Deaths And Funerals In Danville Area
Mrs. Maude Fenimore Shultz a former Westover Hills resident died Friday in a MacClerry Florida hospital after months of declining health born August 2 1901 in Vincentown New Jersey she was descended from the Fenimore family and widow of Henry R Schultz funeral services are set for Tuesday at 11:00 at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with Rev W D Sheets officiating interment in Danville Memorial Gardens survivors include sister Mrs Frances Edinger and nephew Lester Edinger also noted are the late Mrs Alice Patterson Overbys services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with interment in Highland Burial Park. Overby age 47 died Friday in Memorial Hospital wife of Willie S Overby daughter of Mrs Bessie Herndon Patterson born April 15 1926 Pittsylvania County she lived most of her life in Danville worked for Dan River Inc until retirement and belonged to Moffett Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons Norman P Overby and William P Overby and daughter Mrs Susan Mangum plus Cynthia Overby four brothers and four grandchildren. The body is at the funeral home and the family resides with Mrs Mangum on Danville Rt. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Fenimore Shultz
Westover Hills
MacClerry
Florida
Schultz
Vincentown
New Jersey
Howard Fenimore
Ella Poinsett Fenimore
Henry R. Schultz
Danville
Winter Garden
Schlutz
First United Methodist Church
Fla
W. D. Sheets
Danville Memorial Gardens
Alice Patterson Overby
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Overby
Willie S. Overby
Memorial Hospital
Bessie Herndon Patterson
Fagen St
George L. Patterson
Pittsylva
Carroll L
John T. Patterson
Benna Vista
George R. Patterson
Carbridge
N.C
Jacob B
Letcher B. Patterson
Ealom J. Patterson
Miami
Frank Henry Final Rites Set Sunday
Funeral services for Frank Henry set for Sunday at 4 pm in Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel led by Rev. Edmon L Rowell Jr. Interment in Highland Burial Park. Body at funeral home before services. Family at residence 170 Pineview Drive. Henry died in his sleep Thursday. Born Monroe NC Aug 3 1913 he spent life in Danville as a car dealer. Survived by wife Kathleen Haynes, step-mother Lora Henry, daughters Mrs Ronnie Morris and Mrs Spencer Allen, brother Bruce Henry, sisters Mrs Clarence Richie and Mrs Lathane Milsap, five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Henry
Wrenn-Yeatts
Edmon L. Rowell Jr
Highland Burial Park
Pineview Drive
Henry
Monroe
Nlc
J. W
Jessie Hicks Henry
Kathleen Haynes
Danville
Lora Henry
Concord
N.C
Ronnie Morris
Spencer Allen
Gastonia
Bruce Henry
Salisbury
Clarence Richie
Lathane Milsap
Shelby
J. B. Ferguson Funeral Rites Planned Sunday
Final rites for John Battle Ferguson will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from East New Hope Baptist Church with interment at Floral Hills Memory. He died in McGuire Veterans Hospital Richmond after a three week illness. Survived by his mother Annie Ferguson and daughter Shereen Andrews of Danville. Family visitation today 8 to 9 p.m. at L. H. Brooks & Bro Funeral Home. 1026 Gilbert St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Battle Ferguson
East New Hope Baptist Church
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Ferguson
McGuire Veterans Hospital
Richmond
Franklin
Annie Battle Ferguson
Russell Ferguson
U.S. Marine Corp
Dibrell Tobacco Ca
Shereen ‘Andrews
Danville
L. H. Brooks & Bro. Funeral
Gilbert St
Mrs Phelps Dies At 86 In Hospital
Ora Lee Ragan Wilson Phelps 86 died in Danville Virginia Memorial Hospital. A Halifax Virginia native and widow of Willie A. Phelps she is survived by daughter Virginia Wilson Farnbow and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Brooks and White Funeral Home with Rev Al Yarborough. Burial at Connallys United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxboro
N.C
Ora Lee Ragan Wilson Phelps
Milton
Danville, Va
Halifax
Willie A. Phelps
Virginia Wilson Farnbow
Brooks and White Funeral
al Yarborough
Connally
United Methodist Church
Four Churches Plan Mission Festival Start At Mt. Vernon UM Church
Four United Methodist churches Mosley Memorial Mount Vernon and Fairview combine to host a mission festival at Mount Vernon UMC starting Sunday at 7 p.m. Two 50 minute sessions run Sunday Wednesday and January 27. The School of Missions offers adult youth and children tracks with leaders from Stratford Averett Goodyear Danville and local Church schools. A nursery is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street United Methodist Church
Moseley Memorial United Methodist Church
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Fairview United Methodist Church
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church
Middle East
Alvin Hall
Stratford College
Reuben C. Harvey
Stratford Alumnae Association
Jeaders
Glenn D. McDonald
Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company
Mel. Hood
Goodyear Tire’ & Rubber Company
John Peale
Kirby Godsey
Averett College
John Dever
David B. Lewis
Zane Eargle
Vernon United Methodist Church
Lester Hudson
Mt. Vernon United
Moseley Memorial Church
Funeral Rites Set Today for Mrs Evelyn Edwards Smith
Funeral services for Evelyn Edwards Smith will be held at 2 p.m. at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with burial at Highland Burial Park. She died Thursday night at her Ringgold residence likely from a heart attack. She was born March 21 1895 in Pittsylvania County, lived in Blairs Ringgold, married Ohie A. Smith who died in 1969, and belonged to Lakewood Evangelical Methodist Church. Survivors include two sons four daughters, a stepdaughter, two brothers and a sister, 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Ringgold Route 1 home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Edwards Smith
Wrenn- Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Lakewood
Well Heeled Blacksmith Earnings Then and Now
An experienced blacksmith can shoe 10 to 12 horses in a day at about half an hour per horse. A hard working smith may earn between 20000 and 30000 dollars annually.
Cleveland enacts nation’s strict truth in advertising code
Cleveland officials say a city-wide truth in advertising code, hailed as the stiffest in the nation, took effect in December. The guidelines give consumers direct access to legal procedures to halt misleading ads across all printed material and radio and television commercials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Virginia SCC Intervenes in FPC power interchange case
The Virginia Corporation Commission intervened in a Federal Power Commission case on wholesale power wheeling from the Southeast and Midwest to New England during the energy crisis. Virginia seeks full compensation for power supplied to replace dwindling oil, with Vepco and Appalachian Power involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Southeast
Midwest
New England
SCC
Virginia
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
Richard D. Rogers Jr
Ernest M. Jordan Jr
Washington
FPC
Vepco
Jordan
Middle East
Appal
Fairfax Girl Stabbed By Girl Student
A 14 year old Fairfax County student was stabbed in the back by a 16-year-old at Stuart High School. The wound penetrated her left lung and she remained in fair condition at Fairfax Hospital. Police detained the other student. officials withheld her name due to juvenile rules. The wounded girl's father disputed her account of the incident. An ambulance transported her to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Church
Fairfax County
Se.b
Stuart High School
Stacey Huntley
Near Falls Church
Fairfax Hospital
Clarence O'Neil Huntley
Huntley
No Change In Primary Sought In North Carolina
Raleigh AP Rep Ernest Messer says no change this year to North Carolina primary date. Senate leaders oppose House plan to move primary to September 3, citing campaign timing and runoff obstacles. He urges leaving filing date Feb 25 and May 7 election, with study by 1975 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House Election Laws Committee
North Carolina
Ernest Messer
D-Haywood
Senate
Swas
Herman Moore
Dmeckienburg
Messer
House
Senate Democratic
Soi
General Assembly
Navy Enlisted Pay Hikes After Budget Lifts
Nearly 24 000 Navy enlisted personnel who missed raises after promotion tests will receive hikes next month as funds loosen. Promotions include 2 572 first class petty officers and 8 182 to 3rd class, with 12 436 moving to 2nd class and 1 549 to first class. Chiefs total 1 071 to E 8 and 459 senior chiefs to most chiefs by February end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Fairfax judge declines halt on police rotation plan
A Fairfax County judge refused to block Police Chief Currer from enforcing a job rotation plan in the 400-member force tied to Teamsters locals. The plan shifts 14 veteran vice squad officers to other divisions with pay cuts while replacing them with detectives from other divisions at a 5 percent raise, affecting union leaders including Peter Bonavita who faces transfer to uniformed ranks with pay loss. The judge ordered administrative relief avenues and set hearings for March 4-5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Fairfax County
Teamsters Union
Peter Bonavita
Bonavita
Circuit Court
Barnard Jennings
Wiliam L. Currer
Jennings
Virginia's Watts Picked State Treasurer Amid Energy Crisis
Virginia appoints Robert C. Watts Jr as state treasurer effective February 1, with Watts pledging prudent budgeting despite revenue uncertainties from the energy crisis. The Lynchburg attorney-banker, 56, will head a department that last year disbursed about $2.7 billion and oversee numerous boards. He plans to maintain home in Lynchburg, rent in Richmond, and commute weekends, while navigating a $6.2 billion Holton-era budget amid a forthcoming General Assembly mini-session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburge
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin
Robert C. Watts Jr
Lynchburg
Godwin
Watts
Linwood Holton
General Assembly
Nida
Oakwood Place
Richmond
Treasury Department
Corrections Division Tries To Cut Prison Population
The State Division of Corrections announced a temporary moratorium allowing only first offenders eligible for Southampton and habitual criminals with 30 year sentences into jails. Roanoke Sheriff Puckett warned overflow could exceed 130 to 140 inmates, sometimes 200, as work begins to remove lockups for CCTV upgrades. The third receiving unit is planned at State Farm in Goochland within about 2 months, enabling about 30 days to become operational. Local jails could receive some assistance if overcrowding worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
State Division of Corrections
Southampton
Richmond
Paul Puckett
Puckett
Roanoke County
C.S. Foster
Hunter Jackson
Division of Corrections
Byrd to Attend Dinner for Ronald Reagan
Virginia independent Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. will join Gov. Mills Godwin and other Virginia lawmakers at a $50-per-person GOP fundraising dinner in Arlington with speaker Ronald Reagan. An earlier $50 reception at Crystal City Marriott will precede the events. Attendees include Sen. William L. Scott and Reps. Joel Broyhill Stanford Parris. The events, sponsored by seven Northern Virginia committees, support the Virginia Republican Party. Reagan plans a brief news conference at Twin Bridges Marriott between reception and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ronald Reagan
California
Mills Godwin
Twin Bridges Marriott Motor Hotel
Godwin
Reagan
Crystal City Marriott
William L. Scott
R-Va
Joel T. Broyhill
Rva
Stanford E. Parris
R- Va
Northern Virginia
Republican Party
Twin Bridges Marriott
Valve Leak Halts 100 Percent LP Tank Car Near Winchester
A valve on a Baltimore and Ohio railroad tank car leaked LP gas after vibrating open, prompting evacuations of two local businesses. The leak was stopped about an hour later by Caleb Williamson, manager of Shengas, with only 30 to 50 gallons spilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio
Caleb
Williamson
Shengas
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J. B. Ferguson
Phelps
Mrs. Smith
Richard Petty
Lennie Pond
Benny Parsons
Wendell Scott
Pee Wee Wentz
George Washington High School
Heart Fund
Clint Anderson Furniture N. Union St. Register Publishing Co
Union
Patton St
Danville Heart Association P.O
VCC
Vancouver
B.C
The
Treasury Board
Board of Trustees
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
State Commission On Local Debt
Board of Commissioners
Virginia Public School Authority
Board of Directors
Virginia College Building Authority
Virginia Housing Development Authority
Virginia Industrial Building Authority
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Univer
Ife
Frank Miller
Walter E. Craigie Jr
Richmond Securities
Craigie
House of Delegates
Patrick Henry Boys Plantation
Brookneal
Jones Memorial Library
Spring Hill Cemetery
Miller & Rhoads
Blue Cross of
Caskie Paper Co
Lynchburg Gas Co
Board of
Blue Cross
Gas Company
Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors
Randolph-Macon Woman's College Board of Trustees
Court Street United
Corrections Division
Byrd
Wrenn-Ycotts Funeral Home
Luther Marks
Oye
Peewee
Peepee
Andrews
M & M Furn
Main $F
Bisles — Bibles
Mibtes
Isles
Fred Bevill
Jessie James
Religious Book Center
Market St
Longview Friends Missionary Conference
Rev
Howard Jacob
Northeast Regional Office
Meredith Helsby
Taiwan Theological College
Christine Helsby
Childrens
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