Area Deaths And Funerals
Charlotte area notices list Corina Williams of 629 Vanderbrook Road died at Presbyterian Hospital. Survived by four sons, a daughter, 17 grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at McEwen West Chapel with burial at Oaklawn Cemetery. Theodore R. Watlington, 29, of 419 North Ridge Street, Danville, died Monday at Danville Memorial Hospital. a U.S. Army veteran who retired from the post office. survivors include his mother, wife, two daughters, sister, and brother. Lena Adkins, 70, of 32 Southern Street, died yesterday at Danville Memorial Hospital after long illness. longtime Danville resident, former Dan River Inc. employee. survived by husband Rupert Adkins and sister Lillian Childers. Funeral tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. burial at Highland Burial Park. body at Suiveyond Funeral Home with viewing tonight 7 to 9 p.m.
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Charlotte
N.C
Corina Williams
Presbyterian
Theodore R. Watlington
N. Ridge St
Watlington
Danville Memorial Hospital
Danville
U.S. Army
Stork
U. Postal Service
Willie Watlington
Mildred S. Watlington
Lena
Adkins
Southern St
Henry County
William Giles
Martha Joyce Hopkins
Dan River Inc
Mirs. Adkins
Calvary Baptist Church
Rupert Daniel Adkins
Lillian Childers
J. C. Raper
Eldridge Wilson
Highland Burial Park
Suiveyond Funeral
Mrs. Moore Rites Tomorrow
Amanda Alice Hendley Moore 73 of 910 Keister Street died recently after a hospital stay. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with Rev. Billy Melton. burial at Floral Memory Gardens. She was born in Fries, married Bennie T. Moore in 1956, lived in Danville, ran a boarding house, and is survived by Linwood Wiles Eden NC, three stepdaughters, a sister, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Visitation at Wrenn Yeatts today 7 to 9:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Alice Hendley Moore
Keister St
Wrenn- Yeatts
Billy Melton
Moore
Danville Memorial Hospital
Fries
Frank
Minnie Gatewood Hendley
Bennie Thomas Moore
Danville
Ringgold Dairy Farm
Mt. Hill
Mary Halbaris
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Misses shirt coatdress pattern offers size range
Rate Raves celebrate the crisp fit and fashionable look of the Misses Pattern S429. Sizes 8 through 18 are offered with bust 35 to 44 inches. Send $1.00 per pattern plus 38 cents for first class mail to obtain Printed Pattern.
Mrs Crawford Rites Tomorrow at Trinity Baptist
Funeral for Mrs. Made Viola Crawford set for noon at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. A D Owens officiating. Born in Stokes County North Carolina to Earnest and Martha Moore she is survived by sister Mrs Evelyn Elliott of Philadelphia PA. Body to lie in state at church this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Made Viola Crawford
Omercow
Trinity Baptist Church
A. D. Owens
Crawford
Stokes County
N.C
Earnest
Martha Joyce Moore
Evelyn Elliott
Philadelphia
John D. Whittle Rites Scheduled at Cherrystone Church
Funeral services for John Daniel Whittle will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Cherrystone Baptist Church with Rev. Ralph. Born July 1, 1900, he was a son of the late Henry and Bell Whittle and is survived by a daughter Dorothy Whittle, two sons John D. Whittle Jr. and Lenward Whittle, both in Pittsylvania County, plus two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The body will be removed from Harvey's Funeral Home to the church this evening for visitation from 7 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniel Whittle
Cherrystone Baptist Church
Ralph &. Cypress
Mr. Whittle
Henry and
Bell Whittle
Dorothy Whittle
Danville
John D. Whittle J Jr
Pittsylvania County
Lenward Whittle
Harvey
Cherrystone Church
Abraham Davis Dies At Age 72
Abraham Lincoln Davis, 72, of Gretna Rt. 1 died yesterday at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Pittsylvania County, he was the husband of Audrey Mayhew Davis and father to Herbert, Dan, Roy, Christine Shelton, Kathleen Crews, and Ann Mehaffey. He left 41 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Colbert-Moran Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretxa
Abraham Lincoln Davis
Gretna
Edith Susie Roach Everhart Funeral Today
Mrs. Edith Susie Roach Everhart 62 dies at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Funeral at Finch and Finch Chapel Altavista today at 2 p.m. Rev. W. E. Boulding and Dr. Harald Webb officiate. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband Raymond C. Everhart and daughter Phyllis Ann Clay and son E. Max Everhart of Altavista. Burial at Finch and Finch Funeral Home. Funeral home address Riverview Drive listed.
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Altavista
Edith
Susie Roach Everhart
Finch and Finch Chapel
W. E. Boulding
Harald Webb
Green Hill Cemetery
Everhart
Amherst Ave
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Leskesville
N.C
John W. Roach
Annabelle Robertson Roach
First Pentacostal Holiness Church
Shorts Emergency Room Gets New Location
Danville Memorial Hospital relocated its emergency room to a permanent site formerly used by hospital offices. The ER opens off the circular drive on the downtown side near the former S Main entrance with more examining rooms. Reconstruction now enlarges the radiology department as the final phase of a three year renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville Memorial Hospital
S. Main
Stratford College
Kenneth Axtell
Axtell
Senior Citizens Plan Program at Danville Center
Mrs. Doris Pritchett VPI extension agent will present a program today at 1 p.m. after a noon covered-dish luncheon at Danville Parks and Recreation Senior Citizens Center on Main Street. A City Council candidate will visit after the program. Transportation to a Genealogy clinic at 2 p.m. at Danville Public Library will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Pritchett
VPI
Danville
Buron and associates sentenced in city court case summary
Terrence Burton received two 12 month terms on the city farm after a single jury trial, finding him guilty of forging and uttering a bad check. Robert Henderson faces April 7 sentencing after two counts of statutory burglary. Bryan Montgomery and Ieeson Poole await April 7 sentences for uttering a bad check and grand larceny. Bernice Lowery draws one year in state prison for habitual offender driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence Ferando Burton
Burton
Robert McLore Henderson
Bryan Lee Montgomery
Ieeson Renny Poole
Bernice Brann Lowery
Danville Council Approves 1976 Road Program and Budgets
City council approves the 1976 road paving plan costing about 114 471, votes to demolish the old city jail with 8 400 allocated, and approves public officials and liability insurance totaling 21 936. Also orders ordinances for day care zoning changes and approves several supply and equipment purchases for public works and traffic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bascom Jorden
Council
Pendleton Road
Albert H. Bailey
Danville
Grove Street
City and Danville School Board
Jury Acquits Regan of Federal Gun Indictment
In Charlottesville a federal jury acquitted Thomas F. Regan the former Rich mond SBA chief and his brother in law Joseph C Palumbo on a gun law charge. The trial centered on delivering three 12 gauge shotguns and two 38 caliber pistols to Lonnie M Dunn for security on an Haiti plantation.
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Charlottesville
Thomas F. Regan
Richmond
Small Business Administration
Joseph C. Palumbo
U.S. District Court
Regan
Palumbo
Lynchburg
Texas
Lonnie M. Dunn
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Rich Mond
SBA
Dunn
Haiti
Dunn International
Goren Bridge Lesson From Charles Goren and Omar Sharif
Impetuous first trick play sinks declarer in a 19 point balanced South hand. West’s spade lead proves strong. after a series of finesses and mis-steps, declarer goes down one. The article notes a safety play omitted and promotes Chicago Bridge rule books for readers.
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South
North
West
Declarer
Charles Goren
P.O. Box
Norwood
Local Livestock Market Holds Steady Despite Rainy Volume
Rainy weather kept cattlemen home as the Virginia Carolina Livestock Market posted a $31,300 sale on 340 animals. Prices for hogs from $41 to $44.60 per hundredweight, veal up to $60.85, slaughter cattle mostly in the low to mid thirties, stock feeders and cow calf pairs quoted, and a goat price listed at $17.50 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Derailment May Be Removed By Thursday
Quantico Va AP officials said it may be Thursday before six Autotrain cars and the autos aboard are lifted from Quantico Creek after a Sunday derailment. Two cranes with 250 ton capacity will operate. one mainline track remains blocked while the other RF&P line was cleared and traffic moved with minimal delay. Fifteen cars of the 53 car Autotrain from Laur ton Va to Florida jumped the tracks at 6 25 p m Sunday.
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Quantico, Ya
Autotrain
Ewo
Quantico Creek
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Rf&p
Laurton
Florida
Major Changes In Duties Made By Committee
Virginia House committee reports legislation to expand the secretary of education powers but is amended by the Roads and Internal Navigation Committee to remove new authority proposed by a study commission. The action signals a shift before floor consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Secretary of Education
Virginia House
House Roads and Internal Navigation Committee
Legislative Study Commission
Miller Case Continued In J D Relations Court
George Rison Miller 77 faced continued juvenile and domestic relations court action in Danville after being charged with wounding his wife and stepdaughter with a .32 caliber pistol. The women, Mrs. Virginia Miller and Betty Mitchell, were listed in satisfactory condition at Danville Memorial Hospital. Miller was arrested at his home on Myrtle Avenue by detectives Cheek and Dalton. In Danville District Court, Doyce B. Holmes was found guilty on two false statement counts related to funds from the Danville Social Service Bureau. additional counts were not pursued. Orlando Logan pled guilty to concealing a weapon and drunkenness, receiving a total $60 fine and a five-day suspended sentence. another firearm charge was found guilty with a $35 fine, while a resisting arrest count was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rison Miller
Danville
Miller
Virginia Miller
Betty Mitchell
Danville Memorial Hospital
Myrtle Ave
Dets
W.R. Cheek
D. L. Dalton
Doyce B. Holmes
Danville Social Service Bureau
Orlando Logan
Logan
Air Conditioning Sought After Virginia Hospital Deaths
Virginia officials linked several state mental hospital deaths to heat and lack of air conditioning. Del. Richard Cranwell urged prioritizing the 17 million plan to air condition hospitals east of the Blue Ridge, noting a 1972 heat-related fatal week. The House Finance Committee weighed Godwin's 387 million construction program and funding options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Legislative Committee
State Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Del
Richard Cranwell
Roanoke County
House Finance Committee
Mills Godwin
House
Cranwell
Blue Ridge Mountains
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T.R. Watlington
Mrs. Moore
Marian Martin
Patten Dept. the
Danville Register
West 18Th St
Mrs. Crawford
John D. Whittle
Abraham Davis
Mrs. Everhart
Terrence Burton
Department of Engineering and Planning
Main Street
Public Works Department
Wilson
Tobin
Ronald W. Williams
Williams
W. Oaive Barker
A. Linwood Lindsey
Robert H. Clarke
T. Ryland Dodson
Dante Association of Cab Operators
Ilegally
Dodson
Yellow Cab Company
Charles 8. Goren
Omar Sharif
East
Church of the Living God
Edmonds Street
Jesse Highfall
Glenn Odell
M&m Fern
Monroe
Department
Pink
Wwe Lake
The
Main ST
Senk
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