Deaths and Funerals in Philadelphia Area
Robert R. Hooper Jr. 56 of Clifton Heights died at Veterans Hospital after five days of serious illness. Born March 20 1920 in Rowan County North Carolina he was a WWI Army veteran and Holy Cross Catholic Church member survived by wife Patricia three brothers two grandchildren and a daughter Faith Ann Green. Funeral at Holy Cross at 1 am burial Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery. Also services for Miss Martha Jones held at Cunningham Hughes Chapel Danville native of Pittsylvania County born Oct 23 1936 a tobacco worker for Dibrell Bros Inc survived by parents three daughters a son two sisters and a brother. Interment Crooktown Cemetery.
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Philadelphia
Robert R. Hooper Jr
Seven Oaks Drive
Clifton Heights
Veterans Hospital
Rowan County
N.C
Robert R
Elizabeth Edwards Hooper
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Patricia Purtell Hooper
Faith Ann Green
Tampa
Fla
George A Hooper
Carl R. Hooper
Salisbury
Roy
Hooper
Yanceyville
Saints Peter and Paul
James J. Sweeney
Martha Jones
Cunningham & Hughes
Julie Adams
Crooktown
Pittsylvania County
Miss Jones
Danville
Dibrell Bros. Inc
Old Mine Creek
Isaac Jones Jr
Patricia Kennedy
Brenda Jones
Carolyn Jones
Bobby Jones
Newport News
Minnie Bundy
Penns Grove
N.J
Ruby Terry
Isaac Jones
Washington, D.C
Edward Brandon
White Rock Baptist Church
Jasper Watkins
J. P. Griffin Jr
L. G. Campbell
Floral Hills
Mr. Brandon
Tate Walker Brandon
Nannie Ware Brandon
Mary J. Brandon
Fincelia Humble
Arline Dickens
Virginia Anna Hogans
New York
Wallace Brandon
Charles Brandon
Roy Brandon
Nathaniel Brandon
Robert Brandon
Sandy Brandon
Willie Brandon
California
George Adams Jr
George Adams
Monroe St
Lynchburg Hospital
Lynchburg
Rosevelt Stone
Nathalie Rt. 3
Lillie Mae Adams
Jersey City
St. Paul Holiness Church
Chatham
Milton Waller
Millers Funeral Home
Gretna
Thomasson Funeral Today in Eden and Sutherlin
Funeral services for Charley R. Thomasson, 84, of Sutherlin Rt 4, will be held at 2 PM today at Fair Funeral Home Chapel in Eden North Carolina with burial in the Slayton family cemetery at Sutherlin. He died Sunday at Danville Memorial Hospital.
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Sutherlin
Charley R. Thomasson
Fair Funeral Home
Eden
N.C
Slayton
Mr. Thomasson
Sutherlin Rt
Danville Memorial Hospital
Charles Phelps Funeral Set
Funeral services for Charles Shorty Phelps will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Townes Memorial Chapel with Rev. Albert Schrader presiding. Interment in Highland Burial Park. Died Sunday in Crewe at age 77. Survived by a son and two daughters, 12 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren.
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Charles (Shorty) Phelps
Townes Memorial Chapel
Albert Schrader
Highland Burial Park
Phelps
Crewe
Asheville
N.C
Charles Phelps
Martha Elizabeth Williamson Phelps
Bessie Mae Mann Phelps
Main Street United Methodist Church
U.S. Postal Service
American Legion
France
Danville
American Legion Post
VFW Post
Morotock Masonic Lodge
Charles Phelps Jr
Nannette Elizabeth Gary
Winter Park
Fla
Phyllis Phelps Hackney
Townes Funeral Home
Cambridge Drive
Man Finds Freedom Not School in Davidson Graduation
Wong Chung-Lap Andrew once swam seven hours to Hong Kong for freedom and now graduates cum laude from Davidson College with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He faced 17 medical school rejections, believes citizenship status affected choices, while 260 seniors received diplomas Sunday among other campuses like Elon, North Carolina Central University, Johnson C Smith, and Queens College in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
N.C
Chung-Lap Wong
China
Hong Kong
Freedom
Wong
Andrew
Davidson College
Phi Beta Kappa
Davidson
U.S
Jim Holfhouser
Elon College
Holfhouser
North Carolina Central University
Durham
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
National Urban League
Jordan
Mal Johnson
Washington
Cox Broadcasting Co
Johnson C. Smith University
Capital Punishment Discussion at Lions Club Meeting
Averett College faculty will discuss moral philosophical and historical aspects of capital punishment at the Danville Evening Lions Club meeting. Dr. J. J. Hayes Dr. John Dever and Dr. Watson Mills will present pros and cons in Matters of Life and Death The Dilemma of Capital Punishment. Virginia Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy funds the program.
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Averett College
Danville Evening Lions Club
Charcoal House
J. J. Hayes
John Dever
Watson Mills
Lions Club
Virginia Foundation For Humanities and Public Policy
Traynham Graduates Magna Cum Laude From Columbia University
Charles Traynham IH, former Danville resident and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Traynham Jr., graduates magna cum laude from Columbia University in New York. He is the grandson of Mrs. Herbert H. Lyon of 151 Marshall Terrace and Charles Traynham, once of Danville and now in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Charles Traynham IH
Danville
Charles M. Traynham, Jr
Columbia University
New York
Herbert H. Lyon
Marshall Terrace
Charles Traynham
Wilmington
N.C
Karen Sue Tate to perform in Bicentennial show at BJU
Karen Sue Tate of Danville will participate in a Bicentennial production staged at Bob Jones University on May 25 from 2 to 8 p.m. She is the daughter of Mrs and Mrs James D Tate of 149 Millerton Road and a junior majoring in elementary education at Bob Jones University.
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Karen Sue Tate
Danville
Bob Jones University
Miss Tate
James D. Tate
Millerton Road
Williams Named Finalist in Delmarva Chicken Contest
Helen T. Williams of Canterbury Road, a 1975 chicken cooking champion, is one of ten finalists from Virginia for the Delmarva chicken cooking contest, competing June 12 at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland with a saucy chicken capers recipe. The Danville Parks and Recreation Senior Citizens Center hosts a birthday party for this month's celebrants tomorrow at 3 p.m. and a nature walk and picnic Thursday at 10 a.m. The Senior Citizens Choir performs at a Trinity fair and tally in Martinsville Friday at 2:15 p.m.Transportation information is available from the center.
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Helen T. Williams
Canterbury Road
Virginia
Delmarva
Wicomico
Salisbury
Williams
Danville
Virginia Extension Agents Honored for Years of Service
Extension agents from Virginia Tech serving Pittsylvania County were recognized at a university awards banquet. Willette T. Merritt received recognition for 25 years of service and Chandois B. Phillips for 20 years of service.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pittsylvania County
Willette T. Merritt
Chandois B. Phillips
Rubber Workers Plan Fund Raising Effort
In Akron Ohio leaders of the United Rubber Workers union prepared for a special convention to raise funds for about 60 000 striking members lacking strike benefits this week The union aims to cover lost wages as talks with major tire makers paused The six week strike centers on Firestone Goodyear BF Goodrich and Uniroyal with General Tire having a later open contract The union seeks a 42 percent wage and benefit increase plus a cost of living provision activated by inflation rates
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Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
UMW
Peter Bommarita
Bommarito
Chicago
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodrich Co
Uniroyal Inc
General Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire
Judge orders ADC payment hike over garnished wages
U S District Judge Robert R Merhige Jr granted a 10 day temporary restraining order to boost Aid to Dependent Children payments for Dorothea Powell, a welfare recipient with wages garnished for debts. The case argues garnishment counts as income, reducing actual benefits from 66 to about 185 monthly, with trial set for June 25.
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Richmond
U. S District Court
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Dorothea Powell
Neighborhood Legal Aid Society
General’s Office
Welfare Department
Largest landholder bids to buy Richmond Corp insurance arm
Continental Group, Virginia’s biggest landholder, proposed a $204 million takeover of Richmond Corp, owner of Life Insurance Co. of Virginia and Lawyers Title. Richmond’s Pace called the offer extremely slight and directors planned to confer with bankers before action. Continental offered $15.50 a share in a stock swap for all Richmond common shares.
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Richmond
Virginia
Continental Group, Inc
Richmond Corp
Warren M. Pace
The
Life Insurance Co. of Virginia
Lawyers Title Insurance Corp
Hopewell
Martinsville
McKenney
Wakefield
Continental
Pace
Continental Group
Robert S. Hatfield
New York
Indu Hatfield
Ami
Hichmond Corp
Referendum on nuclear power described as meat ax approach
In Winston-Salem California energy commissioner Robert Moretti denounces Proposition 13 as a meat ax approach to limiting nuclear plants. He argues for solar and geothermal futures and warns against behavior that would damage national energy security while contrasting coal as a short term fix. West Virginia Speaker Lewis N. McManus backs coal to stabilize prices and steel and electricity, while ERDAs P Frank Castellon urges stronger state led energy dialogue and regional energy needs analysis.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
California Energy Commission
Robert Moretti
California
House
Moretti
Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
Southern Governors Conference
Lewis N. McManus
West Virginia
McManus
State Health Official Optimistic About James River Pollution Drop
Blacksburg AP The state deputy commissioner of health voiced optimism that Kepone pollution in the James River will decline toward normal levels. He noted the river was opened to oyster and fish harvesting, reported remaining Kepone in top river sediments, and said test results are encouraging though data compilation is pending.
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James
Blacksburg
James River
James B. Kenley
Kenley
Kenly
Stem Released On Bond In N C Murder Case
Greensboro AP James Robert Stem 45 real estate developer one of three Atlanta area suspects in the murder of John Charles Conaghan 30 at a Greensboro Hilton Inn in October was released on reduced bond 20000 after initial 100000 bond. Trial moved to July 26 with other defendants Susan Maria Richards 30 and James Harry Wertheimer 35 remaining in custody. Stem faces first degree murder accessory before the fact and conspiracy charges.
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Greensboro
N.C
James Robert Stem
John Charles Conaghan
Stem
Guilford County
Thomas S. Seay
Sem
Guilford Superior Court
Man
Susan Maria Richards
James Harry Wertheimer
New York Man Charged With Stolen Property
A New York man passing through Danville was arrested by city police on possession of stolen property. Clair M. Cummings, 36, of Cameron New York, was taken into custody at 3 15 am on Riverside at Audubon drives by officers Millie Burnett and J K Lewis. He reportedly drove a stolen 1967 Fond truck with Florida tags. In other activity, Sieemiar Nee Sasa of Tralquahoun Street was charged with assault and battery on Wayne Holmes after an incident at Green Street Park.
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New York
Danville
Clair M. Cummings
Carols Country Court
Cameron
Riverside
Audubon
Millie Burnett
J. K. Lewis
Cummings
Florida
Sieemiar Nee Sasa
Alquahoun St
Wayne Holmes
Green Street Park
County budget trims health department request for 1976 77
The V T School budget review reduced the health department request from 154 922 to 120 000. Dr Harold Stacy health director said 134 630 is needed to operate with current staff. Public hearing on the county's 19.6 million budget set for June 7.
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Harold Stacy
Health Department
County housing inspector probe sparks call for docked pay
Pittsylvania supervisors heard critiques of inspectors tied to the Purdum Woods low to moderate income housing project with Donald Adkins demanding penalty against involved inspectors. Jack Proctor clarified state housing rules allow variances for hardships and farm kit houses, while Johnson praised the county building inspections department for aiding bidders and reducing fly by nights.
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Pittsylvania County
Johnson
Tunstall
Donald Adkins
McDowell
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R. R. Hooper
C. R. Thomasson
Adams
Traynham
Ms. Tate
Mrs. Williams
Rubber Workers
Powell
Merhige
Ms. Powell
Continental Can Co
P. Frank Castellon
Energy Research and Development Administration
United States
Husband Charlie H. Adams
God
Mercy
V-T School
Allright Auto Park
Danville Hearing Aid Center
Main Street
Ictor Lobl
Mgr
Lorenerie
al Dr
Eee
Anne Hall
Anime Mollant
Myster
Motley’s
West Main ST
A.B. Motley, JR
R.P. Bemdall, JR
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