
Barker Funeral Chapel
W. Curtis Hall
Highland Burial Park
Hurt
Noel Garner Atkinson
Hurt Rt. 8
Lynchburg General Hospital
Pittsylvania County
George W. Atkinson
Mina Pierce Atkinson
Lane Company
Bernice Pickerel Atkinson
Dwight Atkinson
Blacksburg
Peggy Yeatts
Gretna
Linda Powers
Lynchburg
Willie Atkinson
Blanche
N.C
G. L. Atkinson
Hart
Otha Conner
Kembridge
Thornton Arthur
Cora Bobbitt
Columbus
Ohio
Clarence Scruggs
Spencer, N.C
Clifton Terry Lewis
Chatham Rt. 6
Memorial Hospital
Daniel Lee Lewis
Betty Terry Lewis
Oakland United Methodist Church
W.L. Craddock
Chatham Rt
Charleston
Dais Gardner Yates
C. W. Yates Jr
Summerville
Erskine Gardner
Glad Gardner
Lancaster
Roanoke
David Houston
L. HM. Brooks & Ae Funeral
D. d. Thomas
Oak Hill
Houston
Grant Street
Mercer
Warren and
Samatha Houston
Ruth Barksdale
City Police Seek Elderly Missing Man Amid Weekend Arrests
Danville police search for Morgan Ellis Dodson, 80, last seen Dec 31 after boarding a bus to Washington, D C. He may have alighted en route. Police seek tips on his whereabouts while weekend arrests include Janie Owen Vaden for a bad check and several disorderly conduct and court order violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Morgan Ellis Dodson
Grant St
Apt 6
Washington, D.C
Dodson
Washington
Janie Owen Vaden
Iris Lane
Perkins Trailer’ Court
Food World
Riverside Drive
Coleman says assembly must honor commitments to local governments
Staunton Senator J Marshall Coleman urges the 1977 General Assembly to uphold financial commitments to 141 localities tied to their budget planning. He calls for economy in government and notes state agency vacancies remain below authorized levels. He opposes cutting school aid while proposing attrition and postponed capital projects to save funds. Delores Stephens earns a PhD in English from Emory University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Sen. J. Marshall
Coleman
Rstaunton
General Assembly
Howell Rejects Tax Hike and Local Aid Cuts in Budget Fight
Former Lt. Gov Henry Howell, running for governor as a Democrat, rejects both tax increases and further state aid cuts to close a 119 million general fund deficit. He proposes one year freezes on furniture purchases, consolidation of computer systems, and travel cutbacks to save money. Atty Gen Andrew Miller worries lawmakers focus on money problems may neglect other issues like mental hospital doctor shortages and special education for handicapped children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry Howell
Saurday
Howell
Virginia
Mills Godwin
Andrew P. Miller
General Assembly
Miller
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
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Mt. Cross Road
Gretna Senior High School
Cleveland Keller
Noel Atkinson
Verna Tate Oakes
Walnut St
Claude Thomas Tate
Martha Motley Tate
Colbert-Moran
Denver Simpson
Raymond Good
Bowman
L. A. Bowman
Martinsville Rt. 2
Franklin County
Isaac Bowman
Nancy Peters Bowman
Schoolfield
Henry County
Jones Chapel
Church of the Brethren
Lula Bailles Nolen Bowman
Macy A. Bowman
Jesse E. Bowman
Willamsburg
Annie Lou Harris
Ridgeway Rt. 1
Hattie Mae Gilley
Stuart
Qua Lea Merricks
Marchingville
McKee Funeral Home
Martingville
Clifton Lewis
Mrs. Osborne
Southern Railway
Tippett’s Crossing
Eft
Chatham
Michael Bruce Hudson
Roger Dale
Rigney
Chatham Rt 4
Twilight Room
Rigney and Hudson
R. S. Shelton and
D. Dutton
Richard Andrew Mangrum
Chatham Rt. 1
Danville Circuit Court
Raymond Eugene Carson
Robert Lee Barksdale
Maxine Road
P. K. Stanley
Prince Edward County
Assembly
E. Delores B. Stephens
G. A. Betts Sr
Emory University
Rosa Richardson Tucker
McDowell TV
Main St
Ted Hughey
Danville Area
Wrenn
Hunarad
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