Deaths and Funerals in Martinsville and Caswell County
Funeral notices report services for Gloria Swann Richardson at Hamer Baptist Church Caswell County with interment in the church cemetery. Died in Washington DC the week prior she had worked in the public schools there eleven years. Survived by husband Lester Richardson two children Lester Jr and Patricia and multiple siblings. Also noted are graveside rites for William Robert Hylton at Hylton Reagan cemetery near Danville with surviving spouse stepchildren and siblings. Another brief death Sallie Townes pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital with funeral arrangements pending.
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Gloria Swann Richardson
Hamer Baptist Church
Caswell County
N.C
Lester, Jr
Patricia
Earnest Swann, Jr
Greeneboro
Charlie
Chris Swann
Baltimore
Hughes Funeral Family
Davis St
Martinsville
William Robert Hylton
Moss St
Hylton-Reagan
Danville
Hylton
Martinsville Memorial Hospital
Daisy Hudson Hylton
Ruth Rupard
Collinsville
Janie. Hyler
Lucille Otwell
Greensboro
Oliver
Smith Hylton
Russell Hylton
Geneva Green
Gladys Merchant
Henry Hylton
iRites Set Today For Victims Of Uto Accident
Services are scheduled for two Pitts County natives killed in a Williamsburg traffic crash. 2 pm at Staunton Baptist Church will honor Gerald Anthony Graves and Jackson Hall Jackson, both Williamsburg natives with links to Long Stand. Burial follows at the church cemetery.
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Long’ Island
Pitts County
Williamsburg
Staunton Baptist Church
Gerald _ Anthony Graves
Long Stand
Final Rites Set Monday for W. J. Oliver
Funeral service for Willie James Oliver of 216 Ross Street will be held Monday at 3 30 p.m. at Royal Baptist Church with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Thursday in Memorial Hospital after more than fifty years with Dibrell Brothers Tobacco Co. Surviving children include four daughters and two sons, with a sister and an aunt also listed. The family will receive friends at Cunningham Hughes Funeral Home from 7 to 8 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie James Oliver
Ross St
Royal Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Oliver
Stephan
Mary Oliver
Memorial Hospital
Dibrell Brothers Tobacco Co
Margaret Oliver
Ethel Allen
New York
N.Y
Ella Swanson
New Castle
Delaware
Mary S. Coleman
Danville
Willie J. Oliver, Jr
William Oliver
Julia Washington
Harrisburg
Eliza Glass
Cunningham & Hughes Funeral Home
Final Rites For Randy Queener In Altavista Chapel
Final rites for Randy Eugene Queener 18 of Charlestown Rhode Island will be held today at 11 a.m. at the Finch and Finch Chapel with Rev B B Nicks officiating. Interment will follow at Altavista Memorial Park. The death occurred Wednesday in Charlestown. The family resides at Arnold Queener residence in Altavista.
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Altavista
Randy Eugene Queener
Finch and Finch
B. B.nicks
Altavista Memorial Park
Queener
Charlestown
R.I
Arnold Queener
Wilbert Slade Dies in Hospital in D C
Wilbert Slade dies Saturday morning in Freedman's Hospital Washington D C. Brother of Mrs Elizabeth Stephens of 1101 Westover Street. Body received by Harvey's Funeral Home pending final arrangements. Family at residence of Mr and Mrs Willie Stephens Sr 1101 Westover Street.
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Sallie Townes
Chatham
Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Wilbert Slade
Elizabeth Stephens
Westover Street
Freedman’s Hospital
Washington, D.C
Willie Stephens
Westover St
Funeral Rites Set Today For Mr. Chappell
Halifax funeral services for John Philip Chappell Jr. of Halifax Route 1, to be held at Pleasant Grove United Church of Christ at 3 p.m. Burial follows in the church cemetery. He died Friday in Farmville hospital. born April 14, 1930, in Halifax County to Flora Long Chappell Moore and the late Job Chappell. Survivors include his wife Katie Lee Abbott Chappell, three children Christopher and Stéphanie Chappell, Susan Chappell of Burlington, four brothers W. B. Chappell Greensboro, Lawrence Chappell Silver Spring, Lewis and Wesley Chappell of Halifax, plus his mother.
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Halifax
John Philip Chappell
Rt. 1
Pleasant Grove
Katie Lee
Abbott Chappell
Christopher
Stéphanie Chappell
Susan Chappell
Burlington
N.C
W. B. Chappell
Greensboro
Awrence-Of
Chappell
Silver‘Spring
Lewis and
Wesley Chappell
Donnie Henley Dies at Three Months Old
Donnie Wayne Henley three months old, son of Jimmy and Mollie Henley of 223 Selma Ave, died early Friday at Memorial Hospital. Survived by three brothers James Allan, Jeffry Lee, and Ronnie Gene Henley. Funeral at Henderson Funeral Chapel Abingdon today at 1:30 p.m. burial in Forest Hills Memory Gardens Abingdon.
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Donnie Wayne Henley
Jimmy
Mollie Henley
Selma Ave
Memorial Hospital
Henley
James Allan Henley
Jeffry Lee Henley
Ronnie Gene Henley
Henderson Funeral Chapel
Abingdon
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
North Vietnam Ace Pilot Visits Peking
North Vietnam ace pilot Senior Capt. Le Hai of the anti aircraft and air force, credited with six U.S. plane kills, arrived in Peking with a Hanoi delegation. Hai, a Hero of the People's Armed Forces, received a proud welcome from more than 1,000 Chinese officials and residents.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
U.S
Peking
Hanoi
Hsinhua News Agencs
Hsinhua
le Hai
Vietnam
Hai
People’s Armed Forces
Communist Party Central Committee
International Liaison Department
Longest nurses path from Averett to VA in war and care
Miss Longest, an Averett alumna, received a $100 scholarship and pursued nursing as calling. She earned a B S N from Vanderbilt, served in the Army Nurse Corps in World War II, and joined the Veterans Administration hospital system. She notes similarities among veterans’ health needs across ages and discusses coordination between education and healthcare, including VA agreements with local hospitals for equipment and specialized care.
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Veterans Administration
WPPDC seeks funds for equipment and street upgrades
WPPDC requests total grants for four localities. Henry County asks 855 and 1848 dollars for dictation gear and a copier plus photo ID system. Danville seeks 11527 dollars for law enforcement training equipment, Franklin County requests 34980 dollars for central air conditioning at the courthouse. SHD earmarks 150000 dollars to replace a decade‑old traffic system in Martinsville and 195000 dollars for improvements on N Ridge and N Main in Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Division of Justice and Crime Prevention
Danville
Franklin County
State Highway Department
Martinsville
SHD
N. Ridge
N. Main
Deep Throat film seized by FBI at Boulevard Theater
Norfolk AP report details federal seizure of the film Deep Throat from Boulevard Theater under a court petition charging interstate transportation of obscene material. The hearing is set for Monday before U S District Judge Walter E Hoffman. No arrests, theater owner Nichols says the run netted over 100000.
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Norfolk
Deep Throat
FBI
Boulevard Theater
U. S. District Court
Gilbert R. Swink
Walter E. Hoffman
Fred Barker
Barker
Audi ‘ Fi
Louis O. Nichols
Nichols
Boulevard
New York
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
Four Are Traffic Victims In Accidents In S C
A Charlotte man among four killed in South Carolina crashes over the weekend. Charles Crowell Smart, 53, of Charlotte died when his car vaulted a guard rail on U S 29 and plunged down an embankment early Saturday. Glenn Woodrow Gaskins, 17, died Friday night when the car he rode in lost control on a curve. A youth from Lake City perished when the car overturned near 5 C 53, about 26 miles east of Sumter. Kenneth Ray Watts, 18, of Waterloo died in a single car wreck on secondary U S 29 early Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charles Crowell Smart
U.S. 29
Glenn Woodrow
Gaskins
Lake City
Sumter
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Eckel
Richardson
Sallie Townes of
iRites
Church
Gerald
Leroy
Ian Falcon Graves
John Graves
Sorelila Brookes
Stuart Graves
Gretna
Brooks
Brooks-Anderson Insurance Agency
Sherwood Shopping Center
Dave
W. J. Oliver
Randy Queener
Mr. Chappell
Donnie Henley
Memoriam
Wiley J. Earles
Conmirnse
Frankfort
Wade H. Blair
Neall
Dr. Koplen
2Nd West Memorial Hospital
Bobby Bennett
Wrenn Yeatts
Funeral Home
Moses Burnett
Paul Ray
Dye House
Wayles Harrison and Danville Cancer Fund
Swicegeed Funeral Home
Viccellio
Schoolfield United Methodist Church
Hylton Ave
David Willis
M.N. Dehaven Pastor
S.C
Kenneth Ray Watts
Waterloo
Tomer
Agnes F. Owen
Sts
Dale Steele
First Baptist Church’ of
Thomas E. Wright
Malcolm W. Jones, JR
Wren
North Main Street
Virginia
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