Deaths and Funerals in Chatham and Pittsylvania County
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F. Saunders will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at LH Brooks & Bros. Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dr. Thomas officiating. Interment in Saunders family cemetery. She died in Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness and was born July 1, 1896 in Pittsylvania County. Survived by three children Lena Bailey Tommy Saunders Percy Saunders 21 grandchildren 52 great grandchildren 10 great great grandchildren. Family visitation Saturday 7 8 p.m. at L. J. Brooks. Also, Mrs. Betty Carter Jamerson 23 of Chatham died Friday at 10 a.m. in University Panel Hospital Chapel Hill. Daughter of Rev. Richard and Mattie Lanier Carter. Member of Greater Triumph Baptist Church. Survived by husband Samuel Jamerson three sisters and two brothers all of Chatham. Funeral arrangements complete. Family at Richard Carter Depot St. Chatham. Body at Miller's Funeral Home Gretna.
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Mary F. Saunders
LH. Brooks & Bros
Thomas
Saunders
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
George
Mary Fitzgerald
Kentuck
Lena Bailey
Tommy Saunders
Percy Saunders
L.J. Brooks & Bros
Chatham
Betty Carter Jamerson
University Panel Hospital
Chapel Hill
Richard and
Mattie Lanier Carter
Greater Triumph Baptist Church
Samuel Jamerson
Katie Lanier
Frances Carter
Sue Ann Carter
David Carter
Rickey Carter
Richard Carter
Depot St
Miller's
Gretna
Mrs Edith Brice Dies At 60 In Winston-Salem
Edith Haynes Brice 60 of Winston-Salem formerly of Reidsville and Ruffin died Friday morning at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem born in Chatham Virginia daughter of Isaac and Carrie Haynes. Survived by son Craig Fulp sisters Ollie Nolderby Ruth Gilbert Lily Haynes Peachy Haynes Clyde Haynes James Haynes. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel burial Hickory Grove United Methodist near Mayfield family at the funeral home tonight 7 to 9.
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Reidsville
W.C
Edith Haynes Brice
Winston-Salem
Ruffin
Baptist
Ruth Gilbert
Norfolk
Lir Haynes
Peachy Haynes
Eden
Clyde Haynes
James Haynes
Orlando Fla
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Hickory Grove United Methodist Church
Mayfield
Funeral
R M Arthur Dies At 79 At His Home
R M Arthur aged 79 died at his Hurt Virginia home Friday at 6 05 pm born May 8 1894 in Rockbridge County son of John B Arthur and Victoria Bruce Arthur survived by four sons Goldie Arthur Merriman Arthur Lee Winfred Arthur Terreel Hayes and two daughters Mrs A B Foster and Miss Berlin Arthur eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren two brothers and three sisters also eight had funeral 2 pm Sunday at Hurt Pentecostal Holiness Church burial Greenhill Cemetery Altavista Finch and Finch Funeral in charge
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Hurt
Roystram Merriman Arthur
Rockbridge County
John B. Arthur
Victoria Bruce Arthur
Virginia
Merriman Arthur
Goldie Arthur
Lee Winfred Arthur
Terreel Hayes
A. B. Foster
Miss Berlin Arthur
Samuel D. Arthur
Thornton Arthur
Columbus
Ohio
Willie Williams
Natural Bridge
Ruby Walthew
Beckley
W. Va
Bud Smith
Hurt Pentecostal Holiness Church
Greenhill Cemetery
Altavista
Hurt, Va
Finch and
Finch
W B Crider Dies At 58 In Chatham Home
Walter Bernard Bunny Crider age 58 of Chatham Route 3 died Friday at 4 PM at his residence. Born June 1915 in Pittsylvania County, he worked for Whitehead Co. of Chatham as a mechanic and belonged to Sheva Church of Christ. Survived by wife Minnie Brooks Crider, four sons B Wayne Crider Danville Roy B Crider Chatham Route 5 Walter Danny Crider Danville Ryland Henry Crider Jacksonville Fla, two daughters Mrs Benny R Guill and Mrs Elwood R Barber Chatham Route, two brothers Otey I Crider R Berkley Crider and Mrs Rawley Robertson, seven grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Sheva Church of Christ, Rev Robert L Johnson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Body at Scott Funeral Home. family at residence.
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Walter Bernard
Bunny} Crider
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
George David Crider
Lucy Jacob Crider
Whitehead Co
Sheva Church of Christ
Minnie Brooks Crider
B. Wayne Crider
Danville
Roy B. Crider
Walter Danny Crider
Ryland Henry Crider
Jacksonville
Fla
Benny R. Guill
Elwood R. Barber
Otey
Crider
R. Berkley Crider
Rawley Robertson
Robert L. Johnson
Scott Funeral Home
Route 5
L. P. Carter Final Rites Set Sunday
Funeral service for Lanier P. Carter will be held Sunday from Rosebud Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. He was born October 1, 1938 in Pittsylvania County and died January 8 in Greenpoint Hospital Brookline New York. Survivors include five siblings and multiple relatives. Visitation is Saturday evening at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home chapel.
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Lanier P. Carter
Rosebud Baptist Church
Carter
Mack Carter Sr
Winefred Carter
Pittsylvania Co
Greenpoint Hospital
Brooklin
N.Y
Bedford Y.M.C.A
Rebecca Echols
Danville
Mae Coles
Chatham
Mack Carter Jr
James Carter
Morristown
Tenn
Carroll Carter
Warren Robins A.F.B. Ga
Cunningham & Hughes
J. E. West
Mrs Collie Dies In Falls Church
Falls Church widow Margaret M. Collie died Friday. She is survived by her husband Theo M. Collie a son Quintin and daughter Mrs Wayne P. Grachow both of Falls Church three sisters Mrs Allen Hitchcack Bridgeport Conn Mrs Joseph Clarke Wilmington NC and Miss Inez Maultshy Orlando Fla and a brother Col Charles W Maultshy Hampton A funeral service will be held at 9 30 a.m. Monday at St James Catholic Church Interment will be in Danville Arrangements by Pearsons Funeral Home.
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Falls Church
Margaret M. Collie
Theo M. Collie
Quintin
Wayne P. Grachow
Allen Hitchcack
Bridgeport
St. James Catholic Church
Danville
Pearson's Funeral Home
Training School Bus Drivers Set Plan for Virginians
The Department of Education prepared an interim plan to train about 10,000 Virginians who drive public school buses. Local school divisions will implement its provisions.
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Department of Education
Tobacco Quality and Clean-Up Initiative Cited by Robertson
Robertson warns improper bulk curing damages leaf causing flat, anemic appearance and slick texture. He notes foreign matter like string and stalks found in auction tobacco, urges cleanliness to improve buyer bids. A TAUS Quality Committee led by John Campbell promotes the campaign to boost U S flue cured tobacco exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson
United States
TAUS
John Campbell
Imperial Group
Virginia Penitentiary Reform Report Highlights Rec Programs
Virginia State Crime Commission documents severe mismanagement in the Penitentiary education and hospital systems. It details deficient recreational activities, a largely unused school with low attendance, outdated equipment, and unsafe, unsanitary hospital wards. It calls for integrated rehabilitation plans, better staff training, and placement of hospital services under medical authority, with urgent moves toward MCV transfer.
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Page Paul
Penitentiary School
Richmond
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Chase
Education Department
Division of Corrections
Institutional Classification Committee
Industries Administration
Bureau of Education
Medical College of Virginia
MCV
State Penitentiary
State Crime Commission
Crime Commission
Paderick
Stanley C. Walker
Commission
Penitentiary
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Mrs. Saunders
Ja Mone
R. M. Arthur
W. B. Crider
L. P. Carter
Virginia State Crime Commission
Bve
Tom Lewis, JR
Ashwood Place
Pegay
Tommy Lewis
Glenwood
Fellowship Baptist Church
Afl
Jim Haley
Citizens For Annexation
Ist
Bibles
BIBLE
Fred Bevill
Religious Book Center
Market St
L. C. Foster
Halifax
Slayton
Ford
Oliver
Austin E. Jones, JR
Austin E. Jones
Sherwood Center
Orinville, Vo
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