Deaths And Funerals In Rayford And Gretna
Dennis Earl Hall 53 of Rayford Florida died Friday in the Veterans Hospital Salem after a health decline since January He was a WWI veteran and a sheriff's dispatcher He is survived by Virgie Hall Patricia Nichols Regenia Terry Pauline Bosco and several half siblings The body is at Townes Funeral Home pending arrangements The family resides with Patricia Nichols at 382 Jeanette Drive The second notice reports McKinley William Callands 53 of Gretna Rt 2 to be buried Sunday at 1 30 p m from Riceville Baptist Church Rev Ernest C McLaughlin officiating Burial follows at the church cemetery Friends may call Miller's Funeral Home Saturday 7 to 9 p m
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Dennis Earl Hall
Rayford,Fla
Veteran's Hospital
Salem
Rayford
Henry and
Ruby Tyre Hall
Rew
Hall
Sheriff's Department
Virgie Hall
Danville
Patricia’ Nichols
Regenia Terry
Pauline Bosco
Cleveland
Ohio
Aliee Wood
Elbert
Jay
Arthur Thornton
Townes Funeral
Patricia Nichols
Jeanette Drive
McKinley William Callands
Gretna Rt
Leeland Clark Funeral Sunday at Pleasant Chapel
A funeral for Leeland Clark will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev Bennie Williams and James Stewart. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Clark, 30, died Wednesday in a Philadelphia hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Pittsylvania County and was a son of the late Willie Easley Clark and Lou Cailie Cobbs Clark. He was a member of Pleasant Chapel Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Shirley Carter Clark, five sons Lewis, Earl, James, Alonzo, and Kirk Clark, two daughters Sharon and Felicaia Clark, two grandchildren, all of Washington, D.C., and three sisters Annette Walker of Ringgold, Angela Hairston of Danville, and Willie Mae Wise of New York. The family will receive friends Saturday 7 to 8 p.m. at L. H. Brooks & Brothers Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence of Mrs. Florence Carter, Ringgold Route 1. GREENSBORO, N.C. Graveside rites for Mrs. Lula Wright will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Highland Burial Park in Danville, Va. Wright, 79, of Circle Drive in Greensboro, died Thursday at her residence. She was born in Surry County and married to the late SE Wright. She is survived by two daughters Beulah Carter of Danville and Dixie Parker Commer of Liberty, four sons Robert G. Wright of Callands, Oakley D. Wright of Hesperia, Sherman Odell Wright of Keeling, and Curtis H. Wright of Greensboro, plus numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. Hanes Linsberry Funeral Home in Greensboro is in charge.
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Leeland Clark
Pleasant Chapel Baptist Church
Bennie Williams
James Stewart
Mr. Clark
Philadelphia
Pittsylvania County
Willie Easley Clark
Lou Cailie Cobbs Clark
Shirley Carter Clark
Florence Carter
Ringgold Rt. 1
Beulah Carter
Danville
Dixie Parker Commer
Liberty
Robert G. Wright
Callands
Oakley D. Wright
Hesperia
Calif
Sherman Odell Wright
Keeling
Curtis H. Wright
Greensboro
Hanes Linsberry Funeral Home
Leonard L Giles Funeral Saturday
Leonard Leroy Giles 53 of 60 Schoolfield Drive died Thursday night in Danville. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Swicegood Funeral Chapel with burial in Schoolfield Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ramonia and son Ronald Keith Giles of the home, plus four siblings.
Charles Davis Funeral Sunday
Charles William Davis 76 of 1006 W Paxton died Friday at home after a full life in Navy service during World War II and work with the U S Post Office He leaves daughter Kaye Johnson and one grandchild A Sunday 2 PM funeral at Townes Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Dr Theodore Landis and Rev Randolph Arrington. Interment in Highland Burial Park.
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Charles William Davis
W. Paxton &J
Pittsylvania County
John Lee Davis
Eva Randolph Moorefield Davis
Davis
U.S. Navy
U.S. Post Office
Mount Vernon Methodist Church
Kaye D. Johnson
Danville
Townes Funeral Home
Theodore Landis
Randolph Arrington
Highland Burial Park
John Covington Rites Saturday
Nathalie community to services for John Thomas Covington at Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Saturday at 11 am. The Halifax County native died Thursday in a South Boston hospital, survived by his wife Maude, two daughters Polly Bradley and Darlene Osborne, two sons Clarence and Eart Covington, two sisters Katie Fallon and Laura Seamster, and five grandchildren plus three great grandchildren. Powell Funeral Home in South Boston handling arrangements.
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Nathalie
John Thomas Covington
Providence- Presbyterian Church
Gary Taylor
Raymond Quick
Covington
Nathalie Rt. 2
South Boston
Halifax County
Charles Covington
Sally Bett Covington
Maude Cook Covington
D. Watkins
Polly) Bradley
George
Darlene) Osborne
Clarence Covington
Eart Covington
Katie Fallon
Crystal Hill
Laura Seamster
Clover
Powell Funeral Home
Jones Tries Escape From County Jail
CHATHAM David Wayne Jones 18 of Dry Fork escaped Pittsylvania County Jail Friday afternoon but was caught within an hour by deputies. He had asked to see a doctor and ran behind Hargrave Military Academy before tiring out. He is held for an August 17 trial on two marijuana sales counts plus an unlawful escape charge.
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Chatham
David Wayne Jones
Dry Fork
Pittsylvania County
Sam Carter
Jones
Carter
Hargrave Military Academy
Pittsylvania
Chamber Plans Teaching of U.S. Economics Program
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States supplies film strips scripts ditto sheets and teachers guides for an Economics for Young Americans program. Danville area schools will receive kits distributed locally by the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce McDonald s First Federal Savings and Loan and WAKG radio station.
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Danville
Pittsylvania County
Weekly Danville Job Watch from the Virginia Employment Commission
A weekly list of current Danville area job openings registered at the Virginia Employment Commission through Friday. Positions include maintenance mechanic, electrical, appliance, supervisor, tractor truck porter, crane operator, concreting supervisor, sales associate, store manager, stock clerk, nurse, licensed practical nurse, interior designer, carpenter, cook, nurse trainee, food service supervisor, truck driver, waiter, office manager, and more. Information available at the VEC office, 734 Main St. HS grade and read and write requirements noted. some roles include employer training.
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Danville
Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
Main St
Prac
Canneries Employ Lay Instructors Across Pittsylvania County
Lay instructors are employed at each cannery to guide patrons through proper steps for preparing processing and storing products. Instructors include Holland McCubbins Ruby McCubbins Kathryn Easley Margaret Hawkins Mary Pearson Orden Worley Lloyd Simmons Louise Cardwell Claude Cardwell Flannie Pillow and Carson Ashworth Dana Scearce. Canneries operated by Pittsylvania County Schools schedule: Brosville Tue Thu Fri Callands Mon Tue Wed Thu Climax Tue Thu Fri Dan River Mon Tue Thu Fri Spring Garden Tue Thu Fri Renan Tue Thu Whitmell Tue Wed Thu.
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Holland McCubbins
Ruby
McCubbins
Brosville
Kathryn Easley
Margaret Hawkins
Callands
Mary
Pearson
Orden Worley
Climax
Lloyd Simmons
Dan. River
Louise H. Cardwell
Claude Cardwell
Renan
Flannie Pillow
Spring Garden
Carson Ashworth
Dana Scearce
Whitmell
Pittsylvania County
Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics
Capitol Building Quarrel Flares Up Over West Front Reform
Washington lawmakers clash over a 55 million extension to the Capitol West Front as a senate subcommittee rejects the project favoring alternative studies and space reevaluation. Huddleston and Schweiker back a study of options including moving offices to free space while preserving the exterior. A tea party notice follows for Grove Park Playground inviting participation with a Mad Hat.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
House
Walter Huddleston
Oky
Senate Appropriations Committee
Legislative Branch
Richard F. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Huddleston
Capitol
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Earler
Grove Park
Federal Government May Pay Metro Tab
The GAO tells Congress the federal government will be the primary source of future debt service funding for the Washington Metrorail due to revenues unlikely covering operating costs and bond obligations. The report notes about six miles are in operation and another 12 miles opened, linking Virginia with D C, with final costs seen well above initial bonds and local governments resisting further funding.
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Washington
Congress
General Accounting Office
GAO
Metrorail
Metro
Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington Metropolitan
Danville Seeks State Grant for VASAP Planning
Danville has been awarded a $22,317 federal grant to complete a planning study and initiate a Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program in the 22nd Judicial District. The district includes Danville Pittsylvania and Franklin counties and will be administered by the Virginia Highway Safety Division as part of VASAP. The program aims to identify and reduce alcohol impaired driving using local facilities and education.
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Danville
22Nd Judicial District
Pittsylvania
Franklin
The
Highway Safety Division of Virginia
Virginia
John T. Hanna
New FAA Chief Aims for Better Management Over Policy
FAA Administrator Langhorne Bond said his focus is improving management, not reshaping policy, citing 56 000 employees and 605 installations. He urged delegating authority, reducing red tape, and strengthening state aviation agencies to speed responses and improve coordination with 34 states at a Williamsburg luncheon.
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Williamsburg
Langhorne Bond
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Conference of State Departments of Transportation
Bond
Secretary of Transportation
Carter
Church Convention Prays For Inmates At White House
Delegates from the United Church of Christ, about 2,000 strong, marched to the White House gates and prayed for nine Wilmington 10 inmates jailed since a 1971 racial disturbance. Rev Dr Charles E Cobb urged justice while critics call for pardons or commutations amid broader human rights protests. The denomination paused its biennial senate to join the protest in Lafayette Park.
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Washington
United Church of Christ
White House
North Carolina
Lafayette Park
Congress
Justice Department
Carter
Cobb
Congregationalism
Elizabeth Chavis
Oxford
N.C
Jimmy Carter
General Senate
Washington Hilton
Tourism Up in Capital After Slump
Washington figures show roughly 623,000 visitors at the Lincoln Memorial last month, only 9 percent below last year’s Bicentennial crowd. Park Service notes June has been strong, with outlying sites Great Falls Fort Washington and the C O Canal drawing top crowds in a decade. tour operators report improving business in late June and Kennedy Center attracting 46,000 visitors, up 13 percent year over year.
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Lincoln Memorial
National Capital Park Service
Park Service
Great Falls
Fort Washington
C&o Canal
Wilson Boat Line
Gray Line Tour Service
Kennedy Center
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the Register
Danville, Va
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Mrs. Wright
Lula Wright
Leonard L. Giles
Leonard Leroy Giles
Swicegood
Garland Chenault
Schoolfield Cemetery
Mr. Giles
Schoolfield Drive
Memorial Hospital
Prince Edward County
Lloyd, .W
Lottie Jones Giles
Burkesville
Giles
Orkin and Dodson Exterminating Co
Pinkerton Security
Ramonia Scearce Giles
Ronald Keith Giles
Christine Fuller
Pelham
Alice Cobb
Hylton Giles
Reidaville
O.W. Giles
Yanceyville
Charles Davis
John Covington
U.S
R&w
Dan River
Capitol Building
Authority
Brock Adams
Fairfax City
Fred Bevill
VASAP
Church Convention
Keller
Norma
Zimmer
Schaeffer
Kiemel Joni
Eareckson
Jesus OF Nazareth
Barclay
Colson
Dobson
Buckingham
LaHaye
Joni
Eoreckson
Lewis
Kime
Christenson
LeHaye
Graham
Hunter
Billy Graham
Brown
Market St
Charles W. Davis
Danville Life Saving and
First Aid Crew Inc
Vivian L. Reynolds
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