Hargrave Colonel Edward Floyd dies after long service era
Colonel Edward Allen Floyd longtime Hargrave Military Academy staff and executive secretary to the alumni association died at his Chatham home after a long illness. Born July 27, 1895 in Caney Spring Tennessee he taught at Hargrave from 1918 to 1963 setting a school record. He chaired fund drives, managed the promotions board and helped found the Student Senate. Surviving: wife Margaret a sister and brother plus nieces and nephews. Funeral clergy will conduct services at Hargrave on Saturday at 3:00 PM. resting at Scott Funeral Home and family at Hargrave Boulevard residence. Rich mand area death: Virgie Arrington Cumby dies in local nursing home born Halifax County May 25 1889. Grace Baptist Church Omega member. survived by four daughters one son a sister and a brother. Funeral at Grace Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 PM with burial in the church cemetery. visitation at Powell Funeral Home in South Boston tonight 7:30 to 9:00 PM.
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Edward Allen Floyd
Chatham
Hargrave Military Academy Alumni Association
Floyd
Caney Spring
Tennessee
William Josiah Floyd
Margaret Spruce
Ruskins Cave College
Peabody College
University of Tennessee
College of William and Ma
Hargrave Military Academy
Hargrave
Flyod
Hargrave Alumni Association
Alumni Association
Hand
F. A. Floyd
Chatham Baptist Church
Chatham Cleaners
Ruben Midkiff
Chatham Shoe Repair Shop
Colonel Flood
Margaret
Edwin Crowe
Columbia Tennessee
Charlie T. Floyd
Lewisburg
Nallas Staltings
Joseph H. Cosby
Scott Funetral
Hargrave Boulevard
Richmond
Virgie Arrington Cumby
Halifax County
Richard Fe
Emma Wilkerson Arrington
Arthu B. Cumby
Grace Baptist Church
Omega
Nancy Shields
Lelia Button
Ruth Sheppe
Wilma C. Gravitt
Wilmington
N.C
W. Louis Cumby
Estell Harris
Church
Powell Funeral Home
South Boston
Dames ‘Turner Flamin Jr
Memorial Hospital
Danville
James T
Mary Brown Hanttin
Danville School For Boys
Virginia Military Institute
Ife
Hamlin and Hanlin Wholesale Distributors
L.t
Mount Vernon United
Theodore E. Landis
Highland Burial Park
Townes Funeral Home
Main St
Java
Abraham Coleman
Rt 1
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittaylvania County
Eliza
Riceville
Riceville Baptist Church
B. W. Williams
Miller’s Funeral
Gretna
Mrs. Georganna Crews Tatum Dies at 91 in South Boston
Mrs Georganna Crews Tatem widow of William Flem Tatum died at her home. She was a Dan River Baptist Church member and survived by a foster daughter and nieces and nephews. Funeral tomorrow at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Ban River Baptist Church cemetery.
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Boston
Georganna Crews
William Flem Tatum
Halifax County
John Wesley Crews
Mary Jones Crews
Dan River Baptist Church
Clara H. Putman
Castleton
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
Ban River Baptist Church
Tribble Dies At51 In Hospital
William T Billy Tribble of Fisherville Rt 1 died in a Staunton hospital. Born July 26 1922 in Halifax County he was the son of Rascoe T and Alice Guthrie Tribble. Survived by wife a daughter Nancy Tribble and son William Tribble Jr. plus relatives. Burial in Fisherville United Methodist Church cemetery. The family at home of Mrs Melvin Hudson Rt 1 Hatitay.
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Fisherville
William T.billy ‘Tribble
Fisherville Rt. 1
Staunton
Halifax County
Rascoe T
Alice Guthrie Tribble
Maxine Hudson ‘Tribble
R. T. Tribble
Boston
J. D. Higgenbotham
Norfolk
Randa L. Tribble
Blacksburg
Thomas B. Tribble
Pelham
N.C
McKendree United Methodist Church
Church
Melvin Hudson
Rt. 1
Hatitay
Socials notes from Templewood Garden Club meetings
The January business meet ing of the Templewood Garden Club, at Vir-Dan Restaurant, featured devotions on Communicating With God Through Nature and committee reports. Plans include a February workshop, district meeting in April at Fairview United Methodist, a Virginia Federation donation, ten dog wood trees donation, and the World Gardening Project.
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Templewood Garden Club
Louis W. Smith
Harold Brinkley
Robert E. Martin
Fairview United Methodist Church
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
Sarah Bradley Garden Club
Trinity United Methodist Church
Roy Mathews
Henry Lambert
Howard Cowan
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
World Gardening Project
C.D. Cox
Danville
Mrs Wilburn Dies In South Boston
Mrs Myrtle Owen Wilburn died yesterday at a South Boston hospital. Born March 31 1913 in Pittsylvania County Virginia she was a daughter of Jim and Kate Owen and wife of Henry L Wilburn. Survived by husband three daughters a son eight siblings and a funeral service set at Powell Funeral Home Chapel South Boston with burial in Halifax Memorial Gardens.
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Joe
Ralph Owen
Washington, D.C
Martin Owen
Hollywood
George Owen
Bernard Owen
Leonardtown
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
South Boston
Halifax Memorial Gardens
Mother Dies In N. C. Fire
In Cary North Carolina a fatal house fire killed 41 year old Marilyn Powell early Thursday. Police say Powell died in the kitchen while trying to escape as her two 13 year old sons got outside through a window. Investigators continue to probe the blaze.
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Cary
N.C
Join Boles
Marilyn Powell
Boles
College Policeman Acquitted On Illegal Gun Possession
Lt. Robert M. Thompson, a suspended Virginia Commonwealth University policeman, was acquitted on a charge of illegal possession of a submachine gun. Judge James B. Wilkinson ruled there was not a scintilla of evidence that Thompson knew the gun was improperly registered. VCU police Maj. T. Richard Benson, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of a subten and was sentenced to one year in jail.
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Richmond
Robert M
VCU
T. Richard
Grand Farceny Benson
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J.T. Hamlin, Jr
Dublin
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William Fuller
Hampton Wilkins
R. Kent Alverson
Charles Majors
Michael Compson
James FE. Shelton
Niki Fallis
K. Sulton Farley Jr
Dillon Barnett
R. Wilford Cocke
George W. Davis
Erica Wilson
Rhonda Fleming
Yvette Gerner
Vonovota
Danville Vault Corporation
Chatham Road
James Turner Hamlin, JR
Superior Heating
Industrial
George Washington High School
Richard Petty
Lennie Pond
Rookie
Wendell Scott
Pee Wee Wentz
Nascar
Heart Fund
Anderson Furniture
Union St
Register Publishing Co
Union Ad Patton St
Danville Heart Association
N. C
Olegal
Worldscope
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate Special Prosecutor
U.S
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Saxbe
Choose One
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Heathrow
London
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Parnon
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Ohia
William Saxhe
Sportlight
Associated Press Poll of Sports Writers
Alabama
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John Haviicek
Chet Walker
Bowie Kuhn
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
VEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Edward Allen Floyd Sugvests
Gowers
Hargrave Military Academy Building Fund
Radio Shack
Tor
Common Sense Realistic” Music Center
MMTV
Seth
REO Systems
Deluke
Unis Systim Radio Shack
Gskti
Ballou Park
Riverside
Hupps Hill Plaza
Calvary Baptist Church
Edgewood Drive
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