Funeral notices in Danville area deaths and services
Funeral services are set for Charles L. Smith of Brosville with burial at Mountain View Cemetery after a 2 p.m. service in Swieegood Chapel. Smith, WWII veteran and farmer, died at Memorial Hospital. Also planned are services for Shirley Beverley Haymore at 2 p.m. in Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel with burial at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. She taught at local schools and lived at 101 Eastwood Drive. A funeral for Mrs. Constance Winfield Fulton is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church with burial at Rosewood Memorial Park. she was the wife of John B. Fulton III and taught in Danville and Halifax County schools. The service is at Powell Funeral Home with family at 603 Linden Place.
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Shirley Beverley Haymore
Wrenn-Yeatts
Paul Donaldson
Henry Taylor
Floral Hills
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Sandra Elizabeth Haymore
Tommy Hardy
Edgewood
Joseph D. Haymore
Glenwood
Robert G. Haymore
Halifax
Boston
Constance Winfield Fulton
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rosewood Memorial Park
Virginia Beach
Nancy Dixon Winfield
John B. Fulton
W. L. Dixon
Chesape
Powell Funeral Home
Linden Place
Roark Rites Tomorrow in Bristol Funeral Home
Funeral services for Roby Garfield Roark aged 93 will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Paul Cook Funeral Home with entombment in Forest Hills Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Roark, a retired carpenter, died Monday night at home and is survived by three daughters, one son, a sister, a brother, five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The body lies in state at the funeral home with 7 to 9 p.m. visitation tonight.
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Bristol
Roby Garfield Roark
Paul Cook
Forest Hills Memory Gardens
James H.hudson
Juanita R. Moody
Piney Flats
Tenn
Hazel D. Motley
Danville
Frank Roark
Maude Dunn
Mountain City
C. A. Roark
Portsmouth
J W Allen Dies Monday In Alexandria
John Wilson Allen a Semora N C native died Monday in Alexandria after a two year decline. Born February 9 1897 to Thomas M and Kersey Allen he was a retired Southern Railway employee. He is survived by wife Robert Wade Allen and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at National Memorial Washington with graveside rites at Danville Mountain View Cemetery tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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John Wilson Allen
Semora
N. C
Alexandria
Thomas M
Kersey Allen
Southern Railway
Robert Wade Allen
Danville
National Memorial
Washington
Mountain View
Graveside Rites Here For Wagner
George B. Wagner III will have graveside rites at Highland Burial Park at 4 p.m. today conducted by Dr. Paul Hodge after a 10 a.m. service at Gay- Yost Funeral Home in Rocky Mount North Carolina. Wagner, 50, longtime Rocky Mount advertising manager and World War II veteran, died Monday night in a Rocky Mount hospital. He was born in Danville son of George B. Wagner Jr. of Keysville and the late May Austin Wagner. He belonged to Danville Roman Eagle Lodge and Rocky Mount Elks and Lions clubs and Edgemont Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his father his wife Louise DeBoe three daughters Deborah Wagner Barbara Carter and Elizabeth Hampton two sisters Alma Hardy and Doris Burgess two grandsons.
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Bobby Dean Hedrick
Massa Gay Hedrick
Tammy Ann Hedrick
Dothan
James G. Hedrick
Mancell Lloyd
Alexandria
John I. Arnn Jr
Calands
George B. Wagner III
Highland Burial Park
Paul Hodge
Gay- Yost Funeral Home
Rocky Mount
N.C
George B. Wagner Jr
Keysville
May Austin Wagner
Danville
Sears Roebuck
Louise DeBoe
Deborah Wagner
N. Moring Ave
Barbara Carter
Jacksonville
N. C
Elizabeth Hampton
Duh
Alma.,Hardy
Marian Martin Pattern Catalog Ad Promises Cheap Sewn Style
An old fashion sewing catalog ad offers Marian Martin patterns at 75 cents each plus postage, with steps to mail a order form from the Danville Register. It promotes printed patterns, half sizes, and a coupon for a free pattern, urging readers to clip and mail to New York.
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Marian Martin
Danville
Tatler Dept
Wesktein St
New York
N. Y
Instant Fashion Bank
Miss Crews Semifinalist At Stratford Scholarship Contest
Miss Amy Lynne Crews a senior at George Washington High School ranks among 12 semifinalists in the Stratford Scholars Competition held on Stratford College campus Just Saturday November 10 Finalists will be named around December 15 The program offers up to ten full tuition scholarships for boarding freshmen with renewable status based on academic performance and interviews Also listed are other semifinalists from multiple cities and states.
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Amy Lynne Crews
George Washington High School
Stratford
Stratford College
Crews
Townes St
Mary Meade Atkinson
McKenney
Deborah Marcia Bliss
Lynchburg
Kimberley Gay Brown
Fairfax
Julia Dixon
Kinston
N. C
Debra Ann Durbin
Key West
Fla
Mary Ann Hubbard
Martinsville
Tallulah C. Hughey
Sumter
D. C
Elizabeth Lynn Keller
Towson, Ald
Kathleen St. Moses
Roanoke
Elizabeth Reynolds
Charlottesville
Cynthia Widnes
Raleigh, N.C
CIC Offers Referrals Service Now
The Community Improvement Council Inc. offers free community referral aid for Danville residents seeking service agencies. Outreach workers Juanita White and Sadié Allen assist citizens in contacting needed agencies including Mental Health Association, Danville Cancer Association, Vocational Rehabilitation, Health Department, Social Security, emergency food Medicaid food stamps and Lions Clubs eye care services.
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Community Improvement Council Inc
Danville
Maxine Muse
CIC
Juanita White
Sadié Allen
CLC
Muse
White
Allen
Michael Jones Wins Virginia Lung Association Contest
Michael Jones a ninth grader at T Bonner Junior High won the first Virginia Lung Association Speakers Contest in Richmond speaking on pollution and health. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Robert Hopkins of 439 Richmond Ave. Big Brothers of Danville will join Danville Jaycees to attend a Carolina Cougars Virginia Squires game in Greensboro on December 7.
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Michael Bernard Jones
T. Bonner
Virginia Lung ‘Association
Richmond
John Robert Hopkins
Richmond Ave
Big Brothers of
Danville
Danville Jaycees
Carolina Cougars
Virginia Squires
Greensboro
Free tiny Beltone aid offered for hearing tests
A Beltone notice promises a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid to anyone requesting it. Thousands have been mailed, and readers are urged to try the device at home to see how little hearing help can be, with no cost and no wires. Send requests to Beltone Electronics, 4201 W. Victoria, Chicago, IL 60646.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltane Electronics
Victoria
Convicted Rapist To Return To Jail In Lynchburg
A federal judge revoked the bond of Thomas C. Wansley of Lynchburg, sentencing to life for rape, and ordered him returned to state custody. Judge Merhige cited a recent appeals court ruling. Wansley had argued for bond extension due to behavior while free. The case centered on pretrial publicity and grand jury inclusion, with the circuit court finding publicity not flamboyant.
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Richmond
Thomas C. Wansley
Lynchburg
U.S
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Wansley
Bond
4Th
Merhige
Wanstey
Lynchburg Corporation Court
Federal
Virginia Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Philip Hirschkop
Ischkop
Virginia Baptists approve free press but condemn lies
At the Baptist General Association of Virginia session in Richmond 1,118 churches debated press coverage. A conservative faction pushed an amendment urging harsher critique of media for treasonous coverage of U.S. arms shipments to Israel. the final action affirmed free press and religious liberty and urged resisting civil liberty encroachments.
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Richmond
Virginia
Southern Baptists
The
Free Press
Baptist General Association of Virginia
First Baptist Church
Religious Liberty Committee
John Wicker
Paul Moore
Woodland Heights Baptist Church
Chesapeake
United States
Israel
Man Charged With Murder In Virginia Beach Slaying
Gerald Lavenstein Jr., 25, was charged Tuesday with murder in the slaying of David R. Chiisan, 28, whose body was found in a clothing store basement in Virginia Beach October 12. Detectives arrested him after a tip from Richmond police, and he is held on a $25,000 bond in Richmond.
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Virginia. Beach
Gerald L. ‘Lavenstein Jr
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Lavenstein
David R. Chiisan
Chrisan
Gerald L. Lavensteiny Sr
Circuit Court
Paub A. Ackiss
Rubicon
Family requests donations to cancer fund in lieu of flowers
The Family of George B. Wagner III requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Duke Cancer Research Fund at Duke Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
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George B. Wagner III
Duke Cancer Research Fund
Duke Medical Center
Duswhom
N.C
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Tate Charlie King Smith
Holland Road Baptists Church
Reidsville
Marshall Smith
Frances Pettigrey
Mt. Hermon
Fiarold Lee Smith
Providence
Dennis James Smith
Mary Swain
Lottie Gouldin
Hester Rhodes
Danvillis
Hilda Mason
S. B. Haymore
Mrs. Fulton
R. G. Roark
Bobby Hedrick
Chatham
Robert “Bobby” Chiswell Nedrick
Maseville Christian Church
J.D. Hunt
Stedrick
Ala
Gay Dalton Hedrick
Callands
Claude Chiswell Hedrick
Scott Funeral Home
Arnn
J. W. Allen
Schosl
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Otto
Ava
Charlotte
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Johnny
Frog
Aardvark
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Afi
Wagner
Rocky Mount, N. C
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Roman Eagle Lodge
Rocky Mount Elks and Lions Organizations
Edgemont Presbyterian Church
Menrian Mes
Michael Jones
Warran
Riverside Dr
North Main St
Huggins Texaco
Carnivars
Westover Furniture
George Cecil Seymore
Sasurer
Swicegood
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Calvary Singers
Gracie Hall
Higher Ground
Gene Fuller
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