Deaths And Funerals In Danville Area July 27 1977
Obituary notices for Melissa Pollard Ridgeway 6 of South Boston Bynum E Welch 64 of Banner Elk Willie Graves 29 of Bristol Pa and Sylvester Covington 52 of Danville list next of kin and burial details with church and cemetery ties. Funeral services set at Powell Funeral Home Clarks Creek Baptist Church Staunton Baptist Church Ebenezer Baptist Church and Murdock Lodge 163 F A M with arrangements by Hampton and Mills funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Welch
Vilas
Fred Welch
Valley Crucis
Delia Handy
North Wilkesboro
Elsie Moretz
Banner Elk Rt. 1
Clarks Creek Baptist Church
Bill Warren
Hampton Funeral Service
Boone
Long Island
Willie Graves
Staunton Baptist Church
Pete A. Medley
Church
Virginia firms plan new or expanded facilities in 1977 Q2
Twenty six Virginia firms announced new or expanded operations in the second quarter of 1977. Fourteen new facilities with 1,201 expected jobs and twelve expansions adding 615 positions. Anheuser Busch announced a 200 million Williamsburg brewery expansion. Danville firms Register Publishing and Goodyear Tire expand. Martinsville Pannill Knitting adds 250 jobs. Martinex Fabrics expands with no job rise. South Boston Manufacturing adds about 35. Compiled by the Governor’s Office division of industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
South Boston
Martinsville
Virginia
Anheuser-Busch Inc
Commonwealth
Williamsburg
the Register Publishing Co. Inc
Pannill Knitting Co
Martinex Fabrics
Division of Industrial Development
Governor's Office
Farthing Rites Set For Blairs Resident Joseph E Farthing
Joseph Edward Farthing 65 of Blairs died Tuesday at his home after 15 months of declining health and a three month confinement. He was a cabinet maker and retired due to ill health. Surviving: daughters Barbara Farthing Danville and Mary Ellen Tomb Burlington North Carolina son Léon Farthing Danville four brothers Clyde Gilbert John and Herbert Farthing four sisters Beulah Smith Avery Merrill Dorothy Scearee and Bruce Cochran seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with Rev Eugene Wilson and Rev Tommy Love. Interment McNichols family cemetery. Body at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home 7:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday and at residence in Blairs otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Blue) Covington
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Caswell County
Edd
Frances Totten
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Murdock Lodge
F&a Masons
Merchant Delivery
Elmer L. Willams Movers
Myrtle Hardy
Covington
Beatrice Phifer
Nellie C. Strader
Robert Covington
Johnny Covington
Roy L. Ferrell Jr
Lt. Brooks & Bro
Rice St
Joseph Edward Farthing
Blairs
Pittsylvania County
John Farthing
Cora Burnett Farthing
Inez McNichols Farthing
Blairs Baptist Church
Barbara Farthing
Mary Ellen Tomb
Burlington
N.C
Léon Farthing
Clyde Farthing
Gilbert Farthing
Kenova
W.va
Roanoke
Herbert Farthing
Slater
Beulah Smith
Ringgald
Avery Merrill
Reidsville
Dorothy Scearee
Bruce Cochran
Denver
Colo
Wrenn-Yeatts
Eugene Wilson
Tommy Love
McNichols
Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home
VMI Gains Medal of Area Physician story
A Danville student earned a gold medal for distinguished academic achievement at VMI graduation. Barbara Frantz James of Danville presented the Jackson-Hope Medal to the VMI museum, honoring her father Dr. Robert Bruce James, who led VMI as first in class in 1883 and later served as VMI physician and Board of Visitors member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Danville College
Virginia Military Institute
John S. Rixey
Charlottesville
Barbara Frantz James
Danville
VMI
Jackson-Hope
Robert Bruce James
James
Pittsylvania County
VMI Board of Visitors
Court Continues Action On Traffic Offenders
Julious Loney’s license revoked for ten years with a warning of a mandatory one year penitentiary sentence if violated. Julius Nelson East declared habitual offender. notice to revoke permit for ten years. Kyle Leon Jones failed to appear. arrest warrant sought. Jacob Torian found guilty of petit larceny. 30 days on city farm. Alfred Pacheco case continued to Sept. Danny Moore pled guilty to statutory burglary and attempted statutory burglary. Donald Fowler fined $10 for speeding due to faulty speedometer. pre sentencing report requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julious Loney
Loney
Julius Nelson East
East
Kyle Leon Jones
Jacob Torian
Alfred Pacheco
Danny ‘Lee Moore
Ingram
Livestock Price Listings From Local Market
Continued cattle quotes show cutters and bulls priced around 18 to 31.50 dollars. Steers and heifers across weight classes range from mid 20s to low 30s with varies by age and condition. Baby calves sell from five to thirty five dollars per head and cow calf pairs from about 175 to 260 dollars per head.
Stanley Named Chessie Professor at William and Mary
Marvin M. Stanley, a leading expert in transportation, business policy, and strategic planning, is named the first Chessie professor of business administration at William and Mary. Chessie System Inc. endowed $10,000 for this professorship as part of the college’s $6.18 million three year campaign. Stanley, a former U S Air Force colonel, holds an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate from American University. He will teach MBA courses in policy, strategy, transportation management, and marketing and has consulted for Chessie System and allied groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Marvin M. Stanley
Virginia
Chessie
College of William and Mary’s
School of Business Administration
Chessie System, Inc
Stanley
Chessie System
Coca Cola and Anheuser Busch
Dibrel] Brothers, Inc
U.S. Brewers Association
Business School
Business Review
Beta Gamma Sigma
National Honorary Business Society
Eastern Academy of Management
First Virginia Bank of the Peninsula
Citizens ask judge to block Interstate 66 project
Arlington and other citizen groups urge U S District Judge Oren Lewis to halt Interstate 66 construction until alleged data errors in the environmental and traffic impact analyses are corrected. They accuse former Secretary Coleman of reliance on flawed studies and improper political considerations to secure funds for Metrorail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria, Va
Arlington
U.S. Transportation
William T. Coleman
Arlington Coalition On Transportation
Coleman
Virginia
Mills FE
Godwin
Washington
Oren Lewis
Lewis
Brock Adams
Alexandria
Metrorail
Lawrence Latto
ACT
Uncle Sam
Updated Danville housing report eyed by council
Danville City Council will hear a revised housing needs report through 1980 presented by George D. Morris Jr. The update, revising a 1973 study, shows 595 units needed citywide by 1980 including 168 for elderly residents. It notes potential additions to Joe Stendig’s elderly apartments but says new needs may not equal new construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
George D. Morris Jr
Morris
West Piedmont
Joe Stendig
Holiday Village
Harris Reade Named Brewery Controller
Harris Reade named controller at the Miller Brewing Co. Eden brewery under construction. He reports to resident manager C. H. Jack Keller. Reade joined Miller in December 1973 as accounting manager at Milwaukee. Previously he supervised cost accounting at Philip Morris Inc. in Richmond. He holds an accounting degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
N.C
Harris Reade
Miller Brewing Co
C.H. ‘dJack” Keller
Reade
Miller
Milwaukee
Philip Morris Inc
Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ross Arrested On Two Charges In Danville
Remus Wayne Ross of 639 Jefferson St was arrested by Danville police on feloniously breaking and entering an apartment and stealing stereo equipment. He is charged with entering Judy Murray s apartment at 619 Holbrook Ave on April 2 and with taking a television and stereo component set. He was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remus Wayne Ross
Danville
Ross
Jefferson St
Judy Murray
Holbrook Ave
Also Mentioned on This Page
Melissa Pollard Ridgeway
Halifax County
William Thomas Pollard
Rebecca Weatherford Pollard
Ridgeway
Jesse Dodson Ridgeway
First Baptist Church
Oza R. Bradshaw
Buchannan County
J.D. Ridgeway Jr
Staunton
Richard Ridgeway
Jannie P. Chandler
Vernon Jontz
Garland Pollard
Chantilly
Bynum E. Welch
Mr. Graves
Bristol
Rt. 1
Lower Buck Hospital
Clarence and
Frances Stone Graves
Goldin Mae Bradley
Millers Funeral Home
Gretna
David Graves
S. Covington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
South Boston Manufacturing Co
J. E. Farthing
Vmi Gains
Medal of Area
Donald ‘Fowler
Fountain On Lake
Byrd Park
Free Enterprise System
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Chicago, South Shore
South Bend
John Dalton
Lawrence Lako
Vienna
Mortis
Lizzie Jane Collins
Heaven's Pearly Gates
Son, Jack Collins
Danville Cancer Association
Singleton R. Joe Atkins
Flaudie
Elizabeth M. Ferguson
Milam
Bourne
Myrtle Avenue
Perry Stokes Walker
Loulie
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