Deaths And Funerals In Danville Area
Jeminine Frances Clark of 428 Bradley Road died Sunday night in The Memorial Hospital of Danville after years of declining health. Born January 15, 1902 in Danville, she was a daughter of the late Wells and Emma Smith Clark. She worked over 40 years as a domestic for Mr. and Mrs. O.G. Evans and was a lifelong Camp Grove Baptist Church member. Surviving are two sisters, Mary Rose Farmer of Danville and Maggie Gaddie of Pittsburgh, and a brother James Clark of Danville. The baby is at Beaver Funeral Home pending arrangements. A funeral for Leslie Sherman Scruggs will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Swicegood Chapel. burial in Lave family cemetery at Gretna. Scruggs, 69, died Sunday night in Danville Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health. Born in Sycamore, he was a son of Presley Adkerson Scruggs and Myrtle Love Scruggs. He spent most of his life in Gretna and Danville, where he worked at Dan River Inc. and later retired. Surviving are three daughters, Ann Davis of Danville, Sue Carter and Rebecca Bashaw of Alexandria. two brothers, Lawton and Claiborne Scruggs of Gretna. and two grandchildren. The body is at the funeral home. family residence is at 126 Martin Ave.
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Jeminine Frances Clark
Bradley Road
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Wells
Emma Smith Clark
0.G. Evans
Camp Grove Baptist Church
Mary Rose Farmer
Maggie Gaddie
Pittsburgh
James Clark
Beaver Funeral Home
Leslie Sherman Scruggs
Swicegood Chapel
Billy Seearce
Lave Family
Gretna
Scruggs
Danville Memorial Hospital
Sycamore
Presley Adkerson Scruggs
Myrtle Love Scruggs
Dan River Inc
Ann Davis
Sue Carter
Rebecca Bashaw
Alexandria
Lawton Scruggs
Claiborne Scruggs
Davis
Martin Ave
Donald Fouts
Memorial Hospital of
Swain County
N.C
Mose Fouts
Florence Brooks Fouts
Fouts
Lucille Buckner Fouts
Lola Fouts
Ringgold
Paul
Gary Fouts
Donna Adkins
Jesse Fouts
Ashburn
Bill Reed
Nina Peek
Ruby Thompson
Mosefle Miller
Boone
Bobby Logan
Fred Cox
Denville Memorial Gardens
Hils Sons
Woodlawn Drive
Paul Fouts
Blair Loop Road
Pelham
Lile Gwynn Watlington
Waugh St
Greensboro
Reidsville
Caswell County
William Henry
Ollie Willis Gwynn
Mineral Springs
MacArthur Watlington
Lewis Watlington
George Watlington
Fort Dix
Lillian Flowers
Jamaica
N.Y
Dorothy Gwynn
Baltimore
Ora Bushnell
Flossie Watlington
Florence Totten
Ruffin Rt. 1
Elmer Gwynn
Charlie Gwynn
Forest Gwynn
Alonzo Gwynn
Allamehan
Mineral Springs Baptist Church
Otis Chestnut
Buna
Fulton Funeral Home
Graves
Pelham Rt
Leonard Wright Funeral Set
Leonard Wright 67 of 1015 Qwen head died Monday. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. in County line Christian Church with burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Ann Elizabeth Johnson Wright, mother Nannie Celestie Martin Wright Callands, one daughter, one son, two sisters, five brothers. Also service details note Slone Funeral Home visitation Tuesday night.
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Martinsville
Leonard
Aubrey Wright
County Line Christian Church
Wright
Qwen Head
Henry County
Ann Elizabeth Johnson Wright
Ue Home
Nannie Celestie Martin Wright
Callands
Kenneth Major
Wilber L. Wright
Richmond
Edward Payne
Lynthburg
Irvin Holley
George Wright
Danville
Clarence Wright
Jessie Wright
Dry Fork
Andrew Wright
Cooper Wright
Birmingham
Ala
Slone Funeral
Romble
Mrs Overbey rites Wednesday in Danville cemetery
Mamie Echels Overbey died Monday night at Roman Eagle Nursing Home. Born July 24, 1874 in Glasgow Virginia, she was the widow of Daniel A. Overbey Sr. and a longtime church and club member. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 12 p.m. at Green Hill Cemetery by Dr. William R. Long. The body is at Townes Funeral Home. family at 161 Westhampton Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Echels Overbey
Roman Eagle Nursing Home
Glasgow
Daniel A. Overbey
First Presbyterian Church
Women of the Church
Overbey
Dorothea Henry
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Wednesday Club
Garden Club of
Danville
Green Hill Cemetery
William R. Long
Townes Funeral Home
Dan A. Gverbey Jr
Westhampton Avenue
Mrs Hyman Rites Wednesday in Tarboro North Carolina
Mrs. Hyman 95 of 573 Jefferson Street died Sunday after a three month decline. Funeral at Carlisle Funeral Chapel Tarboro with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. The body to be moved to the funeral home Tuesday and friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. She was born in Pitt County to C Brown and Martha Harrell Brown. Survived by daughters Virginia Kelly Doris Osborne Ruth Hunt. sons Robert Bruce Hyman William Hartford Hyman Joseph Menry Hyman. seven grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. She was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church of Tarboro.
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Nisa Brown Hyman
Carlisle
Tarboro
N.C
Greenwood Cemetery
Pitt County
C. Brown
Martha Harrell Brown
Joe Henry Hyman
Hyman
Calvary Episcopal Church of
Virginia Kelly
Oxford
Doris Osborne
Ruth Hunt
Robert Bruce Hyman
Baltimore
William Hartford Hyman
Danville Rt.a
Joseph Menry Ayman
Roanoke
Dies at 60 B K Haskins in Altavista
Benjamin Kermit Haskins known as Willie, 60, of 23 Broad St. Altavista died Monday in Lynchburg General Hospital. Survived by a brother and seven sisters. Burial in Altavista Memorial Park with services by the Altavista Church of Christ. Body at Finch and Finch Funeral Home with viewing Tuesday evening.
Navy diver Carl Brashear overcomes loss of leg on record
Norfolk AP reports Carl M. Brashear, a Navy diver who lost a leg, persisted after 1953 and 1966 injuries. A 24 minute promotional film portrays his undersea work, jogging and lifting, countering past Navy doubts as he advances toward master diver goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Brashear
Norfolk
Carl M. Brashear
Navy
Bureau of Medicine
Brashear
Bob Manning
Washington
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Joseph L. Yon
Bowens Sentenced Five Years In Virginia Penitentiary
Wesley Lamont Bowens, 19, of 242 Epps Street, was sentenced to five years after a Danville Circuit Court jury found him guilty of robbery. James Jones, 81, testified he was robbed of his wallet and papers near Mabin Street on February 12. Jones identified Bowens as the man who took the items despite defense claims of mistaken identity and alibi witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commonwealth
Jones
Bowens
French Conway
Conway
Supervisors Finance Committee Reschedules Salary Discussion
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors finance committee met Monday night to discuss employes salaries for fiscal year 1977 78 but took no action due to insufficient budget information. Chairman Edwin Shields said another meeting is planned if auditors obtain more complete monetary data. Attending were Shields Blairs district supervisor Henry Léa Reynolds Callands Gretna district supervisor F A Kealts Tunstall district supervisor Howard Vaughan Staunton River district supervisor Ted Bruning county administrative Brumfield county treasurer and Wally Cox from the auditing firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
Edwin Shields
Shields
Blairs
Henry Léa Reynolds
Callands-Gretna
F.A. Kealts
Tunstall
Howard Vaughan
Staunton River
Ted Bruning
Brumfield
Wally Cox
Sunbelt Plans Danville Commuter Flights To Southeast
Sunbelt Airlines presents a plan to link Danville Municipal Airport with Greensboro Raleigh Durham and nearby facilities using a 1 percent passenger Metro aircraft capable of 300 mph Baggage service would be included but meals and drinks at connections would not Eastern Airlines agrees to provide service if Sunbelt can reach Charlotte or Greensboro The program would require Chamber backing and an initial capital investment around 300 000 with expected first year losses about 32000 and government subsidy expected within two to three years
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Danville
Southeast
Durham
N.C
Sunbelt Airlines
Aron
Swearingen Metro
Chamber
Victor White
Transportation Committee
White
Alan
Eastern Airlines
Sunbelt
Charlotte
Greensboro
Conley Murder Trial Jury Selection Ends
In Oxford North Carolina a jury of eight whites and four blacks is seated for the murder trial of Reuben Sonny Conley an Atlanta man charged in the roadblock shooting death of Virginia trooper Garland Fisher. The panel includes three white women three black women five white men and one black man. Defense and prosecution questioned 30 jurors before settling. Fisher was abducted and killed after directions to drive toward Atlanta. The defense plans to argue insanity though no explicit insanity defense was entered. Mrs Fisher attended the session and watched while prosecutors subpoenaed 42 witnesses including Virginia state police North Carolina troopers FBI and SBI officials and a television journalist. The defense has two psychiatrists as witnesses.
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Oxford, N.C
Reuben Sonny Conley
Atlanta, Ga
Virginia
Garland W. Fisher
Conley
Fisher
Granville County
Virgina
Atlanta
Hugh M. Currin
John H. Pike
Oxford
Ques
Allanta
North Carolina
FBI
SBI
Paul L. Crawley
Currin
R R Dickenson Dies At Age 82
Robert Roy Dickenson 82 of Greensboro North Carolina died Sunday in Cone Hospital He was a native of Grayson County Virginia a member of the Grayson County Methodist Church Dixie Lodge No 202 Fries Virginia the Alaskan Journal for Outdoorsmen and a life member of the National Rifle Association He is survived by his wife Ava Sutplin Dickenson and two brothers William Dickenson South Hill Virginia and Raymond Dickenson Grayson The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p m from Hanes Lineberry North Elm Street Chapel Interment will be in Highland Burial Park in Danville Virginia
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Greensboro
N.C
Robert Roy Dickenson
Friendly Avenue
Cone Hospital
Grayson County
Dickenson
Methodist Church
Dixie Lodge No
Masonic Lodge
Fries
The
Alaskan Journal For
National Rifle Association
Ava Sutplin Dickenson
William Dickenson
South Iill
Raymond Dickenson
Hanes-Lineberry
North Elm Street Chapel
Highland Burial Park
Danville
Shorts McElheney White Elected By Board
Preston McElheney was elected chairman and W Carlton White reelected secretary of the Pittsylvania County Electoral Board. McElheney White and Dexter E Ames were sworn on Monday for new three year terms on the board that supervises county elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
C. Preston McElheney
W. Carlton White
Pittsylvania County
McElheney
White
Dexter E. Ames
VEC Seeks CETA Fund Proposals in Area VI
The Virginia Employment Commission invites state and local agencies and private non profits to apply for Comprehensive Employment Training Act funds through March 21. Eligible projects must provide a public service such as beautification public works environmental or economic development or human resources. Funds cover wages fringe benefits and limited admin costs for new projects per the Balance-of-State Prime Sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia
Danville School Board Sets Special Budget Session
Dr. Thomas B. Truitt, superintendent of Danville city schools, will present a budget for the coming year at a special meeting Thursday in the Teaching Materials Center on Goode Street. The board must approve the budget before presenting it to Danville City Council. Also on the agenda is the superintendent's reappointment. The meeting is open to the public.
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Thomas B. Truitt
Danville City Schools
Goode Street
Danville City
Police Probe Prescription Fraud in Danville Incident
Danville police continued their investigation into a prescription incident at the Nor-Dan Shopping Center Sunday night. After a complaint from Peoples Service Drug Stores, officers released a description of a two person occupied vehicle. Martinsville police stopped the car and checked the seats but no arrest was reported at that time.
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Danville
Nor-Dan
Cate
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Martinsville
Explosion Destroys Car Of Norfolk Restaurateur
An explosion ripped through the trunk of Natale Carollo’s unoccupied 1975 Pontiac parked behind his Tidewater apartment early Monday. Fire investigators suspect a bomb or explosive device placed beneath the car, but no one was injured. Carollo, manager of Sal’s Restaurant in the Southern Shopping Center, had just parked and gone inside his residence when two blasts occurred. A neighbor saw someone flee the scene, and investigators searched the area for fragments. Carollo described hearing a shot earlier at the restaurant after closing. The incident follows a prior gunfire claim at the restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natale Carolla
Norfolk
Natale Carollo
Carollo
Sal's
Chris Russo
Herbert S. Redfield
Redfield
Virginians Suffered 3080 Gunshot Wounds in 1975
A Virginia Health Bureau report shows 3,080 gunshot victims in 1975 with 247 dying in hospital and 74 more deaths not captured in the reporting system. Norfolk led cities with 299 woundings, followed by Richmond and Hampton. The most common weapon was a handgun, and most incidents occurred on weekends in late hours.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Norfolk
Hampton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leslie Scruggs
Leonard Wright
Mrs. Watlington
Mrs. Overbey
Horace L. Smith Jr
Mrs. Hyman
Jefferson St
B. K. Haskins
Altavista
Benjamin Kermit
Willie) Haskins
Broad St
Lynchburg General Hospital
Bonn
Pittsylvania
Benjamin
Viola Mattox Haskins
Altavista Church of Christ
Lane Company
John D. Haskins
Wilson Barbour
Fpittsville
Raleigh Moore
A. C. Barbour
Mae Chism
Sandy Level
William H. Blankenship
Bassett
Coleman Moore
Toby Blankenship
Jack Leamonson
Harold Webb
Altavista Memorial Park
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
A. C. Bar- Dour
Main St
Bayonne
N. J
Apel
Plos
David Waters
Sandra Fisher
Dinwaddie County
R.R. Dickenson
VEC
Philip Morris
Richmond, Va
Philip Morris Inc
Tobacco Company
Emmanuel College Choir
Franklin Springs
Allege
Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church
Cecil G. Coates
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