Deaths And Funerals In Three Counties
Obituaries report Gladys Thomas Irvin Payne 69 of Altavista World War II veteran with siblings in Altavista Gladys and Hampton. Halifax sees Charles L McCormick Jr 67 magistrate merchant and church member. Williamsburg mourns Lacie E Hamlett 70 longtime railroad supervisor and Grace Baptist Church member with spouse and many stepchildren. Sam Morgan Parsons 80 Hurt Virginia funeral at Spring Road Baptist Church. Danville man Gauldin 70 longtime grocer died at hospital. service at Wrenn Yeats Funeral Home with family calling hours.
Pete Watlington Rites Tuesday
YANCEYVILLE NC Pete Watlington 70 died Monday in Danville Virginia Memorial Hospital after a five day illness. Rites will be held Tuesday at p.m. at Blackwell Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial in the church cemetery. Body at Fulton Funeral Home where the family will receive friends Monday from to .
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Yanceyville
N.C
Wallace
Watlington
Blackwell Baptist Church
G. H. Baggett
Fulton Funeral Home
Joapan
Mr. Watlington
RL. 1
Danville
Memorial Hospital
Hammett Walker Dies At Age 89
South Boston resident Hammett Yancey Walker, 89, a retired farmer and cattleman, died Saturday. Born in Patrick County, he was a son of James Lincnan Walker and Mary Bowling Walker, and husband to the late Hilda Hubbard Walker. He is survived by six daughters and will be buried in Halifax Memorial Gardens after services at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday evening at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Thomas Irvin Payne
Campbell County
Thomas B. Payne
Bessie Woodall Payne
Payne
John M
T. B. Payne Jr
Altavista
James H. Payne
Augusta
8.C
Russell Payne
Morgan Scott
Glyde Moyer
Frank McKinney
Hampton
Ray Sarno
New York
N.Y
Altavista Memorial Park
Sam Cardwell
Rends
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
Halifax
Charles L. McCormick J Jr
Charles L. McCormick
Cora Lacy McCormick
Ann Mahoney McCormick
Beth Car
Charles
McCormick
Bruce E. McCormick
Lynchburg
Edward M. McCormick
South
South Boston
Hammett Yancey Walker
Rt. 1
Calvary Community
Patrick County
James Lincnan Walker
Mary Bowling Walker
Hilda Hubbard Walker
Walker
Christine W. Cole
Pearl Bobrowyeeck
Fair Flaven
Marvell Hayes
Hillcrest Heights
Ida Sell
Houston
Tex
Nancy Williams
Miami
Fla
Hilda Williamson
Milton
SN. C
Brooks Funeral Home
Charles Kemper
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Miss Ellen Jones Funeral Today
A funeral for Miss Ellen Jones, 43, will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Mt Slual Holiness Church with Rev. Arthur Linder. Burial is at Oak Hill Cemetery. She died Tuesday at Virginia Beach Hospital. She was daughter of the late Samvel Jones and Lottie Price Jones Bailey and survived by brothers George T. Jones, Thomas P. Jones of Danville and Robert L. Jones of San Antonio, a step-brother Frank Bailey of Danville, sisters Mrs Jossé Mat Davis and Mrs Nannie J. Garland of Danville. The body lies at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home and the family at Mrs Eliza Price’s, 512 Arnett Road.
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Williamsburg
Lacie E. Hamlett
Wilkins Drive
Loval
George
Pattie Carer Hamblett
Naval Weavons
Yorktown
Mambilet
Grave Baptist Chuten
Grace Baptist Church
Edward N. Bealasan
Grotna Burial Park
Gretnit
Buds
W. Gartison and Sons Funeral Home
Hart
Sam Morgan Parsons
Spring Road Baptist Church
Gene Astsworth
Beine Tie
Parson
Hurt Rt 2
Colbert-Woran Funeral Home
Garner W. Gauldin
Danville Memorial Hospital
Henry County
Witcher Neal Gauldin
Liza Davis Gouldin
Laura Jefferson
Mr. Gauldin
Danville
Gauldin
Girard Street
Primitive Baptist
Garland Wayne Gauldin
Richmond
Mitchell Gauldin
Brosville
Vidla G. Clark
Emmett Gauldin
Neal Gauldin
Beverly Gauldin
Marlinsville
Capitola Edwards
Blairs
Myrtle Wilson
Martha Kidd
Abbie Carter
Axton
Prandson
Wrenn
Ellen Jones
Mt. Slual
Miss Jones
Virginia Beach Hospital
Samvel Jones
Lottie Price Jones Bailey
George T. Jones
Thomas P. Jones
Robert L. Jones
San Antonio
Tex
Frank Bailey
Jossé Mat Davis
Nannie J. Garland
Cunningham and Hughes
Eliza Price
Arnett Road
McElroy Rites Set For Monday
The funeral for Homer Charles McElroy will be held Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 11 a.m. by Father Raymond Graham. Interment will be at Chatham Burial Park at 12:18 p.m. The body is at Scott Funeral Home.
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Homer Charles McElroy
Sacred Heart Catholic
Raymond Graham
Chatham Burial Park
Scott Funeral Home
Averett Art Students Exhibit Opens at Danville Museum
Averett College art students fill the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History gallery with paintings drawings jewelry and crafts in a diverse exhibit at the museum the first Averett show. A reception runs 3 to 5 p.m. with works on display through February 11 featuring 17 students and several senior and special participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averett College
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Averett
Robert Marsh
Maud Gatewood
Diane Kendrick
Richard Gantt
Ms. Gatewood
Danville mayor long era ends as monument honors long service
Confederate veteran and Danville mayor for 46 years, from 1860s service with Danville Grays and J.E.B. Stuart’s Cavalry to a dry goods business partnership, then officeholder from Aug. 15 until Nov. 16, 1838, dying aged M. Monument notes Wise counselor and notable civic contributions.
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Guiness
Wise
Staunch Ag
Danville
Shorts Firemen Extinguish Automobile Blaze
A 1965 Chevrolet owned by Rufus Campbiati of Chatham Rt was damaged by a fire in the Danville Memorial Hospital parking lot. A cigarette caused the blaze and Campbiati was slightly injured while attempting to fight it before firefighters arrived at 7 5 p.m. Firemen battled the car fire for about half an hour. The fire damaged the front seat and headboard.
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Danville Memorial Hospital
Danville Fire Department
Rufus Campbiati
Chatham Rt
Campbell
Gospel Express Program Slated By Local Churches
A Gospel Express program is set for Sunday January 16 at 2 p.m. at Nazarene Baptist Church with the Jackson Brothers and continues at 7 30 p.m. at Monument of Jesus Christ Church. featured groups include Happy Land Singers Mint Hill S C Mighty Hayalettes and Gospel dubilators Durham N C Gospel Travelettes Yanceyville N C and several other local choirs. For more information call 793 1004.
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Nazarene Baptist Church
Jackson Brothers
Monument of Jesus Christ Church
Happy Land Singers
Mint Hill
S.C
Mighty
Hayalettes
Gospel Dubilators
Durham
N.C
Gospel Travelettes
Yanceyville
Union St. Hymn Gospel Chorus
Community Spiritual Singers
Camp Grove Gospel Chorus
Onward Gospel Singers
Starlights
Sunset Singers
Gospelettes
Call
LNG Carrier El Paso Southern To Be Launched
Newport News Shipbuilding will launch the first giant LNG carrier built by the firm, the El Paso Southern, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The event will also inaugurate a new commercial yard featuring a gantry crane towering 23 stories above the 1,600 cat praving dock.
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Newport News Shipbuilding
el Paso Southern
Virginia National Bankshares assets exceed ten billion in 1876
VNB Assets Top $2 Billion Virginia National Bankshares assets surpassed ten billion dollars at year end 1876 marking a first in the company’s history. Chairman W Wright Harrison announces. Net income for 1976 reached 12.322 million dollars or 9.74 per share versus 13.482 million or 2.55 per share in 1975. Fourth quarter net income was 3.181 million dollars or 0.71 per share, compared with 2.282 million or 1 cent per share in 1973.
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Virginia National Bankshares
W. Wright Harrison
Photography Show Judges Named for 1977 Event
Judges named for the 1977 Annual Photography Show at Squire Armory Recreation Center. Leaver from Photography by Les Greensboro Fynderburk from Portrait Place Altavista and Hill from House of Portraits Lynchburg will critique winning photos Friday at 7 30 p m. Open to entering photographers. Public hours Saturday 1 9 p m and Sunday 5 p m. Entries accepted at Haynsworths Camera Shop. For information call the Squire Armory.
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Squire Armory Recreation Center
Les
Greensboro
Jim Fynderburk
Altavista
Frank Hill
House of Portraits
Lynchburg
Seaver
Haynsworth's
The
Squire Armory
Mrs. Wilson Rites Incomplete
Mrs. Lattice Cundiff Marlin Wilson of Axton died Saturday morning. Survived by two daughters Virginia Tolbert Eden NC Mallie Lawson New Haven CT. three sons Johnnie Wilson Axton Fred R. Martin Pittsburgh PA George Martin Chesapeake. three sisters Lucy Dunlap Thomasye NC Fannie Revis Winston-Salem NC Mannie Whedily Honaker. one brother George Cundiff Winston-Salem. Body at Stone Funeral Home Martinsville pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Tolbert
Eden
N.C
Mallie Lawson
New Haven
Conn
Johnnie Wilson
Axton
Fred R. Martin
Pitsburgh
George Martin
Chesapeake
Lucy Dunlap
Thomasye
Fannie Revis
Winston-Salem
Mannie Whedily
Honaker
George Cundiff
Stacey Gomtisyet Helps Danville Chapter Buy Aids
Stacey Gomtisyet, a four year old in Danville, benefits from a local MOD chapter that has purchased four wheelchairs at about 400 each and provided crutches braces and equipment for children in need. No applicant has been refused aid this year. Stacey, though affected in her legs, is described as normal from the waist up. Home teachers visit twice weekly to prepare her for kindergarten next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Stacey
Danville
Dalton
Dixon
Stacey
Pittsylvania
Ernest Overbey
Willie McCain Shot Last Night
Willie McCain Jr. twenty three of Roxboro Route 4 North Carolina was admitted to Danville Memorial Hospital Saturday night with a gunshot wound to the back. He was transported around 7 30 PM by a Hooper Funeral Home ambulance and underwent surgery. his condition was listed as unknown. Caswell County Sheriff's Office and the North Carolina Highway Patrol were investigating the incident and provided no information.
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Wille McCain Jr
Roxboro Rt. 4
N. C
Danville Memorial Hospital
McCain
Hooper Funeral Home
Caswell County
District Home residents find warmth over nursing care
Mrs. Moore, assistant at a South Boston hospital, describes the District Home as a homelike, beneficial setting that differs from a nursing home. Residents, many unable to read, enjoy television, crafts, and porch views while outside groups supply supplies and care. the county-financed home welcomes donations and notes residents’ gratitude.
Band Boosters Sponsor Concert at GW High School
The George Washington High School Band Booster Club presents Buddy Rich and the Big Band Machine in GW auditorium at 8:15 p.m. on January 28. Proceeds fund the GWHS marching band trip to nationals in Bradenton, Florida, March 24 and 25. Tickets go on sale in advance through local radio stations and stores. general admission is 6, reserved 10. For reserved seating, contact band booster secretary Mrs. R. L. Wayland Jr. at 782-3074. Also notes a separate report: Don Edward Williams, 24, of 38 N. Ridge St. Apt. 4, arrested for shoplifting at Union St. Fast Pure. arrest occurred on Floyd St. at 8:30 p.m.
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George Washington High School
Buddy Rich Killer Force
Danville
GWHS
Bradenton
Fla
Virginia
Rick
Artie Shaw
Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra
Rich
Harry James
Buddy Rich
Wbtm-Wakg
WDVA
WYPR
Thalhimers
Leeds Music Center
Nor-Dan
Southern Department Store
C. Penney
Ballou Park
Music Shoppe
Riverside
R. L. Wayland Jr
Band
Don Edward Williams
N. Ridge St. Apt
Union St. Fast Pure
Floyd St
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Main St
Thomas Payne
C. L. McCormick
Lacie Hamblett
Sam Parsons
Garner Gauldin
Pete Watlington
Hammett Walker
Gantt
Donna Arrington
Rt. 4
Janice Davis
Chatham
Barbara Lashley
Greenwich Circle
Ellen Shaver
Crimera
Nancy Wright
Charlotte
Hunter
Beverly Basum
Summit Road
Deli Beach
Alexandria
Janet Gaddy
Forest Circle
Martin Garrett
Hawthorne Drive
Linda
Gourley
W. Mann St
Ellen Squires
Norwood Drive
Diana Dalton
Brenda Rogers
Wake Forest
Cindy Swain
Godfrey St
Box 53
Deborah Abbott
Conway Court
Stuart Blerdat
Central Ft
Jeanne Russell
Woodlake Drive
Edith Maylor
Breck Smith
Caroline Hart
Wooding
Confederacy
Danville Grays
J.E.B. Stuart
5Th Virginia Cavalry
Shorts
Gospel Express
VNB
Mrs. Wilson
Lattice Cundiff Marlin Wilson
Axton Rta
Stone Funeral Home
Martinsville
Gomtisyet
Willie McCain
Band Boosters
Shermont Baptist Church
W. Curtis Hall
WOVA
Swice Funeral Home
Virginie
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