Final Rites For Mrs. Murrie Set Tomorrow
Ellen Dame Brydon Murrie will have final services at Dinguid Funeral Home Lynchburg at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery Danville. She died yesterday in Virginia Baptist Hospital and leaves three daughters Mrs. William Clyde Rogers of Gastonia NC, Miss Hilda Murrie of Arlington, and Miss Ellen Murrie of Lynchburg.
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Lynchburg
Ellen Dame Brydon Murrie
Dinguid Funeral Home
Danville
Green Hill
Murrie
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Robert and
Ellen Page Dame Brydon
William Edgar Murrie
St. John's Episcopal Church
William Clyde Rogers
Gastonia
N. C
Hilda Murrie
Arlington
Ellen Murrie
Bowling Returned To City From Georgia Escape
James Fred Bowling, 24, who escaped custody in Danville, was returned from Savannah, Ga., to Danville in custody of Detectives Hugh Wyatt and Carroll Earles. He is under a five year sentence for narcotics trafficking and had been convicted of selling hashish to a U S Bureau agent. His father surrendered him to authorities, triggering the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fred Bowling
Danville
Savannah
Bowling
Hugh Wyatt
Carroll Earles
U. S. Bureau of Dangerous, ‘Drugs and Narcotics
Fred C. Webb Funeral Today
Funeral services for Fred C. Webb will be conducted today at 3 pm at Reed Island Springs Church in Yanceyville with burial in the church cemetery. Webb aged 14 died yesterday after years of declining health. Born October 25 1896 in Carroll County Virginia he was a retired Dan River Inc. employee and US Navy World War I veteran. Surviving are his wife Lilly C. Webb and two sisters Elsie Star Sarasots Florida and Roma Akers Princeton West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N. C
Fred C. Webb
Red Island Springs Church
Mr. Webb
Carroll County
Henry G
Ardella Marshall Webb
Dan River Inc
Reed Island Springs Baptist Church
Webb
Lilly C. Webb
Elsie Star
Sarasots, Fla
Roma Akers
Princeton
W. Va
Sugartree village and camp plan with full amenities
Sugartree centers on an 800-room motel with a swimming pool two golf courses and nearby outdoor center. Campers access shopping pools tennis Skeet range and trails while Sugartree village will have a post office bank service station and store. A tobacco tile museum and industrial exhibits are proposed with year round operations and peak season employment around 2,000. permanent staff about 200.
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Sugartree Village
Roberts
Sugartree
Richardson Seeks Seat in New Tunstall District race
Richardson, continuing from page 1, bids for the unfilled board seat in the Callands-Gret Mt. Cross Road area. The magisterial realignment leaves Tunstall District without a resident supervisor. A host of contenders is expected as voters prepare for one of the county’s most heated elections in recent years.
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Callands-Gret
Mt. Cross Road
Tunstall
Frank E Warren Funeral Tomorrow
Lynchburg resident Frank Edgar Warren 61 died yesterday in Lynchburg General Hospital He was born in Burlington North Carolina son of the late Robert E and Annie Horton Warren He is survived by Myrtle Umstead two sons Charles L Warren Lynchburg and Robert E Warren Danville one brother R Manley Warren Burlington one sister Mrs Helen Taylor Fort Norris Florida and four grandchildren Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM from Fugate Memorial Chapel Lynchburg with burial at Fort Hill Memorial Park.
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Lynchburg
Frank Edgar Warren
Lynchburg General Hospital
Burlington
N. C
Robert E and
Annie Horton Warren
Myrtle Umstead
Charles L. Warren
Robert E. Warren
Danville
R.manley Warren
Helen Taylor
Ft. Norris
Fla
Fugate Memorial Chapel
Fort Hill Memorial Park
Mrs. Christine Pruitt Haley Dies in Chatham
Mrs Christine Pruitt Haley of Chatham Rt 2 died yesterday in Memorial Hospital after 17 years with multiple sclerosis Born July 13, 1927 in Pittsylvania County she was a daughter of the late Willie F and Sally Haskins Pruitt She was a member of Oak Grove Christian Church Survived by husband William T Haley three daughters Mrs Jim W Burns Miss Nancy Haley and Mrs Bertie Wayne Adkins two sons Ricky D Haley and Private Tony W Hale two sisters Mrs George C Chattin and Mrs Walter P Smith one brother Randolph Pruitt and two grandchildren Ducted tomorrow from Scott Funeral Chapel by Rev Frank Fuller Interment Hillcrest Burial Park Body at Scott Funeral Home family at residence on Chatham Rt 2
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Chatham
Christine | Pruitt Haley
Chatham Rt. 2
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
Haley
Willie F
Sally Haskins Pruitt
Oak Grove Christian Church
William T. Haley
Jim W. Burns
Nancy Haley
Scott Funeral Home
Chatham Rt, 2
Northside Sertoma Club Chartered at Banquet
Northside Sertoma Club, the sixth in Nanville, was chartered last night at the Bowntowner Motor Inn with 46 charter members, largest kickoff in West Central Virginia District. Malcolm J. Handley elected president. officers include R Carlton Jones Edward B Cassada and Charles B Adams as vice presidents. Harry T Hoover secretary treasurer. Robert E Adkerson sgt at arms. Board members are Raymond C Scearece George A Grekags Albert Astin Benny J Powell John L Claire Newton T Cassada Judge John A Mason Nerfoma International director from Columbia SC spoke on three rs responsibility jeetweet and religion in the banquet keynote. Adults must be responsible to youths and vice versa. respect for flag country government and institutions emphasized. Religion must be not into
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Nanville
Sertoma
Northside Club
Mrs Drucie Adams Dies In Gretna at 84
Gretna obituary for Mrs Drucie Keats Adams 84 of Gretna dies at home. Born Pittsylvania Co July 18 1886 she was widow of Amos Adams. Surviving son Vaden Adams daughters Mrs Warren Joy and Mrs Eloise Shelton eight grandchildren two great grandchildren and siblings. Funeral 2 pm Motley Baptist Church. Burial Summersett Baptist Cemetery.
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Drucie Adams
Gretna
Graveside Rites For Mrs Breedlove
Graveside services for Mrs Louise Withers Hall Breedlove 77 will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. in Green Hill Cemetery. She died yesterday in Roman Eagle Memorial Home after three years of declining health and three months of serious illness. Surviving are three daughters and one son, plus two sisters. The body is at Swicegood Funeral Home with visitation this evening from 7 to 9 o’clock.
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Louise Withers Hall
Breedlove
Green Hill Cemetery
Dan River, Inc
Lillie Hall Seco
Portsmouth
Lottie Martin
Chesapeake
Shirley Marie Adams
Virginia Beach
Troy Breedlove
Verdugo City
Calif
Willie Hudgins
Danville
Bessie Miles
Roanoke
Mrs Rose Tucker Dies In Tennessee
Mrs Rose Turner Tucker mother of Corporation Court Clerk T F Tucker died yesterday in Holston Valley Hospital Kingsport after 13 months illness. She is survived by four sons, three daughters, two sisters, twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 from First Baptist Church of Appalachia with interment in Glencoe Cemetery Big Stone Gap.
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Rose Turner Tucker
T. F. Tucker
Holston Valley Hospital
Kingsport
Penn
Thomas A.tucker
Danville
BR. B. Strong Jr
Miami
Fla
Eloise Arnette
Appalachia
Joann Cox
Knoxville
Tenn
James P. Tucker
California
Paul W. Tucker
Burlington
N. C
Philmoore Tucker
Roan Mountain
Marvin Tucker
Richmond
Neil Barnett
John Lovell
Big Stone Gap
First Baptist Church of
Mrs. Batty Durrwachter Funeral Tuesday
Mrs Mary Batty Durrwachter 59 of 1407 Hillcrest Ave died at home. Born Buffalo New York January 20 1912. Survived by husband Edward A Durrwachter Altavista and brother Merton Kohlberk Chicago. Funeral Tuesday 11 a.m. at Allen Funeral Home Williamsport Pa. Interment Wildwood Cemetery Williamsport.
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Altavista
Mary ‘Batty Durrwachter
Hillcrest Ave
Buffalo
N.v
Edward A. Durrwachter
Merton Kohlberk
Chicago
Allen Funeral Home
Williamsport
Wildwood Cemetery
David Evans Funeral Final Rites in Danville
Final rites for 19 year old David Mason Evans will be held at 2 p.m. at Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel with Rev. Cephas S. Haynes presiding. Interment follows at Highland Burial Park. Evans, a Norfolk born son of Ann Pharis Evans and the late Kelvin Mason Evans, lived most of his life in Danville and attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute before his death from electrocution at Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his mother, one brother Lt. Thomas Howard Evans of the U S Air Force in Valdosta Georgia, and paternal grandmother Mrs Zella 3B Evans of Ridgeway.
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David Mason Evans
Wrenn-Yeatts
Cephas S. Haynes
Highland Burial Park
Westover Drive
Memorial Hospital
Norfolk
Ann Pharis Evans
Kelvin Mason Evans
Danville
Design United Methodist Church
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thomas Howard Evans
U. S. Air Force
Valdosta
Zella
Evans
Ridgeway
J W Buntin Dies At Ringgold After Illness
James Wilson Buntin of Ringgold Route 1 died yesterday in Memorial Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born July 3, 1921 in Halifax County, he spent most of his life at Ringgold and worked in Dan River Inc as a spinner. He was a World War II veteran and member of Glenwood Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife Sheila Benjamin Buntin and three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. tomorrow at Wreamn Yeatts Chapel, with burial in Floral Hills Memory Gardens. The family will be at the residence of Willie H. Buntin prior to the services.
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James Wilson Buntin
Ringgold Rt. 1
Memorial Hospital
Halifax County
Charles Thomas Buntin
Fannie Louise Francis, Buntin
Ringgold
Dan River, Inc
Willie
Howard Buntin
MM. T. Buntin
Ringgold Rt
Clarence Jackson
Floral Hills Memory Gardens
Willie H. Buntin
Virginia Surgeon Martin Remembers Gettysburg and Legacy
Dr. Martin of Pittsylvania County, wounded at Gettysburg, survived to resume medicine in Chatham. He married Ellen Johnson in 1867, had six children, and held leading roles including Virginia Medical Society president. After his 1912 death, two bronze busts were commissioned.
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Armistead
Martin
General Hospital
Gettysburg
Chatham
Ellen Johnson
Pittsylvania County
Col.Tarpley White
Rawley
James
Cnesley
Nellie
Douglas
Rebecca
University of Virginia
I Health
Medical Society of Virginia
Catawba
New Postal Service To Begin Thursday
The United States Post Office will become obsolete Thursday as the United States Postal Service is initiated. Postmaster John W. Smith invites customers to buy First Day Cover envelopes with a commemorative stamp for eight cents and the local office will host an historic lobby display on that day.
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United States Post Office
United States Postal Service
John W. Smith
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Sertomans
New Northside Sertoma Club
John A. Mason
Sertoma International
G. L. Turner
West Central
Virginia
Malcolm J. Hundley
Edward B. Cassada
Charles B. Adams
Northside
E. D. Rush
Westover
Sertama Club
Mrs. Murrie
City
Georgia
IBM Key
Danville Business Institute
Security Bank
Wrenn
Eatts General Home
North Main Street
Richardson
Frank E. Warren
Sertoma Club ‘Chartered
Drucie Keats Adams
Gretna Rt
John Keatts
Nannie Jackson Keatts
Amos Adams
Motley Northside
Baptist Church
Sertoma Club
Sege Ono Eraser
Harvey and
Annie Mae Davis
Ale Larry Tillman
Air Force
Korea
Pic
Wayne Tillman
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Sharon Tillman
Mary Ferguson
Carrie Davis
Lovenia D. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Rose Tucker
Tennessee
David Evans
Mes
Tillman
J. W. Buntin
M&m Furn
Danville Memorial Gardens
Automobile
Gilbert’s Insurance Agency
Boston Road
Te Ey TN
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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