Deaths And Funerals in Virginia and Annapolis Regions
Obituary notices report the funeral arrangements for Dr. Robert William Hartley of Martinsville with Saturday services at McKee Funeral Home Chapel and a 4 p.m. graveside at Cedar Hill Cemetery Covington following a fatal head-on collision in Franklin County. Hartley, a longtime public health administrator, is survived by his wife two sons and a sister. Additional notices list Christopher Silas Keen of Annapolis with a 1 p.m. Saturday service at Taylor Funeral Home burial in Annapolis and a Danville origin. An Orange County automobile accident death is noted for Mr and Mrs Clarence Crawford with six sons and two grandchildren among survivors. Funeral plans are incomplete for the Crawfords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinsville
Robert William Hartley
Berkley Place
McKee Funeral Home
Martinsville
Cedar Hill
Covington
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Hartley
Henry
Patrick
Franklin
U.S. Public Health Service
Danville-Pittsylvania
Harald Stacy
Fayette County
W.va
German S. Hartley
Randolph-Macon College
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Hawai
Clara Shumaker H Hartley
Robert Greig Hartley
Franklin James Hartley
Old Dominion University
Mary Virginia Hartley
Clifton Forge
Annapolis
Christopher Silas Keen
Taylor Funeral Home
Serps
Danville Restent
James Stiellen
Paul L. Keen
Danville
Clarence Crawford
Orange Rt. 3
Rt. 3
Richmond
Orange Baptist Church
Zeke Crawford
Hollywood Bapist Church
Chatham Rt
Luther Crawford
Daly
Calif
Andrew
Curtis Crawford
Portsmouth
Samuel Crawford
Orange
Charles Crews Dies At Age 69
Charles Beverly Crews 69 of Main Street Chatham died Friday evening at home. A Southhampton County native, he moved to Chatham in 1913 and remained there. He belonged to Chatham Baptist Church, was a World War III veteran, and a retired merchant. Survived by Blanch Overby Crews, three daughters, a stepson, three sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at Chatham Baptist Church with interment at Chatham Burial Park. The body is at Scott Funeral Home.
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Chatham
Charles Beverly Crews
Main Street
Southhampton
Allen Crews
Mary Murphy Crews
Chatham Baptist Church
Blanch Overby Crews
Mary Pat Bleesz
Georgetown
Col
Beverly Moschler
Edith Moore Whitson
Austin
Tex
Daha
Westbrook
Lincroft
N.J
Georgia Mae Crews
Margaret A. Hurley
Richmond
Ruth C. Malouf
Lagan
Utah
Chatham Baptist
Dallas Stallings
Chatham Burial Park
Scott Funeral Home
L A Scearce Rites Sunday
Funeral for Lestie Buck Scearce, 77, of Danville area, will be Sunday at 4 p.m. at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Rodger Collins and Walter Mauldin officiating. Interment in Highland Burial Park. He had been a master well driller and Holiness church member.
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Lestie
Buck” Scearce
Swicegned Funeral Home
Rodger Collins
Walter C. Mauldin
Highland Burial Park
Mr. Scearce
Edgewood Drive
Banville Memorial Hospital
Bachelors Hall
Jaie Roar
Ida Gammon Seearee
Danville
Emuetia Edwards Stearce
Margie Flyne
Lester Lee Scearce
Ronald
Irginia Beach
W. Scearce
Wandalle Road
Relig, Oakes
Ruth Ferrell
Wilber Scearce
Richmond
James L. Scearce
Reidsville
N.C
Bonnie Scearce
Newport News
Mrs. Dawson Dies Friday in Farmville Hospital
Mrs. Mattie Short Dawson aged 62 of Hurt Route 1 died Friday in Southside Community Hospital Farmville. Born in Campbell County she was a daughter of the late Sam Short and Elia Scruggs Short. Survived by brother Sam B. Short and sister Mrs. Nannie Simpson both of Hurt. Funeral Sunday at 2 20 p.m. Colbert Moran Funeral Home with Elders O K Tench Raymond Good and Melvin Shelton. Burial in Short family cemetery. Friends Saturday 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the home of Mrs. Simpson.
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Short Family Cemetery
Simpson
Hurd Promoted In N C Bank
CHARLOTTE N C First Union National Bank announced David C Hurd a Danville native promotion to assistant vice president of Charlotte Corporate Banking Hurd joined the bank in 1975 and holds a BS from Averett College and an MBA from Wake Forest He is a member of the Presidents Club and the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and serves as an advisor for Junior Achievement His wife Nancy Grubbs also hails from Danville
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Charlotte
N.C
First Union National Bank
David C. Hurd
Danville
Hurd
Averett College
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
President's Club
Charlotte Chamber of Commercce
Junlor Achievement
Nancy Grubbs
Pittsylvania Leaves Designation Slow This Week
Pittsylvania County tobacco designation started slowly as 29 farms filed with the ASCS. Director Warren Price expects 2,400 to 2,900 farms to designate by April 8, with up to 100 percent of farm quotas designated at one or more warehouses within 1.5 miles of the county seat. A resignation deadline and price support eligibility are noted.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Warren Price
Former Pulaski County resident recalls hostage ordeal at Bnai Brith
Frankie Lytton, former Pulaski County resident now in Waldorf Maryland, was among more than 100 hostages held 38 hours at Bnai Brith headquarters in Washington by Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis followers. She describes gunmen with rifles and machetes, harsh confinement, and a tense surrender after police stormed the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Frankie Lytton
Entebbe
Lytton
B'ami B'rith
Wayne. Lytton
National Geographic Sacity
B'nai B'rith
Washington
Voigt Seeks Devil's Triangle Film Aboard Number Seven
PORTSMOUTH AP Dick Voigt plans a Florida voyage aboard the 110 foot Number Seven to film a sequel to Devil's Triangle. The project follows a past disaster when a prior vessel sank near Eleuthera. Voigt, ex Buffalo marine contractor, has rebuilt the boat and fitted a helicopter to locate sunken ships for salvage and construction work.
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Dick Voight
Buffalo
N.Y
Portsmouth
Devil's Triangle
Erie Canal
Dick Voigt
Voigt
Florida
Virginia
Bermuda
Starl
Eleuthera
Number
New York State
Erie
Thompson Sentences Men On Felony Count Friday
In Pittsylvania County Circuit Court Judge W. Carrington Thompson convicted three men on felony charges. James Henry Gubert pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Peoples Mutual Telephone Company in Gretna on Jan 9 and received 20 years with all but 12 months suspended plus five years probation. Gilbert pleaded nolle contendere to petit larceny but was convicted and given six months. Donald Wayne Nichols and George Washington Wilson were found guilty as charged. sentencing set for April 19 after a pre sentence report. Nichols pleaded guilty to manufacturing alcoholic beverages without a license on April 24, 1976.
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Chatham
W. Carrington Thompson
Pittsylvania County
James Henry Gubert
Gretna
Tendere
Donald Wayne Nichols
George Washington Wilson
Thompson
Nichols
Wirtz
Robbery in Irvin McCune of 754 Ath St
An elderly man, Irvin McCune, sitting in his parked car in Dr. D L Arey’s packing lot at 108 W Malp St, was assaulted Friday afternoon by a black male about 20, six feet tall and 140 145 pounds. The assailant demanded money, struck him, and fled toward Bethel and West End streets after taking a wallet containing 140 50. McCune was treated by Dr Arey and released.
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D.L. Arey
W. Malp St
Irvin McCune
Ath St
McCune
Bethel
West End
Solar Heating Systems Discussed For Fire Station
Mashburn outlines two solar options for the fire station project water storage heat in a large tank and night use stored heat while air system stores heat in a rock-filled bin with ducted delivery. He says DIY is possible but buying from a manufacturer may yield better results and notes solar heating is marginal now depending on future energy trends.
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Mashburn
Vernon Hill Scouts Earn Eagle Honors At Service
Vernon Hill Boy Scout Troop 430 members James R Matthews Jr and Gary Ingram receive Eagle Scout awards in a special service at Asbury Methodist Church. Matthews, Halifax High School senior, has held leadership roles and attended Camp Powhatan while active in wrestling and Future Farmers. Ingram, a Halifax High School junior, earned the God and County award and is active in church and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jay
Richard Matthews Jr
Gary Ingram
Vernon Hill
Conway Goodman
Asbury Methodist Church
Matthews
James R. Matthews
Troup
White
Halifax High School
Future Fathers of America
Ingram
C. Ingram
Vernon Air
Anti littering bill targets cans and six packs
In Raleigh AP reports anti litter legislation to ban pull tab cans by April 1979 and outlaw plastic six pack retainers. A half of one percent levy on gross receipts would fund education, research, and local litter receptacle programs. The measure tightens liability for drivers who discard litter and aims to improve state park cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
Charles Halt
Ccumberland
Council
Jimmy
Green
Holt
Cumberland
Hall
Caswell Awards Kane Contract
In Yanceyville North Carolina the George W Kane Co of Durham won the excavation bid for the proposed civic center site at 19041 with an estimated 28 day completion. Architect George W Smart of Smart Isley Co Raleigh prepares the contract. EDA provided 798735 federal funds and HUD approved 199000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanceyville
N.C
George W. Kane Co
Durham
Lawrence C. Walker
Caswell County Schools
Kane
George’ W. Smart-of -Smart- Isley Co
Raleigh
County Board of Education
Walker
Susan Anderson Nets Dallas College Title
Susan Lyn Anderson daughter of Dr and Mrs Conwell A Anderson of 174 Mountain View Ave has been named Miss Dallas Baptist Anderson. She is 18 and majors in criminal justice. Chosen from eight contestants in a campus pageant that included talent evening gown poise and personality. A 1975 graduate of George Washington High School she trains to be an interpreter for deaf students attending regular classes at the college.
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Susan Lyn Anderson
Conwell A. Anderson
Mountain View Ave
Dallas Baptist Anderson
George Washington High School
Anderson
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R.W. Hartley Crawfords
Charles Crews
L. A.scearce
N.C. Bank
Purrington
Raleigh (Ap
J. Ward Purrington
State Utilities Commission
Commission
Tenney I. Deane Jr
Pulaski County
Mrs. Lytton
Paule
Hudson
Pye
Solar
Boy Scouts
Order of the
Jay Mathews
Arrow
Caswell
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hawaii
Danville Travel Service, Inc
DIAL
Susan Anderson Nets
Dallas
Chuck Colson
Celia
Pury
Religious Book Center
Market St
Edward A. Motley
Nellie Motley
Fannie R. Moseley
Swicey and Funeral Home
Cobie R. Richards
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