Deaths and funerals span multiple North Carolina towns
Linwood Dix 86 of Graham dies at home after a farming life. funeral at Tabernacle Baptist Church with burial in Alamance Memorial Park. Survived by wife Nannie Bell, four daughters, four sons, a sister, 21 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Family hours at Rich and Thompson Funeral Home. Also Martinsville and Eden notices list William Robert Thore 87, Joseph Benjamin Salmons 80, and Ida Thore Salmons with service details and burial locations.
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Graham
N.C
Linwood
Pearl Whitsell
Billy Ray Dodson
Gibsonville
Earl F. Dix
Junior L. Dix
Herman Dee Dix
Floyd E. Dix
Burlington
Lillie Bell Jones
Danville
Rich and Thompson Funeral
Graham Drive
Miss Wilder Funeral Set in South Boston
A funeral for Miss Happy Wilder will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Powell Chapel with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The 6 year old retired teacher died yesterday in a local hospital. Born in Iowa to Jonathan P. and Elizabeth G. Wilder, she belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church and leaves no immediate survivors. Friends may call at 1222 Wilborne Ave.
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Boston
Happy Wilder
Powell Chapel
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Stonewall Cole Funeral Today
Funeral for Stonewall Jackson Cole of Rt 2 South Boston held today at 2 pm at Black Walnut Baptist Church with ministers James Fox Terry Peck and L H Dawson. Burial followed in church cemetery. Cole died Monday in a local hospital born December 29 1900 in Halifax County to John Robert and Nannie Gravett Cole. Survived by wife Betty Griffith Cole and four sons plus 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body at Brooks Funeral Home. family at residence.
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Boston
Stonewall Jackson Cole
Rt. 2
Black Walnut Baptist Church
James Fox
Terry Peck
L. H. Dawson
Cole
Halifax County
John Robert
Nannie Gravett Cole
Betty Griffith Cole
Pete Chappell
Goldsboro
N.C
Morton Ferrell
Halifax
Jeff Long
Cluster Springs
James Cole
Robert Cole
Stonewall Cole Dr
South Boston
Scott Cole
Brooks Funeral Home
City Budget Fights Persist At Council Meeting
Turner cites rising expenses and falling revenues as council and administrators clash over budget cuts. Lindsey accuses council of resistance while Wilson defends departmental spending. Turner warns watchdog committees would threaten city management, urging further cuts and noting Lord’s absence.
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Wilson
Turner
Swanson Gains Unified Backing For Pittsylvania House Nomination
Swanson secured unanimous approval to have delegates from last night’s mass meeting push the nomination at Martinsville. Bailey and Whitehead offered congratulations and pledged support. Swanson, president of Galveston Mills Inc., would be the first northern Pittsylvania delegate since 1931 if elected. Delegates will choose nominees for Martinsville’s district seat in the Martinsville convention.
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Swanson
Pittsylvania
Martinsville
Bailey
Whitehead
Democratic Party
Galveston Mills Inc
Gretna
A. Lovell Witcher
Robert C. Vaden
Senate of
Virginia
Henry and
Patrick
Dels. A. L. Philpott
Bassett
Garry DeBruhl
Critz
del. Randall O. Reynolds
Chatham
Mass Meeting Draws Largest Pittsylvania Democratic Crowd
Pittsylvania County Democrats filled the athletic field for a mass meeting marking re org of the county committee with Judge Langhorne Jones recalling the 1955 turnout of nearly 2,000. Convention attendees named include Claude Swanson Joe Broome E J Andrews Kermit Toney Carter Layne and many others with Richard Johnson Bessie Leftwich Virginia Leftwich Anderson Hubbard among alternates.
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Pittsylvania
Langhorne Jones
Broome
Chatham High School
Martinsville
Claude V. Swanson
Joe Broome
E. J. Andrews
Kermit Toney
Carter Layne
Sandie Willis
William Dalton
Carlton Rakes
Howard Vaughan
Charlie Hunt
Keister Richardson
Tommie B. Sayers
Cathy Thornton
Lindy Aaron
Jimmy Mays
Gerald Andrews
Lindy Tuck
Maurice Haynes
Dan Hines
Bo Sours
Jimmy Hunt
Sam Swanson
J. Powers Pullen
Randall Witcher
George Adams
Ben Hausley
B. T. Adkins
Sandy Keesee
Earl Stowe
Herman Wells
Joe Francis
Melvin Martin
Jack ‘Miller
Otis Berger
Ellis Tanner
Ed Garland
Benny Garland
William H. Pritchett
Lloyd Glass
Pokie Fitzgerald
Virginia Johnson
Evan Hutchinson
Irving Burton
Lindberg Younger
Herman Ratcliff
Jessie Clark
Charles Miller
Joyce Randall
Clyde Banks
Funeral for Mrs Viola Pryor Walters Held in Texas
Mrs Viola Pryor Walters a Ringgold native dies and funeral services are set for 2 p m today at Forest Park Chapel Houston burial in Texas Survivors include sons John Thomas Bobbitt Jr and Bill Bobbitt brother Eugene H Pryor and sisters May and Elsie Pryor all of Danville.
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Viola Pryor Walters
Ringgold
Houston
Texas
Forest Park Chapel
Walters
V. W
Mary Bennett Pryor
James T. Bobbitt
Floyd Walters
John Thomas Bobbitt Jr
Bill Bobbitt
Eugene H. Pryor
May
Elsie Pryor
Danville
Mrs. Dickerson Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Lee Tarpley Dickerson will be held at Union Hall tomorrow at 4 p.m. She was born July 2, 1934, to Townes Tarpley and Flossie Abbott Tarpley of Dry Fork. Survived by two daughters Hattie M. Dickerson of Danville and Vickie Hairston of Martinsville. two sons James of Dry Fork and Victor of Martinsville. two sisters Mary Wilson and Juanita Millner of Danville. and two brothers Alexander Tarpley of Dry Fork and James Tarpley of Danville.
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Hattie Lee Tarpley Dickerson
Union Hall
Townes Tarpley
Flossie Abbott Tarpley
Dry Fork
Hattie M. Dickerson
Danville
Vickie Hairston
Martinsville
James Dickerson
Victor Dickerson
Mary Wilson
Juanita Millner
Alexander Tarpley
James Tarpley
Prostitution and bawdyhouse charges in local stops
Sally Winters of Roanoke, 27, charged with prostitution at Edd's Truck Stop. Herbert Boyd, 52, of Danville, charged with operating a bawdyhouse at Hillcrest Health Center. William Paul Hardison, 39, charged with operating a bawdyhouse at Edd's Truck Stop. Tommy Allen, 33, of 1208 Westover Drive, charged with operating a bawdyhouse at Rt.58 Truck Stop.
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Edd
Sally Winters
Roanoke
Herbert Boyd
Danville
Hillcrest Health Center
William Paul Hardison
Tommy Allen
Westover Dr
Rt.58
Dan River Retired Band Slates Show
The Dan River Retired Band will perform for the Danville Senior Citizens Center at a Friday 2 PM square dance in the YMCA parking lot beside the Main Street center. An 11 AM picnic in Ballou Park precedes the event with horseshoe pitching and pony cart rides.
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Dan River
Senior Citizens Center
Danville
Danville Senior Citizens Center
YMCA
Main Street
Ballou Park
Museum Banquet Sets Tone for Danville Chapter Rise
The Danville Chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, now the state’s second largest, will be officially announced at tonight’s Annual Membership Banquet at Averett College. Social hour at 7 p.m. precedes a brief meeting and plays Tin Herbert and Everything Was Real But the Music by Elizabeth R. Smith.
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Danville
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
James Jennings
Tin Herbert
Elizabeth R. Smith
Averett College
College Records Back Charges of Mismanagement In Virginia
Richmond AP reports a legislative commission finds mis spending and sloppy management claims against Virginia's community colleges are supported by the system records. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission says the system acknowledged $9.4 million in extra state funds due to inflated enrollment forecasts and notes $4.2 million was returned to the treasury last year.
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Richmond
Legislative Commission
Virginia
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Virginia Community College System
Richmond Times-Dispatch
State Treasury
Gerald H. Wrenn Receives Scout Honor in Roanoke
Roanoke article notes Gerald H. Wrenn of Danville, longtime Boy Scout leader since 1960, awarded the Silver Beaver for distinguished service at the Blue Ridge Mountain Council annual meeting. He has served as troop committeeman, Scoutmaster, district committeeman, and now leads the Danville Sertoma Club.
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Roanoke
Gerald H. Wrenn
Danville
Blue Ridge Mountain
James M. Young
Salem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linwood Dix
William Thore
William Robert Thore
Moss St
Stone Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Thore
Pearlie Hutchens Thore
Emmett Gouldin
Jean Lawson
Bobby Lee Carter
Leatherwood
Nora Campbell
Greensboro
J.B. Salmons
Cascade
Joseph Salmons
Joseph Benjamin Salmons
Kennedy House
Henry County
Joseph W
Elizabeth Smallwood Salmons
Ida Thore Salmons
Ruby Blair
Mildred Crum
Annie Faye Sawyers
George Salmons
Virgil Salmons
J. B
Dobby” Salmons Jr
Collinsville
Fair Funeral Home
Eden
Salmons
Miss Wilder
Stonewall Cole
Lindsey
Lord
Swai
Ison
Richard Johnson
Bessie Leftwich
Virginia Leftwich
Anderson Hubbard
Josephine Gee
Pattie Brown
Roy Cark
P. J. Myers
Freddie Ingram
E. L. Shelton
Delaware Clark
Elliott McCormick
Thomas Hairston
Garnett Ayler
John Hardy
Even Brumfield
Judith Hylton
Helen Banks
J. Allener
Fred M Ox
Ruth H. McDowell
Eliade Mostafa
Stokes St
Mrs. Walters
Texas Funeral
James Cain
Sam Sparks
Raleigh Coleman
Ray Handy
Melvin Griffith
Bernard Hundley
Charlie Chaplin
VCCS
Dana Hamel
General Assembly
Hamel
Del
Edward E. Lane
Lane
Times-Dispatch
Mills Godwin
Commission
The
Audit Commission
General Electric Co
Portsmouth
JLARC
Catherine Rowland Jones
Dr. Snowden Hall
Memorial Hospital
William Clifton Heard, Jr
Memoriam
Belk Leggett
Nor-Dan
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