Funeral Rites Set Today For Forest B Carpenter
Forest Benjamin Carpenter 67 found dead in a creek behind his Norwood Drive home. Funeral services at Townes Memorial Chapel at 11 a.m. with interment in Highland Burial Park. A Danville to Suffolk Highway Postal Service supervisor who had been missing since Wednesday. His body was located by his two sons. Survived by his wife Mary Grace Brown Carpenter and two sons James Stuart of Richmond and William Barry of Blacksburg. He was a native of St. Marys Ohio and had lived in Danville 17 years. A sister and a grandchild also survive. The remains rest at Townes Funeral Home. family at 330 Norwood Drive.
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Townes Memorial Chapel
Forest
Benjamin Carpenter
Norwood Dr
Highland Burial Park
Carpenter
Highway
Danville
Suffolk
Blacksburg
J. R. Clark
South Boston
James Stuart Carpenter Jr
Richmond
Townes Funeral Home
Shumate Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Thomas Har den Shumate 57 operator of the Market Basket Groc ery will be buried at Cascade after a Main Street Methodist Church service at 11 a m The Danville native died Sunday after two weeks in Memorial Hospital He was active in the church Rotary Club and Virginia Food Dealers Association Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter and several siblings The body lies at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home prior to the service and the family will be at 1901 Westover Drive
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Thomas Harden Shumate
Market Basket Grocery
Main Street Methodist Church
Cascade
Shumate
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Marthe Gilbert
Thomas Allen Shumate
Mary Joyce Shumate
Edwin M. Shumate
Joyce Cook
Margaret Collis
Ernestine Lloyd
Mary Francis Hollingsworth
Fayetteville
N.C
Wrenn-Yeatts
Westover
Thomas W Wood Dies At 87 In South Boston
Thomas William Wood 87 of Crystal Hill died Sunday in a South Boston hospital. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Bennett Slusher of Christiansburg and Mrs Laura Crute of Crystal Hill, a son Elma B Wood of Fayetteville W Va, two sisters Mrs Ida Wood and Mrs S G Hatcher, a brother John Baker Wood, five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Service was held Tuesday at 2 p m from Crystal Hill Baptist Church with burial at Rogers Chapel Baptist Church cemetery.
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South Boston
Thomas William Wood
Crystal Hill
Wood
Bennett , Slusher
Christiansburg
Laura Crute
Elma B. Wood
Fayetteville
W. Va
Ida Wood
S. G. Hatcher
Clover
John Baker Wood
Mrs. Vinnie Law Final Rites Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Vinnie Stephens Law will be held at Camp Grove Baptist Church on Bradley Road Wednesday at 5 p.m. with Rev. W. J. Toomer officiating. Mrs. Law, 73, died in Winslow Hospital Saturday morning, survived by one sister and several nieces.
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Vinnie Stephens Law
Camp Grove Baptist Church
Bradley Road
W. J. Toomer
Nematodes Threaten Flue-Cured Tobacco Yields In Virginia
Dr Wyatt Osborne of Virginia Tech warns the nematode is the most destructive tobacco disease, unseen underground and hard to control. A nematode school in Halifax taught county agents to identify nematodes and advise soil treatment. Nematodes can cause up to 500 dollars per acre, with fumigation giving the best returns though not permanent, and rotation plus plant bed fumigation aiding control.
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Wyatt Osborne
Virginia Tech
Blackshank
Granville
Halifax
Virginia
Osborne
Ogist
iC S Johnson Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
Last rites for Clancy Shelby Johnson 52 will be held at 4 p m tomorrow from Wrenn Yeatts Chapel. Interment in Highland Burial Park. Died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health and five weeks as patient. Born in Keeling he lived there all his life. Son of Byar Hardy Johnson and the late Charlie Shelby Johnson. Married Virginia Johnson on December 24 1935. Member of Mt Tabor Baptist Church. WWII veteran. Survived by his mother Keeling and wife two sisters Mrs Jack J Williams Keeling and Mrs Earl W Powell Martinsville. Keeling Route 1.
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Clancy Shelby Johnson
Wrenn-Yeatts
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Keeling
Byar Hardy Johnson
Charlie Shelby Johnson
Virginia Johnson
John Reese To Be Buried In Concord
John Reese 67 of 721 Southampton Ave was moved to Concord North Carolina for funeral services to be announced later with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He died in Memorial Hospital after six years of declining health and a week in hospital. A native of Boydton he moved from Concord to Danville eight years ago and owned a grocery business before illness. Survived by wife Evelyn Maxwell Reese two daughters Norma Jean Kluttz Patsy Gale Godfrey and son John Wayne Reese. The family will be in Concord at 263 Bay Street the home of Norma Kluttz.
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John Reese
Southampton Ave
Concord
N. C
Iime
Oakwood
Reese
Memorial Hospital
Boydton
Danville
Evelyn Maxwell Reese
Norma Jean Kluttz
Patsy Gale Godfrey
John Wayne Reese
Norma Kluttz
Bay St
Susan Lee Wyatt Funeral Rites Planned Today
Funeral services for 16 year old Susan Lee Wyatt will be held at 4 p.m. from West Main Baptist Church with interment at Mountain View Cemetery. Her sister Betty Wyatt McDonald was found vacationing in Malibu Beach California and arrived last night. The teen died in a crash that injured Ernie Ray Thompson and Roger Steven Cowan who remain hospitalized with multiple injuries at Memorial Hospital.
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Susan Lee Wyatt
Westover Dr
West Main Baptist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Betty Wyatt McDonald
McDonald
Malibu Beach
Calif
Miss Wyatt
Estes Wyatt
Virginia Ave
Ernie Ray Thompson
Rt. 4
Statesville
N. C
Roger Steven Cowan
Parks and Dr
Memorial Hospital
Latest Safe Job Not Believed Wong Involved
Detective Captain J. Towler said a $500 weekend safe burglary at the Southern Department Store in Ballou Shopping Center did not appear to be the work of "Wong." The break-in resembled a prior Barker-Hamlin Tire Co. theft but showed differences. no force was found, the burglar may have hidden inside, and a note bearing "Wong" was not left. This marked the tenth major safecracking this year.
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Southern Department
Ballou
Wong
J. &. Towler
Barker-Hamlin Tire Co
Barker-Hamlin
Towler
Southern
Option To Buy Given Group By Wyatt Chevrolet
Preliminary talks have started between Wyatt Chevrolet Company and an unidentified out-of-town group that may lead to the purchase of the large dealership and its assets. Garnett E. Wyatt says he has given a conditional option to purchase and the deal depends on meeting those conditions, with a possible month before a conclusion. Chevrolet Motor Company reportedly wants a new building for sales and service here.
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Wyatt ‘Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
Garnett E. Wyatt
Wyatt Chevrolet Company
Wyatt
Chevrolet Motor Company
Funeral Rites Conducted For W B Horton
YANCEYVILLE N C Funeral services for William Banks Horton 85 Yanceyville lawyer and former state senator were held Monday at Yanceyville Methodist Church Burial followed in the church cemetery Horton a former Navy officer served in the Spanish American War and in World Wars I and II He died Sunday in a Durham veterans hospital He is survived by his wife the former Mary Anderson a daughter and a son from a previous marriage Mrs J C Long of Chapel Hill and Banks Horton of Lawrenceville Va Pallbearers were T J Ham Clarence Rice George Harris Clarence Pemberton Richard Johnson George Kerr Dr T L Gwynn and George R Carter
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Yanceyville
N. C
William Banks Horton
Yanceyville Methodist Church
Horton
Recorder’s Court
School Board
Durham Veterans Hospital
Mary Anderson
J. C. Long
Chapel Hill
Banks Horton
Lawrenceville
T. J. Ham
Clarence Rice
George Harris
Clarence Pemberton
Richard Johnson
George Kerr
T. L. Gwynn
George R. Carter
Funeral rites slated today for Mrs Amos
Final rites for Mrs. Isabel Washington Amos will be held at 2 p m at Moseley Memorial Methodist Church with interment to follow. A Franklin County native who lived in Danville since 1923 she died Sunday after years of declining health. Survived by daughters Garnett Adkins J E Turner and W S Layne sons George W Amos Oscar W Amos and R Noel Amos two sisters and one brother ten grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Family home at Garnett Adkins residence 292 Piney Forest Rd serves as the gathering place.
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Isabel Washington Amos
Moseley Memorial Methodist Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Amos
Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Danville
Moseley Memorial Church
Belk-Leggett Co
Albert W. Amos
Garnett Adkins
J. E. Turner
W. S. Layne
Lynchburg
George W. Amos
Norfolk
Oscar W. Amos
Collinsville
R. Noel Amos
Josie Haynes
John Hodges
Martinsville
Winston Amos
Chatham
Piney Forest Rd
Assault Conviction In Five Month Sentence
A five month sentence imposed on five months for assault follows a robbery case from Aug 10 1963. Harry Richard Bazemore found guilty of assault after a mistrial delayed March term. Jury deliberated about one hour and twenty minutes. Witnesses and defense challenged the verdict. Separate case involves Walter B Logan in a hit run with injury to Virginia Carter. Breedlove case for grand larceny not pressed.
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Harry Richard Bazemore
Taylor Alson
Alston
Bazemore
William KE. Land
Fach
Walter B. Logan
Logan
Virginia Carter
Child Wounded Playing With Loaded Gun
An eight year old boy named Terry Lee James of 773 Glendale Ave was wounded in the left leg yesterday when a loaded .22 pistol he was handling was dropped. The incident occurred in a private setting with no further injuries reported.
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Terry Lee James
Glendale Ave
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Forest B. Carpenter
T. H. Shumate
Thomas W. Wood
South
Boston
Mrs
Vinnie Law
Baxter H. Byerly, M.D
Charles C. Freed, Jr., M
Doctors Building
Holbrook
Danville, VA
American Finance Office
peRe IK
Nowthly
South Market
Sppgintmen
Extension Service
R. L. Shaw
Wayne Brown
Meade Harrison
H. §. Reynolds
Shaw
Charlotte
Brown
Pittsylvania
Franklin
Harrison
Mecklenburg
Brunswick
Reynolds
Halifax County
Ic. S. Johnson
W. B. Horton
Logar
Monard Laverne Breedlove
USDA
A&p
Fryer Parts
Pbell Pork & Beans
del Monte
Eberwine
Sultana
Iona
Libby
Jane Parker
Jane Parker Lemon
Jane Parker Bakery
J-Ik
PIE
Lelve
Vicinity
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