Deaths and Funerals in Yanceyville area
William C. Jackson Th of Yanceyville dies in Danville Memorial Hospital after Thursday admission. Funeral today at 2 PM at Yanceyville United Methodist Church with Masonic graveside rites in New Hope Cemetery. Survived by wife Helen, son W. C. Jackson Jr. Eden, sister Mrs. James E. Hillman Raleigh, stepsister Ava Jackson Kingsport, three grandchildren. Body at Hooper Funeral Home. Arch ie Wade Adkins of Danville dies Thursday at home. Survived by wife Clara F. Adkins seven daughters and three sons and many relatives. Funeral 2 PM Sunday at New Design Baptist, Rev Fred Smith. Burial in church cemetery. Family will receive friends at Pritchard Funeral Home 8 PM Saturday.
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Yanceyville
N.C
William C. Jackson
Yanceyville United Methodist Church
Joy Lister
New Hope United Methodist Church
Jackson
Danville
Memorial Hospital
Traeford
Sylvester
Mary Livingston Jackson
Archie Wade Adkins
Rt. 2
Pittsylvania County
William Henry Adkins
Lucinda Wicher Adkins
Clara F. Adkins
Annie Bell Toller
Mattie F. Swanson
Dorothy Mae Toller
Little Pearl Stockton
Mae E. Payne
Louise L. Gravely
Axton
Inez Valentine
Camden N.J
Jim H. Adkins
Roanoke
Leonard Adkins
Frank A. Adkins
Callands
Bertha Gatewood
Minnie Kaye Wilson
Lou Emma Jones
John Adkins
Jessie Lee Adkins
Charlie W. Adkins
Washington, D.C
New Design Baptist
Fred Smith
Church Cemetery
Pritchard Funeral Home
Mrs Hancock Dies At Home In Danville
Bertha Hancock 77 of 703 Chatham Ave died yesterday after declining health since May. Born in Lancaster County DC she spent most of life in Danville working 30 years at Dan River Inc. Wife of William Henry Hancock deceased 1954 she leaves three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Graveside service 2 pm today Schoalfield Cemetery Rev J C Raper. Swicegood Funeral Home. Also Mrs Helen R Collins 75 died yesterday in sleep at nephew James Henderson home. Survived by one son and one daughter and three sisters. Funeral 2 pm Sunday Browning Funeral Home Keysville Cool Spring Church Cemetery.
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Bertha ¥. Hancock
Chatham Ave
Hancock
Lancaster County
D.C
Danville
Dan River Inc
William Henry Hancock
Alma H. Evans
Julian L. Hancock Jr
Lynchburg
Robert A. Hancock
Randallstown
Schoalfield Cemetery
J. C. Raper
Swicegood Funeral Home
Helen R. Collins
James Henderson
Collins
Keynville
Cool Spring
C. J. Hinton
Lucille Rutledge
D. S. Amos
Crewe
Browning Funeral Home
Keysville
Cool Spring Church
Elijah Hanks Rites Tomorrow
Funeral for Elijah Jarard Banks Hanks of 32 Tris Lane will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at South Danville Church of Christ led by Rev Joseph Craft. Burial follows in Hanks family cemetery. He died yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital and was a WWII veteran with seven sons and nine grandchildren among survivors. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. today at Swicegood Funeral Home.
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Elijah Jarard Banks
Tris Lane
South Danville Church of Christ
Joseph Craft
Charles Warren
Hanks
Mr.Hanks
Danville Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Mary Samuel
William P. Hanks
Church of Christ
Ferry Road
David McKee Roofing Co
Ruby Mays
Lettie McKee Hanks
Bobby
Edward
Alvin
Donnie
Larry
Gary Hanks
Danville
Anthrew
Anthrew A. Hanks
Santee Calif
Myrtle Edwards
Minnie Hoskins
Allavista
Dewey Hanks
North Carolina
Waller
Owen
John
Allison Hanks
Swicegood Funeral Home
William Burwell Dies Wednesday in Burner North Carolina
William Elmore Burwell age 47 of Star Route Yanceyville died Wednesday in Burner North Carolina. A funeral service will be held at Beulah Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev. W. E. Mills officiating. Family will receive friends at Fulton Funeral Home Sunday from 7:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Yanceyville
N.C
William Elmore Burwell
Burner
Beulah Baptist Church
W. E. Mills
Fulton Funeral Home
Salunday
Connally Favored for VP by Godwin in Charlottesville
Charlottesville AP report quotes Virginia Governor Milks Godwin expressing a personal preference for former Secretary of the Treasury John Connally as the GOP vice presidential nominee. Godwin says the President should decide his running mate and will act prudently. He also notes he supports Ford over Reagan for the presidential nomination.
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Charlottesville
Milks Godwin
John Connally
George Bowles
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Boles
Godwin
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Martinsville Urges Kiser For District Court Post
Martinsville Henry County Bar Association urged Friday that Martinsville attorney Jack son L. Kiser be named to the vacancy on the U S District Court for Western Virginia. The association voted to recommend Kiser, 47, a former assistant U S attorney, to President Ford for nomination to the judgeship vacated by retiring Judge Ted Dalton of Roanoke.
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Martinsvilliee
Martinsville-Henry County Bar Association
Martinsville
Jackson L. Kiser
U.S. District Court
Western Virginia
Kiser
J. S
Ford
Relring
Ted Dalton
Roanoke
Thomas Wilson
Harrisonburg
22Nd Judicial Circuit
B. A. Davis Tit
Rocky Mount
North Carolina candidates urge new death penalty law
Three of seven gubernatorial hopefuls in North Carolina call for a new death penalty law after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous mandatory statute. Only Democrat George Wood opposes capital punishment, while others back a law allowing discretionary application. polls show broad public support.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U.S. Supeme Court
George Wood
Wood
Journalism School
University of North Carolina
Coy Privette
Jim Holshouser
General Assembly
Privette
Louisiana
Georgia
Texas
Ed O'Herron
Nash and
Edgecombe Casmties
Ke Supreme Court
O'Herron
Jacob Alexander
Supreme
Danville Students Head to Washington for Bicentennial Events
Danville students from multiple schools join the national Bicentennial celebration in Washington, leaving at 7 a.m. by bus to perform Our Country Tis Of Thee on the White House ellipse around 3 p.m. The trip funds came from spring donations and a customized van prize.
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Danville
George Washington High School
Washington, D.C
White House
Ruth Roberts
Chesay and Potomac Telephone Co
Danville Community College
C&p
University of Maryland
Washington
Dave A. Webster
W. J. Pruitt
Marie Francisco
Glen R. Dooley
Doris Dixon
Keira B. Hickson
Thomas R. Huhn
Linwood Duncan
Therogram
Charlotte Carter
Eugene C
Tine Arts
Chatham Hall Students Tour France With Faculty Group
A group of Chatham Hall students and Betsy Hopewell head to France for a three week tour arranged by FACETS. They will stay in French boarding schools and visit the language and culture sites. Participants include Amelia Fleming Carolyn Thompson Darby Rowland Susan Metcalf Frazer Millner Kip Brooks and others from across the United States.
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Chatham Hall
Betsy Hopewell
France
Henri Cattan
Argenteui
Facets
Ministry of Education
National Bureau of French Universities and Schools
Solar Heat Planned In Durham Housing Project
A Durham public housing project may receive significant solar energy funding for 55 elderly units. Solar tubes atop roofs will heat water, store three days of energy, and power air conditioning. Total cost around 1.5 million plus 200 thousand for solar equipment. energy savings cited.
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Durham, N.C
Durham
Eng
Focal
Bes
Iain James E. Kerr
Durham Housing Authority
Joseph Frissora
Coming
N.Y
Lois Wilson Graduates From National Business College Roanoke
Miss Lois Anne Wilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson of Danville, graduates with highest honors from the Legal Secretary Course earning an Associate in Arts degree as part of a class of 70 at National Business College in Roanoke.
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Lois Anne Wilson
National Business College
Roanoke
Miss Wilson
Robert Wilson
Danville
Legal Secretary
Army recruiter to inform women about entering the service
Women may receive information on joining the Army and entry pathways. Amity plans to talk with Captain Jimmie L. Colston, a Women's Army Corps officer for Virginia, on July 13 at the Army Recruiting Office in Riverside Shopping Center. The event aims to inform interested women about enlistment procedures and opportunities.
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TS. Amity
Jimmie L. Colston
Colston
State of Virginia
Army Recruiting Office
Riverside Shopping Center
Danvillians to Join Parade of Sails Sunday in New York Harbor
Elizabeth and Nancy Lockerman, daughters of J R Lockerman Jr, sail aboard the Tevega, a tall ship, as they prepare for another year of study aboard. The Tevega will participate in the parade of sails in New York Harbor this Sunday with Capt Irving Johnson as television narrator.
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Danvillians
Elizabeth
Nancy Lockerman
J. R. Lockerman Jr
New York
Jirnall
Nancy
Fint- Beth
New York Harbor
Irving Johnson
Furniture Theft Arrests In Danville Chronicles Local Crime
Danville police arrested Gladys Anderson Harper 23 at 11 30 am for feloniously removing selling or loading four gas range refrigerator and bar stools from Schewels Firmiture Co last March. Also charged were James Clinton Bundy 22 for contributing to delinquency of a minor and Michael Jason Saunders 23 for unauthorized use of a 1975 Honda 550. An extradition hearing brought James Allen Wiles back from Philadelphia to answer a break in charge.
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Danville
Gladys Anderson Harper
Ross St
Schewels Firmiture Co
Holbrook St
James Clinton Bundy
Broad St
Apt
Bundy
Michael Jason Saunders
Halifax Road
Piney Forest Road
Franklin Turnpike
Kenneth Eliott
James Allen Wiles
Philadelphia
Wiles
Stella Marie Jones
Hart Elected Board Chairman of Consortium
Dr. Joseph T. Hart president of Ferrum College is named chairman of the Appalachian Consortium board of directors. The consortium unites colleges and government agencies in the Southern Appalachian highlands to preserve and foster interest in the regional heritage. Installation ceremonies are set for July 16 in Cherokee North Carolina.
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Ferrum
Joseph T. Hart
Ferrum College
The
Appalachian Consortium
Southern Appalachian Highlands
Cherokee
N.C
Appalachian Region
Bank Gives Away Money Promotion Draws Fewer Respondents
In Harrisonburg mass Massanutten Bank and Trust Co offered a free Bicentennial half dollar to the first 200 visitors. Only 170 claimed the prize, and vice president Melvin Nelson noted the public’s reluctance to get something for nothing.
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Harrisonburg
Massanutten Bank and Trust Co
Bank
Melvin Nelson
District Court Friday charges and cases heard
In Danville district court Judge William E. Land handled multiple matters. Edward Cook and Samuel James E. Via faced grand jury testimony on May 29 for breaking and entering. Walter B. Neely pled guilty to two misdemeanor bad check counts, fined 22 dollars and given suspended six month sentences. Rebecca F. Comer was ruled no probable cause on felonious marijuana manufacturing but guilty of possession of a controlled substance with a pre sentencing report ordered. James Willie Edmunds had no probable cause for removing mortgaged property. Jimmy R. Woods was assigned a court attorney, found guilty of possession of stolen property and five counts of petit larceny, with 54.25 dollar fines and concurrent six month terms. James A. Wiles faced a hearing for breaking and entering.
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Edward Cook
Samuel James E. Via
Danville General District Court
William E. Land
Walter B. Neely
Neely
Judge Land
Rebecca F. Comer
James Willie Edmunds
Jimmy R. Woods
Woods
James A. Wiles
Fire Destroys Friends Church Near Galax
A historic Center Valley Friends Church near Galax was destroyed by fire on Friday night. Police said the single story frame building, about 60 years old, burned out of control before Galax firefighters could contain it. No injuries were reported. investigators continued to probe the blaze.
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Galax (Ap
Carroll County
Here
Galax
Center Valley Friends Church
Galax Fire Department
Bia
Baptist Church
Lim
Raft Race Promises Fun and Prizes at City Parade
Contestants optimistic about winning as they test a raft named The Spirit of '76. The race from Robertson Street Bridge to Camilla Williams Park aims to finish in about an hour with prizes for the top three floaters. A separate AP report notes the National Endowment for the Arts internship program begins its 1th session on Sept 20, welcoming young talents into arts administration roles.
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Mike Clark
Frankie West
Bonner
Robertson Street Bridge
Camilla Wiliams Park
Washington
National Endowment For the Acts
Nanicy Hanks
Organization
North Carolina Death Row prisoners sing after verdict
On Friday death row inmates in Raleigh broke into song after learning the Supreme Court's ruling. Guards and attorney Charles Becton described initial confusion then relief and solidarity among inmates. Warden Garrison said inmates likely heard the decision via radios as reporters were barred from the maximum security area.
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Jim Hunt
State Attorney General's Office
North Carolina
Hunt
Raleigh
Gary Dixon
Dixon
Charles Becton
Supreme Court
Becton
Jesse T. Fowler
Fowler
Sam Garrison
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Jonesville
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Thomas Strickland
Chatham Hall Group
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Joseph Bart
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