Deaths And Funerals South Boston Doctor Driscoll 64
SOUTH BOSTON Dr W Davis Richardson Driscoll 64 of 1313 Hodges St South Boston died Thursday in Miami Fla. A native of Clifton Forge he was a son of Euphy and Wille Kate Driscoll. He practiced medicine in South Boston since 1947. Survived by wife Mary Harrison Vaughan Driscoll a step daughter Sarah C Tuck Richmond a step son Brown H Carpenter Virginia Beach three sisters and a brother Virginia Driscoll Hattie Driscoll Mrs Gray Ellis and William E Driscoll Covington four step grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 3 p.m. Powell Funeral Home chapel. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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South Boston
W. Davis Richardson Driscoll
Hodges
South
Boston
Miami
Fla
Clifton Forge
Euphy and
Wille Kate Davis Driscoll
Trinity Episcopal Church
College of William,and Mary
University of Virginia Medical School
Mary Harrison Vaughan Driscoll
Sarah C. Tuck
Richmond
Brown H. Carpenter
Virginia Beach
Virginia Driscoll
Hattie Driscoll
Gray Ellis
Willam E.” Driscoll
Covington
Powell Funeral Home
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Jack McDaniel Dies In Salem
Jack Ransom McDaniel aged 54 died Friday morning in the Veterans Hospital at Salem after an illness of several years. He was born in Cascade son of the late Jesse E and Vesta Hyler McDaniel. A retired Dan River Inc employee and World War I veteran he belonged to VFW Ballard Pratt Post 647 and was of the Methodist faith. Empress Smith McDaniel is the widow with one son Dennis. Graveside services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Danville Memorial Gardens conducted by Rev Randolph Arrington. The body is at Townes Funeral Home. the family will be at 58 West.
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Jack Ransom McDaniel
Veterans Hospital
Salem
Cascade
Jesse E
Vesta Hyler McDaniel
McDaniel
Dan River Inc
VFW Ballard Prattt
Empress Smith McDaniel
Dennis
Danville Memorial Gardens
Randolph Arrington
Townes Funeral Home
West
A S Anderson Dies At Age 71 Funeral for Archie Shelton Anderson set for Sunday
Archie Shelton Anderson 71 of 199 Banner St died Thursday night in The Memorial Hospital of Danville after a week as a patient. Born in Grayson County to Emmett and Bertha Anderson, he lived most of his life in Danville and worked at Dan River Inc for 20 years and later in the city electric department until 1957. He was Baptist and survived by his wife Laura Beverly Anderson, four sons, three sisters, three half-sisters, a step brother and step mother, 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The family will receive friends Saturday 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Archie Shelton Anderson
Banner St
Swicegood Chapel
Jack Robertson
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Grayson County
Emmett
Bertha Testerman Anderson
Dan River Inc
City of
Galax
Woodrow Robinson
Carl McLash
Eula Edwards
Garfield Woodle
Winston-Salem
N.C
Willie Ray Dowell
Xerngsrsville
Glenn Livingston Powell Jr
Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home
Kernersville
Mémorial Gardens
Powell
Katherine Reynolds Powell Arrington
Glenn L. Powell Sr
Forsyth County
Dorothy Bowles Powell
Pam Cooke
Walnut Cove
Gail Norman
Kennersville
Donna Joe Powell
Glenn I. Powell 111
Michael Wayne Powell
Rachael Wright
Jimmy Powell
John Schell Optimistic Overlap In AG Race
John Schell a Fairfax County attorney and consumer advocate said fellow Democrats Edward Lane and Shad Solomon are overlapping in appeal leaving him a path to the June 14 nomination. He urged suspending Vepco and Apco building programs to align with national energy policy and pushing for state action before the Federal Power Commission.
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John Schell
Edward Lane
Shad Solomon
Schell
Jefferson Jackson
Chatham
Fairfax County
Washington, D.C
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Vepco
Apco
Federal Power Commission
Virginia
Mingling continues in Virginia campaign stops
Democratic candidates Reynolds Lechner and Melnick toured towns from Lynchburg to Ira and Hurley describing their long walks, CB radio nicknames, and concerns about voter apathy. Chip Woodrum recalled past fights at gatherings and praised calmer meetings. Reynolds seeks lieutenant governor role amid misperceptions by press.
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Charles “Chip” Woodrum TI
Sixth District
Robb
Melnick
Jack
Washington Star
Reynolds
Marine recruiter lied to Cherryville teen in enlistment tale
Nwayne McSwain 18 of Gaston County says a recruiter promised a GED diploma after enlistment and forged school signatures. After two months waiting for discharge he deserted his Marine unit. He had left Cherry Point without permission in May.
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Cherryville
N.C
Nwayne McSwain
Marines
McSwain
Gaston County
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
Bus Firm Faces Tight Margin Says Brown
Inefficiency indicators show DT&P with 38 to 82 cents per passenger and 71 to 73 cents per vehicle mile. DT&P carried 1,212,000 passengers on 646,000 miles versus TCC with 700,000 passengers on 508,200 miles. DT&P earned 1.9 revenue passengers per mile against TCC at 0.9 while losing about 5,000 annually, prompting Brown to tout tight control and caution about private bus operators in Virginia.
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Dt&p
TCC
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Tidewater Metro
McCullough Guilty of Felonious Lottery Operation
McCullough Sr., 22, of 101 Epps St, found guilty in Danville Circuit Court of feloniously operating a lottery. Judge Ingram slated sentencing for July 5, with bond set at 1000. Prosecution said envelopes with money and slips tied to bets showed his pickup and collection role.
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Howard McCullough Sr
Epps St
Danville
McCullough
James F. Ingram
Commonwealth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William H. Fuller
Ingram
Glenn W. Pulley
Wial
Boy Struck By Car On Piney Forest Road
A thirteen year old, Sidney W. Moore of 749 Audubon Drive, was struck by a vehicle Friday about 8 a.m. while riding his bicycle near 471 Piney Forest Road. He sustained multiple abrasions and was admitted in satisfactory condition to The Memorial Hospital of Danville. The driver, John W. Adkins of Danville Route 3, braked and slid into the bay. no charge was filed. Officer T G McDaniel investigated.
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Piney Forest Road
Sidney ‘W. Moore
Audubon Drive
Artist Harriet Fitzgerald Receives Honorary Degree
Harriet Fitzgerald of New York City and Danville native received an honorary doctor of humanities from Randolph-Macon College Ashland. The Abingdon Square painter and lecturer delivered the commencement address and has served as a trustee of Randolph-Macon and Randolph-Macon Women’s College.
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Harriet Fitzgerald
Abingdon Square Painters
New York City
Danville
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Miss Fitzgerald
The
Association of American
Randolph- Macon
Randolph-Macon Women's College
Lynchburg
Seniors Plan Fishing Trip and Dance at Center
The Senior Citizens Center sponsors a fishing trip to Hyco Lake on Monday at 9 a.m. transportation from the center is provided and participants should bring a bag lunch. A dance is planned for Saturday, June 11, and a trip to Old Salem is set for June 14 leaving the center at 9 a.m. The cost is $3.10 with reservations due by June.
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Senior Citizens Center
Hyco Lake
Old Salem
Dr B R Ashby Wins Danville Permit for Remodel
The City of Danville issued a building permit to Dr B R Ashby owner of 1124 Main Street to remodel and repair the interior of his house for use as an office and residence at a cost of approximately 3,000 dollars.
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City of
Danville
B.R. Ashby
Main Street
UNC Breaks Ground on Two New Athletic Facilities
Groundbreaking ceremonies at the University of North Carolina unveiled two new athletic facilities. A 9.1 million, 152000 square foot physical education building is funded by a 1976 bond referendum and designed by Dodge and Beckwith Architects of Raleigh. A 400,000 indoor track, the Tin Can, will house track, soccer, baseball, volleyball, golf, tennis and football, located at Fever Field’s east end. James D. Little Construction Co. of Wilson will build the Tin Can on the site of the old Tin Can, with a November 1979 completion date set for the P.E. building.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Dodge and Beckwith Architects
Raleigh
James D. Little Construction Co
Wilson
Hartsock Named New Director At Goodwill
Robert C. Hartsock has been named executive director of Goodwill Industries in Danville replacing Ray Hogue. A Radford native and Concord College graduate, he previously led Goodwill in Delaware from 1971 to 1974 and taught special education in Wilmington before taking the Danville post. He has worked as a technical writer for Goodwill in Washington and directed a Wilmington nursing home in 1976 77. He is married to Bobbie Johnson of Radford and has three children.
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Robert C. Hartsock
Goodwill Industries
Danville
Ray Hogue
Hartsock
Wilmington
Del
Goodwill Industries of
Delaware
Goodwill Industries of America Inc
Washington, D.C
Radford
Concord College
West Virginia
University of Virginia
Virginia, Polytechnic Institute and State University
Bobbie Johnson
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Amherst County
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UNC
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