Danville teen dies in lake drowning. funerals planned
Maria Rene Strader 18, a GWHS senior and Danville football standout, drowned at Hyco Lake Pearson NC. He was son of Sidney M Strader and the late Alice Watkins Strader, with survivors including siblings and grandparents. Funeral set Thursday at Jones Chapel Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. viewing Wednesday at L A Brooks Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Rene Strader
Melbourne Circle
Danville
Hyco Lake
Pearson
N.C
Sidney M
Alice Watkins Strader
Jones Chapel Baptist Church
George Washington High School
GWHS
Strader
Kate
Saunders
Sidney M. Strader
James H. Strader
Richmond
Helen Watkin
Margaret Strader
Willie J. ‘Toomer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Brooks Funeral
Mrs. Laura Ferrell Dies at 47 in Ringgold Ri
Laura McCain Ferrell, 47, of Ringgold Ri, died Sunday at The Memorial Hospital of Danville County. She was a Dan River Inc. employee and Laural Grove Baptist Church member. Survived by husband Roger Ferrell and six daughters, six sons, three brothers, three sisters. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Laural Grove Baptist Church, Rev. James Cabell. burial in church cemetery. Body at Cunningham and Hughes Funeral Home with visitation Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura McCain Ferrell
Ringgold Ri
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Pittsylvania County
Ernest McCain
Belle McCain
Ferrell
Dan River Inc
Laural Grove Baptist Church
Roger Ferrell
Shirley Sydnor
Gloria Sydnor
Etrudia Ferrell
Betty E
Pick Blackwell Dies At Age 55 In Pa. Hospital
James Edward Pick Blackwell 55 of Philadelphia formerly Caswell County N C died last Friday at Abington Memorial Hospital Willow Grove Pa He was a member of Community Baptist Church trustee of the church and Herbert Miller Masonic Lodge No 151 Survived by wife Classie Speele Blackwell a daughter Brenda Guthby four sisters and three brothers and two stepchildren Funeral at Blackwell Baptist Church Caswell County at 2 p.m. with interment in the church cemetery The body arrives Fulton Funeral Home Yanceyville Thursday at 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N.C
James Edward “Pick” Blackwell
Philadelphia
Caswell County
Abington Memorial Hospital
Willow Grove
John W. and
Lenora Oliver Blackwell
Community Baptist Church
Blackwell
Herbert Miller Masonic Lodge No. 151
Sport Motorcycle Club of Pennsylvania
Classie Speele Blackwell
Home
Brenda B. Guthby
Newport News
John W. Blackwell Jr
Henry Vaughan Dies At Age 56 In South Boston
Henry Archer Vaughan 56 of South Boston Rt 2 died Monday at his home. Native of South Boston he was son of the late John and Catherine Vaughan. He belonged to Arbor Baptist Church. Survived by wife Annie Wilkerson Vaughan two daughters Christine Neece Wanda Vaughan. three sons Henry W Vaughan Gary Vaughan Donald Vaughan. sisters Martha Roberts Catherine Vaughan. brother Robert Vaughan. step son Carol Wilkerson. two grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 11 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Rudolph Jacobs. interment Union United Methodist Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
N.Y
Joan D. Hairston
Pittsylvania County
George
Betty Hairston
Blackstone
New York
Mary Murphy Hairston
Amelia H. Farrow
Annie H. Cooper
Edna Hairston
Thomas Hairston
Washington D.C
Hairston
Sallie W. Hairston
Mattie
Gretna
Cordie George Myers
Piney Fork Baptist Church
Ernest Roebuck
Rudy Hearn
Colbert-Moran
Ramsey
George Ramsey
Bennie
Martha Swain George
Gladys Yeatts
Madeline Dalton
Lautricia Jacobs
Vergie Nichols
Lynch Station
Herman C. Myers
Elva Tuck
Iola George
Pittsville
Bernard H. George
South Boston
Henry Archer Vaughan
Rt 2
John and
Catherine Vaught Vaughan
Vaughan
Arbor Baptist Church
Annie Wilkerson Vaughan
Christine Neece
Greensboro
N.C
Wanda Vaughan
Henry W. Vaughan
Germany
Gary Vaughan
Donald Vaughan
Martha Roberts
Alton
Catherine Vaughan
Vaugan
Robert Vaughan
Carol Wilkerson
Powell Funeral Home Chapel
Rudolph Jacobs
Union United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lilly Smith Walton Rites Wednesday
A funeral for Lilly Smith Walton will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel officiated by the Rev. E Calhoun. Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park with burial rites conducted by church and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks and Brothers
J.P. Griffith
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lilly Smith Walton
Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel
E. Calhoun
Interaent
Highland Burial Park
Two Danvillians Sentenced In Purse Snatching Case
March 9 theft in Memorial Hospital parking lot led to 20 year sentences for Travis and Wesley Claiborne. Additional defendants faced varied penalties. grand jury returned 21 true bills and charged multiple felonies across a broad set of cases including burglary larceny and drug offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital of
Danville
Cicit Court
Travis Claiborne
N. Hills Court
Wesley Claiborne
Grant’ St
Irma Mae Tilley
Ama Matherly
Kemper Road
Cirrcuit Court
James E. Ingram
Claibornes
Ronald Nelson Bowles
Industrial Development Team Slated for Caswell County
Caswell County Board of Commissioners approved forming an industrial development team to coordinate countywide industry attraction efforts. County manager Rick Honeycutt and chairman John B Woods were named to organize the team, aiming for five to six members with expertise in employment education and statistics. The panel will align with watershed and EDA funding plans while exploring staff to oversee watershed projects and appraisals. The board also approved vehicle purchases for the sheriff, discussed tax and census duties, license tags revenue, and CETA program allocations totaling 203 367 dollars with a proposed advisory committee. An amended garbage ordinance set monthly residential rates and dumpster charges, and office space for armed services recruiters was approved in Yanceyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N.C
Caswell County Board of Commissioners
Planning Board
Caswell County
Rick Honeycutt
Honeycutt
John B
Jack” Woods
Ryland Farmer
Farmer
Country Line Creek
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Caswell
John Bradsher
Salt Conservation Service
Woods
Maud Gatewood
Bobby Poteat
Poleal
Poteat
Sheriff's Department
Ira Pleasant
W. Osmond Smith III
Kenneth Mimms
Mimms
Armed Services
Federal Housing Authority
Police Hunt For Missing Danville Teen Bonnie Bray
Danville police continue search Tuesday night for 16 year old Bonnie K Bray of 199 Searcy St missing since her mother left her at Riverside Lanes Bowling Alley last Saturday at 10 15 PM The senior at George Washington High School is five foot three inches tall 105 pounds with reddish brown hair and brown eyes She wore a red checked blouse and bright blue slacks Her mother reported returning to pick her up at 12 15 AM Finding she was gone A boy with crutches and a bandaged foot was last seen with her The lad stood about five foot nine with a thin build blue jeans and a tee shirt Anyone with information may call Danville Police 799 6519 or Mrs Bray 797 2776.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Bonnie K. Bray
Searcy St
Riverside Lanes
Jail Question Lingers Over Pittsylvania Inmates
Richmond reports indicate the state corrections board will decide at its July 12 meeting whether to move Pittsylvania County inmates from the county jail, after supervisors again refused voluntary removal. Chairman Doris DeHart cites required administrative steps before any action. Legal advisor Guy W. Horsley Jr. notes these procedures must be followed before a decision is announced.
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Richmond
State
Corrections Board
Leo
Doris DeHart
Pittsylvania County
DeHart
Pittsylvania
Guy W. Horsley Jr
Horsley
Board of Corrections
Ted Bruning
Booth Charged In Hit And Run In Danville
Thomas Lee Booth 51 of Columbia S C was arrested Tuesday by Danville Police and charged with a hit and run after rear ending Glen Adkins while Adkins passenger Ronnie Seay suffered injuries. The report notes a broader county jail and corrections board hearing plan with possible jail closure action depending on findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lee Booth
Columbia
S.C
Danville
Booth
Glen B. Adkins
Sutherlin Rt. 2
West Main Street
Old
Mayfield Road
Adkins
Ronnie Dixon Seay
Green J
Lisa Marshall Named In Pageant Victory at Mise Camp Happyland
Lisa Marie Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs James Marshall of 141 Joplin St won first runner up in the Mise Camp Happyland beauty pageant in Fredericksburg. An eighth grader at Bonner Junior High School she belongs to the Danville Dixie Darlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Marie.Marshall
James Marshall
Joplin St
Fredericksburg
Bonner Junior High School
Miss Marshall
Danville
Dixie Darlings
Transco Slashes July Gas Prices in Danville
Danville's gas service discounts about four percent as of July 1 per James K. Turpin city gas and water superintendent. The drop saves the average 257 therm monthly user roughly $2.00 to about $54.99, with August's expected increase offsetting most of the gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Trancontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
James K. Turpin
City Gas and Water Superitendent
Danvillians
Turpin
Supervisors weigh legal counsel hire amid vacancy delay
The Pittsylvania Danville Supervisors avoided adding the item to Tuesday’s agenda while awaiting guidance on hiring a legal counsel to address the vacancy left by Jones on July 1. The matter will be revisited at August’s meeting. The board also rejected Shields road variance in Jasperwood Park, supported a $848,000 health department project to monitor water supplies, approved runway obstruction removal at Danville Airport, named the Virginia Association of Counties as agent in rate negotiations with Appalachian Power, and postponed Audrey Millner’s replacement on the Danville-Pittsylvania Mental Health board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keatts
Jones
George Shields
Jasperwood Park
Pittsylvania
State Department of Health
Danville
Virginia Association of Counties
Pittsylvania County
Appalachian Power Company
Unti
Audrey Millner
Danville-Pittsylvania
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services Board
Two Men Convicted In Pittsylvania Court
In Pittsylvania County Circuit Court Judge W Carrington Thompson sentenced Letcher Lee Hodnett Jr to one year in the State Penitentiary after Hodnett pleaded guilty to driving after habitual offender status. Jesse Lee Adkins, 26, of Chatham Rt 4, was convicted of driving after habitual offender status with sentencing withheld for a pre sentence report on Aug 4. Harold Cecil Dalton, 26, of Axton, charged with selling marijuana on April 19, had his case continued to Aug 17 after entering a plea of innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Letcher Lee Hodnett Jr
State Penitentiary
Pittsylvania County
W. Carrington Thompson
Hodnett
General District Court
Jesse Lee Adkins
Chatham Rt. 4
Harold Cecil Dalton
Thompson
Dalton
Axton Ré. 1
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Lake
John D. Hairston
Robert J. Hairston
Quarry St
Mrs. CG
Myers
Pick’ Blackwell
Adalaide Foster
Marie Henderson
Yantequille Rt. 1
Doris Norflett
Bronx
Mattie 5. Watkins
Reidsville, Rt. 1
Henry Vaughan
Lilly
Walton
David Lee King
James Louis Robertson Jr
Charles Kirby Tanner
William Edgar Solomon
Michael
Edward Hawkins
Howard McCullough Jr
Harry Harrison Elam Jr
Leroy Nell Barksdale
Thomas Lee Keen
Ralph Otis Walton
Gayle Eugene Boyee Jr
Buddy Shane Mason
Milton Earnest Calloway
Kyle Leon Jomes
Danny Lee Moore
Regina Pyles
Alfred Pacheco
William Thomas Clark Jr
Geneva Rodgers Davis
Bobby Allen Hodges Jr
Flora Jean Scales Mosley
Steve Harold Samuels
Pamela Denney
Thomas L. Booth
Bruning
Lisa Marshall
Transco
Albert P
Maurakis
Albert Maurakis
Roanoke
Shenandoah Life
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
Albert P. Maurakis
Cox and Goodridge Insurance
South Merkat Street
Gonville
Virginia
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